You can have the best breeding and conformation but without a good temperament and trainability you may struggle to train and bring out the best performance in the horse. To understand a horse's temperament and how he learns you need to have an understanding of the equine brain and how the two link together. However, there has been very little research done on the equine brain. Dr Andrew Hemmings is keen to change this, for the good of the horse. Dr Andrew Hemmings is a worl

A comfortable and happy horse is something all owners and trainers are aiming for. We know that feeding, management and training all play a big part together with correctly fitting tack. Saddle fit has long been a focus of attention and now thankfully bridle fit and bitting is seen as being just as important and can have a huge impact of your horse’s well-being and performance. As horse owners and professionals learn more about equine biomechanics and anatomy it’s becoming cl

Hello and welcome to the final part of this 15 part blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. I will be sad to finish this series of blogs as I have thoroughly enjoyed re-living the conference weekend, delving back into my notes and re-discovering some of what we learned that weekend. There is so much information to absorb over the 2 days that it’s impossible to retain all the information. Overall I thought the weekend was so well run, the ven

Hello and welcome to the penultimate part of my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Annual Conference 2020 – Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to briefly share with you the Scientific Poster Presentation Area that was on display at the conference. The posters were on display in the same room as the anatomy exhibition and there was plenty of time to browse the posters during the weekend of the conference in the breaks between presenters and at the beginning and end of t

Hello and welcome back to my blog on the Horses Inside Out conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I wanted to share with you a little bit about the presentation stands that were available to browse at the conference. It’s tempting to write a piece on each of the stands, but that would make this blog run into many more parts, so I thought I would instead let you know who was exhibiting and their details so if you want to find out more about them you can do your own resear

Hello and welcome to my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. This is the final blog about the presentations of the weekend, with the last speaker being PhD candidate Celeste Wilkins. Celeste is from Canada but is currently studying for a PhD in rider biomechanics and performance at Hartpury University in Gloucestershire. Her PHD involves using a Racewood Eventing Simulator and 3D motion capture to study rider biomechanics. Her studies ai

Hello and welcome back to my Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action blog series. We have reached Part 11b now. This is the second installment sharing with you the presentation by vet Richard Hepburn, who presented on day 2 of the conference in the afternoon. Please see my previous blog for the first installment, to find out more about Richard and his presentation on how to prevent respiratory disorders in order to prevent poor performance from your horses. Tod

Hello and welcome to part 11 of my blog about the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you the presentation from Richard Hepburn which was on the second day of the conference and called ‘Tuning the Equine Engine to Prevent Poor Performance’ Richard is a vet with a specific interest in gastroenterology, neurology and intensive care. He has worked in equine hospitals in the UK and NZ and is a Diplomate of the American College

Hello and welcome back to my blog about the Horses Inside Out conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you the presentation by vet Sue Dyson on the second day of the conference. Sue called this presentation ‘What’s is new in lameness diagnosis’ Sue is a world renowned vet and speaker you can find out more about Sue in my previous blog , as we were fortunate enough to have 2 presentations from her over the weekend. In this presentation Sue discuss

Hello and welcome back to my blog about the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you some more of the amazing research by Dr Vibeke Elbrond. You can learn more about Vibeke in my previous blog. Vibeke’s second presentation of the weekend delved deeper into the Myofascial Connections and some of the Myofascial lines. This is a very exciting topic for me that I just can’t get enough of! I am hoping to share with you in this b

Hello and welcome back to my blog series based on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you the first presentation we were treated to on day 2 of the conference which was by farrier Mark Johnson. Mark is a qualified farrier with an interest in horsemanship. Following his apprenticeship and having seen many recurring problems within the farriery industry, Mark set out to find the best and innovative ways to manage horse’s

Hello and welcome back to my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference - Anatomy In Action. Today I am very excited to share with you the research vet Sue Dyson presented to us on day one of the conference (we were lucky enough to have presentations from Sue on both days). Sue is a world renowned expert in equine orthopaedics, with a particular interest in poor performance and subtle and complex lameness in sport horses. Sue an expert in diagnostic imaging, radiograph

Hello and welcome to part 6 of my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you a little about speaker Dr Andrew Hemmings and his presentation on Training the Brain. Andrew is a Principal Lecturer in Equine Science and the head of the Equine Management and Science department at the Royal Agricultural Universit y in Cirencester. Andrew’s main expertise and interest is in brain function in relation to behaviour. H

Hello and welcome to part 5 of my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to share with you some of the points raised and discussed in the presentation by Seth O’Neil around Tendons and Tendinopathy Management and his work on how this translates from human athletes to equine athletes. Seth’s clinical and research interests focus around tendon disorders and in particular lower limb tendinopathy and rupture. Seth works with O

Hello and welcome back to my blog series about the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. Today I would like to discuss the second presentation from the weekend. This was given by saddler David Kempsell. David is Managing Director of First Thought Equine Ltd which bases it’s products on scientific research and has revolutionised the saddle industry. Namely with his brand WOW saddles . David shared with us at the conference his research into asymmetry of the h

Hello and welcome back to part 3 of my Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action blog. Today I would like to talk about the first speaker of the conference. The wonderful Vibeke Elbrond, and her presentation on understanding the profound visceral myofascial connections in the horse. During this blog I hope to share some of Vibeke’s key facts and findings in a way that most of us can understand without taking anything away from the fascinating and detailed researc

Welcome to part 2 of my blog series about the Horses Inside Out Anatomy In Action Conference 2020.Today I would like to talk a little bit about Gillian Higgins, founder of Horses Inside Out and her Anatomy Exhibition that was a room at the conference available throughout the whole event to investigate and explore. Gillian is an equine functional anatomist, biomechanist, therapy consultant, international lecturer, author and anatomical artist. Gillian had created and hand pain

Hello and welcome to the first part in my blog series on the Horses Inside Out Conference 2020 - Anatomy In Action. I was very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to attend the conference last weekend and the only words I can think of to describe the entire experience are amazing, inspiring and fabulous! The conference was held at Holywell Conference Centre near Leicester. It was easy to find with plenty of parking. The venue was well sign posted with a huge Horses

The aim of the anatomy exhbition is to show riders, trainers, therapists opportunities to visualise deeper commonly misunderstood structures

Horses Inside Out Annual Conference 2020: Anatomy in Action 22nd and 23rd February 2020 at Holywell Conference Centre, Loughborough University. Video by Joe Hallam Photography