Day 2: The Horse – Body and Movement Task: Assess your horse's movement and physical condition. Identify your horse's strongest gait or exercise, and specify an area you would like to improve or find challenging. Take into account any conformational issues, previous injuries, or other risks, and evaluate how your horse's ...
This webinar is part of 4 webinars to get ready for your upcoming endurance season. This is the first in the series.
In this one we look back on our previous season and all your work in that year to find how everything went, look at weak links we can find in our horse, ourselves and possibly our circumstances and come up with an action plan to work and improve on these in the winter months and during our conditioning phase.
This is the second in a new series of articles in which we will investigate the quality aspect of training and how to maintain a healthy, sound, and happy equine athlete. While logging miles is important, the manner in which we do so is equally, if not more, crucial. The first article touched on the basics and "riding in the box," and in this insta...
Avoiding injury: The delicate balance that is the happy high level endurance horse This webinar discusses what you need to look out for to avoid injury where you can. Part of the webinar series "Upping the endurance game"
This is a recorded webinar from the "Train smarter" trilogy of webinars, and it focusses on how every horse is different.You already know a lot of this because of the first series of tutorials, but it is always good to have it all in one talk.Enjoy
This is part 2 of an older webinar focussed on riding and riding exercises I feel are beneficial for endurance horses. This is part 2 of this webinar, you will find the 1st here: This webinar in 2 parts explains the basics I work from, it features pictures and video's of examples and hopefully these will help you with your own ridin...
This is an older webinar previously recorded which will give you some help with a good quality of riding when you are training your horse.Enjoy!
The workbook for this series is more of a handout than a workbook, it gives you a summary of the information that is in the tutorials of this series.You can download the workbook and print if you like, and like the others:Please do not share the workbook with anyone. They have been a lot of work for me to make and they are just for you guys!! Downl...
The workbook for this series is more of a handout than a workbook, it gives you a summary of the information that is in the tutorials of this series.You can download the workbook and print if you like, and like the others:Please do not share the workbook with anyone. They have been a lot of work for me to make and they are just for you guys!! Downl...
There are many factors besides the horse that need our attention when we prepare our upcoming season. Rider, crew, transport and other support (perhaps even finances and time constraints…) We as riders need to be fit enough, and physically able to compete without being in the way of our horse. But mentally we also need to cope with the challenges a...
There are many factors besides the horse that need our attention when we prepare our upcoming season. Rider, crew, transport and other support (perhaps even finances and time constraints…) We as riders need to be fit enough, and physically able to compete without being in the way of our horse. But mentally we also need to cope with the challenges a...
How our horse moves (and the balance it has while moving) also deserves a separate talk. The balance of our horse is for a large part determined by the conformation, but there are many other factors that can influence movement (us as riders for instance!) By looking carefully at the horses preferred way of going we have an idea of what we...
How our horse moves (and the balance it has while moving) also deserves a separate talk. The balance of our horse is for a large part determined by the conformation, but there are many other factors that can influence movement (us as riders for instance!) By looking carefully at the horses preferred way of going we have an idea of what we...
A separate talk for the balance of conformation of our horse, it is vital for healthy performance and therefor vital for us as riders to have an idea of what we have to look for in the balance of an endurance horse. A horse that is build on the forehand will have a greater risk of injury of the front legs. When we are aware of that, we can help the...
A separate talk for the balance of conformation of our horse, it is vital for healthy performance and therefor vital for us as riders to have an idea of what we have to look for in the balance of an endurance horse. A horse that is build on the forehand will have a greater risk of injury of the front legs. When we are aware of that, we can help the...
Here you can find your workbook for series 1 to structure your season. You can download and print it if you like, or use it as a guide to write out the assignments in your own way, to give structure for your upcoming season. Download PDF File Here To make your ride plan I have prepared an excel sheet for you. The firs...
Here you can find your workbook for series 1 to structure your season. You can download and print it if you like, or use it as a guide to write out the assignments in your own way, to give structure for your upcoming season. Download PDF File Here To make your ride plan I have prepared a excel sheet for you. The fist ...
There is no such thing as "one size fits all" in endurance. But strangely enough a lot of standard training schedules are shared on the internet. It can actually be harmful to your horse to follow an unsuitable training plan, because every horse is different (in much more ways than you think, I will explain that in this tutorial but much more...
There is no such thing as "one size fits all" in endurance. But strangely enough a lot of standard training schedules are shared on the internet. It can actually be harmful to your horse to follow an unsuitable training plan, because every horse is different (in much more ways than you think, I will explain that in this tutorial but much more...
Thank you for purchasing this series of tutorials with some vital structure and help to start preparing your upcoming endurance season. I am so happy you are wanting to learn more about endurance and how to do it in a healthy way.I hope this series will give you the right start for your season. Endurance is an amazing sport, both for horse and...
