Learn Balance and Self-Awareness
Dressage riders strive to make the horse travel straight and balanced. But while they focus on their horse’s bodies, they sometimes forget that every horse can perform only as well…
Search Results for: classical dressage
Ask Horse Journal: 11/99
…so that carcasses can tested. ———- Beware Fall Pastures And Grass Founder Grass founder is classically associated with rapidly growing, lush spring pastures but can occur in the fall as…
Impaction: Be Wary Of A Too Clean Stall
…in waves, so that the horse seems OK at one time and at others is not. As pain increases, more classical colic symptoms of looking at or biting the flank…
Can Horses Get Carpal Tunnel’
…classical fashion when bringing it forward. He had heat and filling in the lower joint of the knee and a history of knee arthritis, as well as a sizeable old…
Dr. Edgar Hotz Passes Away
…educational activities. He served on numerous committees, including the AHSA Dressage Committee and USET Dressage Committee. He served the on the AHSA Board of Directors from 1996 to 1998. He…
Headshaking Mystery
…her stall and back doing light work. When work resumed at end of April, Bounce showed several episodes of shaking that were clearly attitude. This was more the classical head-throwing…
Hilary Clayton Demystifies Bit Action
Dr. Hilary Clayton, a veterinarian and researcher, is a recognized expert in bit fit and action. She currently holds the McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine. Now at Michigan…
Ask Horse Journal: 10/00
…history of nondescript stiffness behind, sensitivity on brushing and failure to respond to treatment of the hocks or tying-up is classical. These mares often stand in the stall with one/both…
Ulcer Solutions Are Plentiful
…clinical symptoms of gastric ulcer. Candidates were showing nonspecific ulcer symptoms, as well as at least one symptom more classical for a stomach disorder (refusal of grain, pain around meals,…
Ask Horse Journal: 06/00
…the mouth, as can thick, hard stems. Some forages, especially clovers, may be infected with a fungus called Rhizoctonia leguminicola, which produces a toxic chemical called slaframine. Slaframine classically produces…