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Keep yourself and your horses happy by remembering the big picture

Keep yourself and your horses happy by remembering the big picture

Have you recently hit a brick wall with you training? or maybe that little stumbling block is taking longer than expected to resolve. Everyone can suffer from periods of disillusionment in their riding, where things feel forced and we seem to fall out of ‘flow’. Much like you might experience writer’s block or creative stagnation, [...]

Epona.tv is television about horses – online

Epona.tv is television about horses – online

After running the article on feitv.org last week, today I discovered epona.tv.
Epona was set up by a group of Danish enthusiasts and is not sponsored by the equestrian industry or federations. They source their funding entirely through subscriptions, making them independent (and the content pay-tv like FEI).
Although starting in Danish, (with the majority of footage [...]

DNA sequence of the domestic horse decoded

DNA sequence of the domestic horse decoded

The genomes of many mammals have now been completed, including the cow, the dog, the chimpanzee and, of course, the human. This week it was the turn of the horse to have its DNA sequence decoded.
- The Economist, November 7-13 2009
Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts have collaborated on a project in which the DNA sequence of [...]

Working your horse over hills to release the sacrolumbar joint on the trail

Working your horse over hills to release the sacrolumbar joint on the trail

We all know the importance of freeing the sacrolumbar joint – our horses’ chiropractors almost certainly mention it in a visit to the barn. But how do you keep your horses’ backs loose and supple when on the trail, rather than manipulating from the ground?
Kat Swigart at Equus magazine tells us how to use hill [...]

Watch live broadcasts on feitv.org

Watch live broadcasts on feitv.org

As equestrians in the world of pay-tv we’re often disapointed in the coverage of our favourite events. feitv.org broadcasts the best of FEI competitions live to your PC.
Registration with the site is free which allows you access to selected content, but you really want a day pass, one week or annual pass to get access [...]