Taking the Mystery out of Equine Anatomy – Which Muscles of the Horse Carry the Rider?

Working your horse over poles in-hand is a fabulous tool that helps improve your horse's performance, health, and harmony with their handler

As a horse owner I’m always looking for ways to ensure both my horses are happy and comfortable in their bodies. Gillian and I thought it would be great to set a fun and interactive challenge for the Horses Inside Out followers. Each challenge is a simple exercise or technique you can do with your horse to help improve his comfort, health and performance. Not one to miss out on a good challenge and to join in the fun I gave them a go on one my own horses. Here’s how I got on

Good horsemanship and correct training are two key parts of the puzzle when it comes to your horse being able to perform at his best.

This week I was excited to join Gillian Higgins' latest webinar – Pilates For Horses. As many of you know I am a huge fan of Gillian’s and share many of her values which I continue to share with my clients. If you'd like to watch the recording you can do so HERE As an Equine Massage Therapist, not only is it important to me to be able to detect and treat musculoskeletal restrictions during my treatments, I am then also keen to prescribe appropriate aftercare exercise to my c

The horse's tail is an extension of the spine. So, using the tail in exercises not only affects the tail itself but also the spine all the w

To create engagement the horse must be supple and flexible through his back. The joints in the hind legs will flex and then straighten to pr

A hollow back is one of the most common poor postural positions seen in the horse. It prevents the horse stepping through correctly, leads t

Last summer we adopted Pumpernickel from the Blue Cross. This is an update on how he's getting on! Pumpernickel is a very friendly, busy and interested character. If anything is happening he likes to get involved and comes over to see what is going on! Pumpernickel's main job is to be a companion pony for Freddie Fox with whom he has become firm friends. We are keen that he does not put on too much weight especially before the spring grass properly comes through. So, to restr

This is the third in a series of blogs sharing Top Tip videos and extracts from my book Pilates and Stretching for Horses. This time we focu

As we are all restricted with what we can do with our horses at the moment, I wanted to share some exercises that you can easily do with your horse at home. This is the second in a series of blogs sharing Top Tip videos and extracts from my book Pilates and Stretching for Horses . This time we focus on the principles of core stability, the core muscles and share top tips for core stability exercises using reflexes. This article includes extracts from Gillian’s book How the H

This is the first in a series of blogs sharing top tip videos and extracts from my book Pilates and Stretching for Horses . As we are all restricted in what we can do with our horses at the moment, these are exercises which you can do with your horse at home. First we will look at the basic principles of stretching correctly. We will then focus on 2 carrot exercises: Carrot Low Between the Front Legs and Carrot Low to the Side. Stretching Exercises for Horses The main obje