Heather
18th Oct 2000, 07:49 PM
HI folks,
Will be away for a week now. First stop, something I have been looking forward to for months- I am lecturing on Saturday at Cambridge Veterinary School, on riding realted injuries to the horse. This is such a great opportunity to talk to the vets, who know nothing about riding in general, so it is good to be able to show them the cause of so many back and neck injuries in the horse, not to mention a few causes of lameness.
Using the simulator again, I get them to place thier hand under the cantle of the saddle and feel for themselves what the horse feels. They are gobsmacked when they feel the difference between various riding techniques that are being taught,-when they get their hand practically squashed- and the true Classical way, when to their astonishment, they feel almost nothing changing in the rider's balance in any pace, and almost no weight in the saddle.
My good friend Mike Peace is lecturing on horse psychology, Kay Humphries the top saddle fitter and lecturer on the subject will be horrifying them with some typical examples of saddles and how badly they are made, adn top equine osteopath Gavin Schofield will lecture on biomechanics and movement.Will let you know how it goes!
Heather
Will be away for a week now. First stop, something I have been looking forward to for months- I am lecturing on Saturday at Cambridge Veterinary School, on riding realted injuries to the horse. This is such a great opportunity to talk to the vets, who know nothing about riding in general, so it is good to be able to show them the cause of so many back and neck injuries in the horse, not to mention a few causes of lameness.
Using the simulator again, I get them to place thier hand under the cantle of the saddle and feel for themselves what the horse feels. They are gobsmacked when they feel the difference between various riding techniques that are being taught,-when they get their hand practically squashed- and the true Classical way, when to their astonishment, they feel almost nothing changing in the rider's balance in any pace, and almost no weight in the saddle.
My good friend Mike Peace is lecturing on horse psychology, Kay Humphries the top saddle fitter and lecturer on the subject will be horrifying them with some typical examples of saddles and how badly they are made, adn top equine osteopath Gavin Schofield will lecture on biomechanics and movement.Will let you know how it goes!
Heather