In this exercise, which corrects your horse when he drops his inside shoulder, leans in, or cuts in on a circle, you bring him to a...
A basic understanding of your horse’s biomechanics helps to improve the quality of performance by giving the rider a mental reference for what he/she is asking...
In the previous issue of Performance Horse Digest, I had explained the benefits and exercises used to perform athletic circles. When your horse can perform...
Sandy Collier – You’ve been working all along on encouraging your horse to stay framed-up even when you put slack in the reins. By now he...
SHAN: What first attracted you to physical therapy for horses? JIM: When I was grooming hunter-jumpers on the show circuit, trainers and sometimes the vets...
As you continue to advance in your horsemanship, the posture, shape and frame of your horse’s body becomes more and more important. In this article I...
Athletic Circles – By now, you have introduced your horse to the hackamore, and he’s learned about both lateral and vertical flexion, as well...
Sandy Collier “Rounding” the Circle In the exercise, Baseball Diamond, you worked on steering by leaving out a base and cutting across to overcorrect a drift....
The junction between the poll and the atlas is the most important junction in the horse. It’s through this portal that the nervous system, which sends...
Richard Winters – Many years ago I lived right across the street from the national reined cow horse Hall of Fame member Tommy Sondgroff. I was...