FLAIR Equine Nasal Strips

🐎 What do YOU think about body protectors, air jackets and injury risk?

Falls are part of riding… but do our safety choices really make a difference?

Did you know most falls (3 out of 4 falls) occur during hacking or schooling at home?
Did you know in a riding fall you are 1.5x more likely to injure your upper body than your lower body?
Did you know in our survey so far in 88% of falls if an air jacket was being worn it inflated?

Despite how common body protectors, back protectors and air jackets are, there’s surprisingly little real-world evidence on how effective they actually are.

👉 And that’s exactly what this survey aims to change.

Leading experts Dr David Marlin, Professor Jane Williams, Dr Carmen Cummiskey and Dr Heather Cameron-Whytock want to hear from you – whatever your experience:
✔️ Wear protection every ride?
✔️ Only sometimes?
✔️ Never?

💬 Your voice matters, and your experience could help shape future research and guidance around rider safety.

⏱️ Takes just 5–10 minutes
🎁 PLUS you’ll be entered to WIN a riding helmet & body protector worth £400+
📢 Be part of something bigger and help us better understand rider safety.

👉 Take the survey now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BP_AJ_Survey_2026

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Why you need to know about EIPH!
It isn’t always easy to see 👀🫁

Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Haemorrhage (EIPH) is often a hidden condition, and many horses show no obvious signs at all, even during or after exercise. When signs do appear, they can vary widely and may be subtle. In some cases, you may notice a nosebleed, but this is very rare. More commonly, indicators may include poor performance, coughing or swallowing after work, slower-than-normal recovery, or changes in behaviour such as head tossing, neck extension, or resistance to the bit.

Other possible clues include a dull coat condition, reduced performance, early fatigue, or signs of exercise intolerance such as losing focus, stumbling, or tiring sooner than expected.

In more severe cases, EIPH can significantly impact performance and recovery, but in many horses it may progress quietly over time without visible warning signs.

Because EIPH can be present across all levels of work, even at mild to moderate exercise, recognising these subtle indicators is key to understanding what may be happening inside the lungs.

To learn more about signs of EIPH, check out this page on our website 👉 https://flairstrips.com/pages/eiph

EIPH shows up anywhere horses are asked to work hard: racing, barrels, jumpers, eventers, polo, and even horses in regular training. If the effort is there, the lungs feel it.

It’s not about the discipline. It’s about the intensity.

That’s why recognizing the risk, and supporting the respiratory system, matters across the board. FLAIR® Equine Nasal Strips are designed to reduce airway resistance during exercise, supporting more efficient breathing when it matters most.

🫁 Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Haemorrhage (EIPH) is not a new condition. It was first recognised centuries ago in Thoroughbred racing, and today it’s seen across a wide range of equine sports, from racing to dressage, eventing, and endurance.

It occurs because of the extraordinary demands placed on the equine body during intense exercise: a powerful cardiovascular system driving massive blood flow, paired with lungs and airway structures that are pushed to their physiological limits.

As heart rate rises and oxygen demand increases, blood pressure within the lungs climbs dramatically and inhalation forces create strong external pressures. This push and pull pressure is exerted on the delicate pulmonary capillary membrane (PCM). The PCM is the fragile structure that is responsible for the efficient gas exchange that occurs during exercise and makes horses super athletes.

This combination of forces on the PCM leads to rupture within the lungs resulting in EIPH. Repeated episodes may contribute to cumulative changes in lung tissue, reduced efficiency, and early fatigue in athletic horses.

EIPH reflects the extreme athletic design of the horse, and the fine balance between power, speed, and respiratory limitation.

To learn more about EIPH, check out this page on our website 👉 https://flairstrips.com/pages/eiph