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 part 1 of an older webinar focussed on riding and riding exercises I feel are beneficial for endurance horses. This is part one of this webinar, you will find the second here: , Thus 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 y...
You can have the best training schedule in the world, but things can still go wrong if we do not take into account any weak links we might have in our horse. This is why we start the "Endurance: Step by Step" endurance coaching course with evaluations and assessments, to have an idea of what we need to be careful of, and what we need to i...
You can have the best training schedule in the world, but things can still go wrong if we do not take into account any weak links we might have in our horse. This is why we start the "Endurance: Step by Step" endurance coaching course with evaluations and assessments, to have an idea of what we need to be careful of, and what we need to i...
We endurance riders focus a lot on our training, how much we do, at what speed and how often… Are we doing enough, or not enough, or perhaps even too much. All focussed on the quantity of work we do. And of course this is important to get our horse fit. But… If we do our quantitative training completely spot on we might still run into problems...
We endurance riders focus a lot on our training, how much we do, at what speed and how often… Are we doing enough, or not enough, or perhaps even too much. All focussed on the quantity of work we do. And of course this is important to get our horse fit. But… If we do our quantitative training completely spot on we might still run into problems...
Through centuries and cultures, wintertime is seen as a period to reflect. To look back at the year behind you and to look forward to see what is potentially upcoming. Many of us had a few tough years, but we all hope next year will be a bit easier, or at least a little less unpredictable. Like many of you, I am reflecting as well. About last seaso...
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...
This video will tell you all about what the first series of tutorials called "Preparing your upcoming season" will be about. This is really the way to prepare for the rest of the season a crucial step to realise that your horse is different from any other. We will go through a lot of information about evaluating, assessing ...
