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Physio at Feed Time: Using Food to Mobilize Your Horse’s Body

Tanja Kraus — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:38:54 +0000

In this guest post, Tanja Kraus introduces variable feeding positions, which bring musculoskeletal benefits while also enriching your horse’s day. As an equine educator from the East Coast of Australia, Tanja’s passion is using kind horsemanship philosophies and connection to develop a partnership horse with the rider. This extract comes from her latest book, Lessons […]

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The Very Big Problem of Dwarfism in Horses

Guest Author — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 05:18:25 +0000

In this guest post, Dr. Sonja Dominik describes equine dwarfism and what the latest tests mean for horse breeders. Sonja is a Research Scientist in Quantitative Genetics at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. She is currently a Superstar of STEM, appointed by Science & Technology Australia to increase the public visibility of women in science. To […]

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5 Ways Your Seat Can Screw Up Your Horse Without You Even Noticing

Guest Author — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 07:06:30 +0000

In this Guest Post, the UK’s ‘Classical Seat’ trainer Heather Moffett looks at how the rider’s seat can make movement harder for the horse. It’s something that saddle fitters know about, but it’s often the last thing riders think of: the riding position as much as the saddle fit affects their horse’s back and movement. Heather […]

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The Brooke: Why It Matters To 112 Million Working Equines That You Read This Post

Guest Author — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:16:02 +0000

Most of us have a good idea of what animal welfare means and why it’s important. But in developing nations, cultural and economic concerns can prevail when it comes to issues such as ending a working equine’s pain. It is not so long ago that horses, donkeys and mules across Europe, the US, Canada, Australia […]

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8 Golden Rules For Helping Your Thoroughbred Get Right Off The Track

Guest Author — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:01:22 +0000

In this guest post, Kerry Warren Couch responds to the article on this site about ex-racehorses by stating, clearly and simply, how she has helped her OTTBs over many years, mainly by initially doing very little at all. (c) All text copyright of the author at www.thehorsesback.com. No reproduction of partial or entire text without […]

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