Articles

Roly Owers MA MSc VetMB MRCVS examines whether the views of scientists and welfare charities align with equestrianism’s underlying principles and traditional values, handed down through generations.

An abnormality on an X-ray does not necessarily mean that a horse is in pain or has a current or future problem. For example, X-ray changes that look like osteoarthritis do not always cause pain.

There are so many benefits to walk poles and you may be thinking that they look simple, but never underestimate them. Walk poles are one of the most powerful exercises we can use to improve posture, coordination, body awareness and control.

Highlights of the Q&A expert panel discussing the Bare Bones of the Matter documentary series.

Dr Andrew Hemmings explores the fascinating link between blink rate, brain function and stereotypic behaviours in horses.

Horse inspections are crucial to eventing welfare and public confidence, yet assessing a fit, excited horse in-hand remains inherently subjective. Dr Sue Dyson examines whether objective gait analysis could improve decision-making at three-day events, and why current lameness thresholds may not yet offer a clear answer.

In this article Gillian unpicks the problem of getting the correct canter lead. Understand why it happens, how to identify what's really going on, and the exercises that can help fix it.

Equine welfare is something that's at the forefront of all of our minds. With so much happening in the equestrian world from a social license perspective, but also just becoming so much more aware of the horses that we love and that we work with.

Soundness isn't just something that happens to your horse, it's something you can actively build. Gillian Higgins helps you to understand how your horse's body works, and shares a few simple changes to how you care, ride, and train him can help strengthen the structures that keep him going, and give him the best chance of a long, active life.

There isn't one magic exercise that fixes kissing spines. Successful rehabilitation comes from combining a variety of exercises that encourage your horse to use their body more effectively. The aim isn't simply to make the back stronger, it's to improve the way the whole horse moves.