Making Dressage fun and easy for both horse and rider. Specializing in helping horses to reschool through problems. Beginner to advanced lessons available.
11/04/2019
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We are excited to announce this new riding school opening at Rosehill stables! Wonderful lesson horses and truly talented instructors!! If you are looking for higher equine education come join us for the journey of a lifetime!! All ages welcome! Contact us for more info!
11/03/2019
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10/24/2019
RESEARCH REVEALED
In this month’s research revealed article Katja Porenta looks at some studies carried out by Dr Sue Dyson and colleagues at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, UK in relation to the occurrence of saddle slip in the ridden horse. They looked into the possible reasons for saddle slip and came to a few interesting conclusions. Log in to your members account to read this very worthwhile piece. https://www.equitopiacenter.com/what-saddle-slip-can-tell-us/
Research revealed articles are accessible to everyone signed up to our membership program through which we fund our work – if you are interested, and would like to support what we do, find out more here: https://www.equitopiacenter.com/membership/
10/09/2019
STALLS RESEARCH
A team of French scientists at the agricultural science agency INRA recently confirmed what most of us already knew – individual stabling is not a healthy environment for a horse to live in. Stabling horses for long periods of time is detrimental to their health in many different ways and should be avoided as much as possible. Not only does living outside help the horse’s mental wellbeing, it has a huge positive impact on pretty much all systems of his body. While spending most of the time outside is the most natural way for the horse to live, the transition from spending time in a stall to spending more time outside should be made gradually and carefully to ensure safety and reduce stress levels. The study is a fascinating read and is available here:
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/9/621/htm
You may also be interested in a resource we developed with Equine Behaviorist, Justine Harrison on introducing a new horse to a herd, which is free for members of the equitopia membership program at this link: https://www.equitopiacenter.com/courses/introducing-a-new-horse-to-the-herd/
10/07/2019
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TWO NEW VIDEOS FOR EQUITOPIA MEMBERS!
Last month, we traveled to Germany to meet with one of our trainers, Lotta Hinz (and her 4-year old warm-blood mare, Philippa); Dr Lena Clifford, and Darrall Clifford - both from Animal Biomechanical Solutions. We decided to do an impromptu evaluation of Philippa and record it for members of the Equitopia program in the 'behind the scenes' category - we hope you like it!
https://www.equitopiacenter.com/videos/behind-the-scenes-horse-evaluation/
On Friday, Georgie Welge presented a webinar under the title
'The Essentials of Saddle Fit' - the recording is now available in the members' space complete with questions and answers from the live event. https://www.equitopiacenter.com/video-category/webinars/
To access these (and many more) videos, access podcasts, webinars, research articles and enjoy a 10% discount on all our online courses - you may sign up here for just USD4.95/month. https://www.equitopiacenter.com/shop/equitopia-membership/
09/17/2019
Great online course for equestrians everywhere This course introduces you to the equine biomechanics of the head and neck position in relation to achieving a good working balance
09/13/2019
If you haven’t looked into this yet, do you need to!
09/12/2019
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09/10/2019
08/08/2019
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Equine Biomechanics: Head and Neck Position with Gerd Heuschmann - This course introduces you to the equine biomechanics of the head and neck position in relation to achieving a good working balance