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- Cooling Horses After Exercise
- A great deal of research has been conducted in preparation for the equestrian events at
the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Many of these studies have focused on the proper
method for cooling out horses after strenuous athletic competition. This work has
dispelled many myths about cooling horses.
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- Equine Sports Massage Therapy
- OK, you have heard the jokes about "How do you get the horse to lay down?" and "How do you find a table big enough for the horse?" But what is Equine Sports Massage Therapy? Equine Sports Massage Therapy, ESMT, is massage for horses that increases circulation, flexibility and range of motion, ROM. Through increased circulation and flexibility the possibility of injury can be reduced. Should an injury occur ESMT is a powerful tool to assist and speed healing.
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- Take an Athletic View to Training your Horse
- Are you getting the best out of your training time? Leading Australian trainer (and competitor) Michael Baker suggests that by applying the principles of human sports training, we can greatly increase the level of fitness - and improve skill levels - in our horses.
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- The Way to Perfect Horsemanship with Udo Burger
- The first in the Allens Classic Series 1, is just that - an instant classic. For many years out of print, the re-publication of this work, in a handsome new edition, is a major event on the equestrian publishing calendar. Ðdo Burger was one of GermanyÌs most esteemed veterinary surgeons, an accomplished horseman, a learned and observant animal psychologist, and a highly respected judge of horses and horsemanship before his death in 1985.
With the permission of J. A. Allen, we are delighted to reproduce this extract...
The loosening-up exercises which we should do at the beginning of every lesson are necessary to warm-up, to limber-up joints stiffened by long hours of standing; they can do no more than restore the degree of relaxation of which the horse is already capable. Loosening-up is not the same thing as working in a relaxed manner. Looseness and relaxation are often confused.
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- Training & Bone Quality
- An excerpt from the book, "Equine Lameness" by Drs. Christine King and Richard Mansmann. Recent research on bone responses to exercise in young Thoroughbreds may be especially important for racehorse trainers. This information can also be used when training young or untrained mature horses for other sports which place large demands on the bones.
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- Warming Up and Stretching
- A series of very important physiological events occur during the first few minutes that a
horse exercises. The spleen contracts, releasing more oxygen-carrying blood into the
bloodstream. The heart begins to work harder, which increases bloodflow and oxygen to
working muscles. As the muscles contract, they produce heat, which is commonly
referred to as "warming up".
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