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There are loads of really understandable saddle fit tips on this video in fact it probably the best saddle fit video we've seen so far. Do your horse a favour watch the video then go look at your horse.
For a start where does the hair converge on your horse?
Is your saddle too long?
Remember "the horse breaks not the saddle"
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The UK Met Office heatwave health warning is currently at Level 3 with average temperatures of around 30C we're advised to keep out of the sun from 11am to 3pm, avoid physical exertion and drink plenty of cold drinks.
Not just any old cold drink will do though, for a start you should avoid alcohol and caffinated drinks, take a look at How equestrians can avoid dehydration for more information.
Remember the sunblock ~ The importance of sunscreen for equestrians
If the horse flies are about, they like warm sunny days with little wind, here's some advice on how to avoid being bitten ~ How to avoid being bitten by horseflies
You won't need extra salt for yourself, humans get enough salt from their diet, but your horse might ~ Salt for horses Sodium Chloride
Follow the advice in Hot Horses - Helping your horse to cope with the summertime heat.
Stay safe in the sun!
Image: Garry Knight licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
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'The Path of the Horse' documentary explores the future of horse-human relationships. Join former horse trainer Stormy May as she travels the world to interview today's leading horsemanship teachers and visionaries; Alexander Nevzorov, Klaus Hempfling, Linda Kohanov, Mark Rashid, Carolyn Resnick, and equine artist Kim McElroy.
There's a free Path of the Horse eBook to download as well it documents research done for the movie as well as telling more of Stormy's story in the years following the release of the documentary. http://ourhorses.org/products/
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"Never to lose one's temper with the horse is a good precept and an excellent habit; to lose one's temper is unreasonable and makes one do things one can but afterwards regret. When a horse shows fright of some object and refuses to go near it, one must make him feel that he has nothing to fear, and more especially so if the horse be a high-couraged one; the rider will do well to walk up to such object himself and touch it, subsequently to lead the horse quietly up to it. Those riders who force the horse by the use of the whip will only increase his terror, for he will imagine that the pain he feels is inflicted upon him by the object that frightens him." Xenophon 's Hippike, Treaty on Equitation
Sound advice from 500 years BC!
Click the following links for more horse quotes:
Horse Quotes, Favourite Horse Quotes,
Good riding is an affair of skill but bad rising is an affair of courage - Colnel VDS Williams OBE
Brazillian proverb - He made the horse
The jewel of my childhood - ponies -Nell Gifford
Your horse should be a trusted friend - Xenophon
Praise for thoroughbreds - Dianne Grod
The horse is a very noble creature - Desmond Morris
Make him your FRIEND - Oliveira
stables are the real centre of the household - George Bernard Shaw
Monica Dickens - You and your horse,
Sherlock Holmes - Game of Shadows
Black Elk - A Sky Full of Horses
Seabiscuit - Quotation from the film
Anna Sewell - quote about bad tempers and horses
Image: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5
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Lately we've been talking lot about safety here at Horse Sense, horses are large heavy animals who react first and think later, that can be dangerous. Research has shown that a large majority of horse related accidents could have been avoided with equestrians often saying that the accident was their own fault. In an effort to help reduce such accidents we've started a new feature called Horse Safety where we will offer regular tips to help keep you safe around horses, tips like:
Always wear suitable footwear when riding or working with horses
How to avoid being bitten by horseflies
and much more.
Comments can be left and we're hoping that readers (that's you please) will add their own safety tips and talk about their own experiences to help make Horse Safety a really good resource for everyone involved with horses.
You can take a look by clicking here ~ Horse Safety
Image: The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur via Wikipedia Commons
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"Rick Wallace demonstrates tenacious, spectacular, and hilarious 'stickability' during a valiant attempt to stay on Ultimate Decision during Stadium Jumping in the Open Training division at the 2013 Chattahoochee Hills Summer Series i (July 6 - 7, 2013)"
Ultimate Decision demonstrates amazing patience!
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Still on the subject of safety around horses here at horse sense:
Follow Sarah as she experiences a fall from a horse, a ride in an
ambulance, and a trip to the hospital. See the steps the EMS and Parker
Adventist Hospital's Level III Emergency Department staff take to ensure
that Sarah will be back in the saddle again. To conclude this video,
Sean Markey, MD, Medical Director of Neurosurgery at Parker Adventist
Hospital, discusses concussions and the importance of wearing a helmet
while taking part in equestrian activities.
Parker Adventist Hospital is committed to promoting public awareness of equestrian related injuries, injury prevention, public safety and the importance of wearing an equestrian helmet. Download their equestrian safety brochure
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"Good riding is an affair of skill, but bad riding is an affair of courage. Good riding will last through age, sickness and decrepitude, but bad riding will last only as long as youth, health and strength supply courage." Colonel VDS Williams, OBE.
Click the following links for more horse quotes:
Horse Quotes, Favourite Horse Quotes,
Brazillian proverb - He made the horse
The jewel of my childhood - ponies -Nell Gifford
Your horse should be a trusted friend - Xenophon
Praise for thoroughbreds - Dianne Grod
The horse is a very noble creature - Desmond Morris
Make him your FRIEND - Oliveira
stables are the real centre of the household - George Bernard Shaw
Monica Dickens - You and your horse,
Sherlock Holmes - Game of Shadows
Black Elk - A Sky Full of Horses
Seabiscuit - Quotation from the film
Anna Sewell - quote about bad tempers and horses
Image: Charoltte DuJardin, 2012 Olympics licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported source: wiki commons
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As part of Riders 4 Helmets Internation Helmet Awareness Day we recently posted about how to choose a correctly fitting riding helmet, you can read the post by clicking: Equestrian Protective Headgear - How to choose a correctly fitting riding helmet. Now you can watch a Charles Owen helmet being fitted on this video.
You might also be interested to read about when your horse riding helmet should be replaced
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