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We have something quite unique for the second day of our 12 Days of Christmas. Anyone with a love of horses whether they are interested in anatomy or not is sure to love these stunning prints and images. Word Art These prints are a clever twist on skeletal anatomy, using the names of the bones to illustrate their shape and position. The bones are in different positions depending on what movement the horse is doing - like the one below that shows piaffe. This makes each print a little quirky...

Struggling for gift ideas for your horsey friends and family, or maybe you're putting together a list of gifts you would like to receive this Christmas? Finding the best gifts can be tricky and sometime a little stressful. Here at Horses Inside Out we've put together our 12 days of Christmas to help you find amazing gifts that you'll want to give and receive. We will share top tips, exercises or interesting points in each article. Each day we'll showcase an exciting book, online lecture...

Anatomy in Action was published in 2020 and was five years in the making. Inspired by Gillian’s love of the beauty, and agility of the horse as well as anatomy and art. The aim was to create a stunning photographic record and quality educational catalogue of equine movement. In this blog, Allison Lowther reviews this multimedia book. This is a must-have book for all horse lovers. It celebrates the beauty, elegance and athleticism of horses as well as being an educational tool that will help...

Always a topic that can lead to a heated conversation at this time of year is what rug to put on your horse. This is a difficult question to answer as all horses should be treated as individuals and it can be all too easy to be influenced by what other owners on the yard are doing or following the latest trends on rugs in the horse world. In this blog Gillian Higgins explains just how clever your horse is at dealing with the cold and how this should influence how you rug him this winter, or...

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be part of the team for the filming of part 3 of Gillian Higgins, Horses Inside Out Autumn Webinar series. This part was to be called ‘Dressage Dissected’ and you can find out more about the filming day in my previous blog post. I have been waiting patiently for the webinar to be presented live and finally it’s here and it’s even better than I ever could have expected. During the filming of this day I was busy taking care of Gillian’s horse Arty,...

Earlier on this year I was lucky to be invited by Gillian Higgins to be part of the team involved in filming this Autumn’s Webinar Wednesday Series of Live Lecture Demonstrations. You can find out more about the filming days in my previous blog . I have been waiting patiently ever since to be able to watch the final demos on screen. And finally Episode 2 – Riding from an Anatomical Perspective is here and available to watch in the Horses Inside Out Online Academy. Having been there in person...

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be asked to help out for the day with the preparation and filming of Gillian’s first ever online lecture demonstration, The Principles of Movement. (That’s me helping with painting of Gillian’s horse Arty’s leg) It seems like an age ago now as this was in April of this year, and I feel like it has been a long wait to finally get to see the completed film of the demo. I have been really excited to see how it would all come together and to be able to...

Biomechanical effects and benefits of canter. Top tips for assessing, training and improving your horse's canter. Includes slow motion video

Even if you don’t jump your horse studying the biomechanics of how the horse creates a jump is useful for every single rider because of the biomechanical and mofascial connections illustrated more obviously. The horse needs physical strength, focus and a balanced rider to jump successfully. He also needs a good technique, willingness, coordination and the ability to convert forward momentum to upward thrust. Horses aren't natural jumpers, although in the wild they will jump obstacles that get...

In the last few years in the equine world, particularly since the release of the research papers from Vibeke Elbrond and Rikke Shultz - Myofascia - the unexplored tissue: Myofascial kinetic lines in horses, released in 2015. Myofascial connections have been a hot topic. Following on from my previous blog where I spoke about day 1 of the Horses Inside out CPD course and Myofascial Release Techniques, I was super excited to attend day 2 where we would be learning more about Myofascial Chains....