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28.2.2022 Finding The Right Help

By Sue Palmer on February 28, 2022

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It can be a minefield trying to find the right help for you and your horse, and I’ve written […]

27.2.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on February 27, 2022

From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? 4. Feel through neck and girth area What to do: Feel through the muscles in your horse’s neck, particularly around the base of the neck. Use the tips of two or four fingers (as opposed to the palm of your hand), pressing as hard as […]

Study Supports Equestrianisms Social License To Compete

By Sue Palmer on February 26, 2022

Eventing placings related to how comfortable the horse is in his ridden work A study published yesterday found that horses with a lower score on the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram were more likely to be placed in the top three at BE 90, BE 100, and BE Novice events. The most common score on the […]

26.2.2022 Equestrian Australia introduces rider weight rules

By Sue Palmer on February 26, 2022

I’m delighted to say that Equestrian Australia have introduced rules on rider weight. Although this will of course be controversial, in my opinion it is a much needed ruling to progress equine welfare. We all have our horses’ well being and quality of life at the forefront of our activities with them. Sometimes new evidence […]

25.2.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram – Research and Development

By Sue Palmer on February 25, 2022

Lameness investigation should include ridden assessment Subjective Gait Assessment of 57 Sports Horses in Normal Work: A Comparison of the Response to Flexion Tests, Movement in Hand, on the Lunge, and Ridden Normally, if we’re looking to see if a horse is lame, we watch him in hand and on the lunge. Sometimes, however, lameness […]

My thoughts on recent events in the equestrian world…

By Sue Palmer on February 24, 2022

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, there was huge controversy when modern pentathlete Annika Schleu failed to complete her round on the horse Saint Boy. Schleu hit Saint Boy with her whip many times, and video footage and photographs show a clearly unhappy horse and rider. Schleu’s coach Kim Raisner was thrown out […]

24.2.2022 The Worlds Best Value Equine Membership Club…

By Sue Palmer on February 24, 2022

I’m not into selling. It’s educating and informing that interests me. Sharing knowledge that those with better brains than me have learned and shared. Disseminating the science in a way that makes sense to me, and hopefully to you. Picking through what’s out there and doing my best to figure out what’s real and what’s […]

23.2.2022 Hilary, Max and Zen

By Sue Palmer on February 23, 2022

A Guest Blog by Hilary Moses Christmas came and went, with both horses enjoying a little time off. My daughter came to stay and has always ridden, so Max and Zen went out together for a mother/daughter hack which was lovely. Then Zens’ training recommenced, firstly with his flat work, where I decided with a […]

22.2.2022 Sharing the Science: Equestrians’ Perceptions of Horse Happiness?

By Sue Palmer on February 22, 2022

Investigating Equestrians’ Perceptions of Horse Happiness: An Exploratory Study This study asked people, via a questionnaire distributed through social media, whether their horse was happy, and whether they felt that they could recognise happiness in their horse. The vast majority of respondents felt that they could recognise when their horse was happy (94%), and that […]

21.2.2022 Concordia

By Sue Palmer on February 21, 2022

I’m delighted to share that I am teaming up with Concordia Equestrians to provide articles for their brand new bi-monthly magazine, Concordia. Take a look at Issue 1 here, I will be contributing from Issue 2. I love writing, and enjoy contributing regularly to the Intelligent Horsemanship magazine, which is available to members (along with […]

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