We have been working on this project for a while, and on Saturday 30th March, we began the first session of the Groen Equestrian 2024 Comparative Heart Rate Study in Banbury, Oxfordshire. As many of you have noticed, I am very interested in heart rates, particularly how various breeds of horses respond to the same workload and how we can provide be...

Another recorded webinar for you, all about the different types of horses doing endurance and how you can adapt your training and goals accordinglyAll horses can do endurance! But we just have to understand the differenced in their athletic ability and train accordingly. 

Riding to win will require a different strategy (and training) on your ride day than riding to finish (though for me the latter is always my primary aim). Whilst riding to win can bring out the ultimate competitor in you, and perhaps your horse, you do need to keep an eye on riding to finish well. In this tutorial, we will focus on optimising your ...

When you are watching this tutorial I presume you have trained your horse for the distance you want to ride. But have you really?  Different conditions can make a huge outcome to the result of your ride. Not only terrain, how you ride it and how that will affect your horse, but also weather conditions (which can actually make the same competit...

They say oxygen is the source of life ,and of course that is correct, (nearly) all metabolism needs oxygen to perform.  So we could say:  More oxygen = better performance We could have a huge heart, the best muscles for the job and an unlimited supply of fuel. But without the oxygen, and with that the lung capacity to get oxygen to t...

They say oxygen is the source of life ,and of course that is correct, (nearly) all metabolism needs oxygen to perform.  So we could say:  More oxygen = better performance We could have a huge heart, the best muscles for the job and an unlimited supply of fuel. But without the oxygen, and with that the lung capacity to get oxygen to t...

In this tutorial we will really focus on how the energy to propel the horse forward is being created and the difference between the different substrates.  Glycogen and fatty acids are the main fuel for the muscles (in a way, because the real source of energy is ATP, a molecule that is made out of the fuel sources.  We will talk about the ...

In this tutorial we will really focus on how the energy to propel the horse forward is being created and the difference between the different substrates.  Glycogen and fatty acids are the main fuel for the muscles (in a way, because the real source of energy is ATP, a molecule that is made out of the fuel sources.  We will talk about the ...

Tracking and logging! But that's not all, we need to interpret what we have done as well. We have to prepare our horse correctly for what is coming. Logging is the way to see what we are doing, if we are staying near our schedule and whether we are progressing or lacking behind. You can use a diary, or a spreadsheet to log, or use the Groen Eq...

Tracking and logging! But that's not all, we need to interpret what we have done as well. We have to prepare our horse correctly for what is coming. Logging is the way to see what we are doing, if we are staying near our schedule and whether we are progressing or lacking behind. You can use a diary, or a spreadsheet to log, or use the Groen Eq...

Perhaps a slightly trickier tutorial as it is a bit more abstract compared to other tutorials. But it is very good to have an idea of what the aerobic and anaerobic thresholds are and what they can mean for your training. What we want to do in endurance is to create an equine athlete that can do a (very) long distance without getting fatigued....

Perhaps a slightly trickier tutorial as it is a bit more abstract compared to other tutorials. But it is very good to have an idea of what the aerobic and anaerobic thresholds are and what they can mean for your training. What we want to do in endurance is to create an equine athlete that can do a (very) long distance without getting fatigued....

Let's get to the heart of the matter!  The heart really is the driving force for the type of equine athlete you have. A big heart can pump more blood around the body, and that will provide more oxygen to the muscles and help move cooler blood back from the skin. Usually you can say a bigger heart will have a lower rest pulse and a faster ...

Let's get to the heart of the matter!  The heart really is the driving force for the type of equine athlete you have. A big heart can pump more blood around the body, and that will provide more oxygen to the muscles and help move cooler blood back from the skin. Usually you can say a bigger heart will have a lower rest pulse and a faster ...