Liz Burgess Equine

18/03/2025

All these rugs must go they are in the shop to view

02/03/2025

All chores done, feed digested,ready to groom and ride - I forgot to check Savannah’s schedule!

26/02/2025

🐴DRESSAGE SOLUTIONS🐴 Understand How Crooked Riding Affects Your Horse ...

Load a wheelbarrow heavily to one side as in the center illustration. Now push the wheelbarrow, and feel how it pulls to the weighted side and how you are forced to lean in that direction to compensate. That’s how your horse feels when you sit unevenly in the saddle, as shown in the left image. When you sit evenly, the horse will be centered and balanced as shown in the illustration on the right.
— Sharon Sweet

26/02/2025

Brand new bikes - this Friday at Faversham market - great discounts. Sharing for a friend, but I know a few of my followers have Lycra fans in the family 😎 🚴

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Brand new bikes for half price and under at Faversham market this Friday 28th February.

I will be selling bikes at the market this Friday but I will be selling them at a loss. That means I will make zero profit. And the community can benefit from my loss and I want them to. The more people on bikes in this town the better.

We will have around 20 bikes and they are all brand new except two of them which are display models and in new condition still.
Search up the models online and see how much they cost. We might be up for a bit of a haggle as well if you're bringing cash which is going to go straight to our community interest company to see that we can get more special needs kids on bikes.

All brand new bikes

We are going to be selling them for £65.
They are sellling right now online. £150.
Red Bike: The Insync Breeze 26-inch mountain bike features updated geometry for improved stability and comfort. Equipped with 18-speed gearing and V-type brakes, it ensures efficient climbing and reliable stopping power. Additional highlights include lightweight alloy rims, wide MTB tires suitable for off-road terrain, and a comfortable padded saddle.

We are going to be selling them for £110
They are selling right now online £200
Gunmetal grey and red bike: The Tiger Hazard 26" mountain bike features a durable hi-tensile steel frame and forks, ensuring robust performance on various terrains. Equipped with an 18-speed Shimano gearing system operated by Revo-shift shifters, it offers smooth and precise gear transitions. The bike also includes alloy V-brakes for reliable stopping power and 26" alloy rims paired with versatile tires suitable for both on-road and off-road cycling.

25/02/2025

We are appealing for donations of TURNOUT RUGS in all sizes.

If your have turnout rugs that are waterproof and in good condition (no tears and straps intact etc) we would be very grateful to accept them as donations.

Rugs can be dropped off at our centre in Trim or we can accept them through the post.

Angelsy Lodge Equine Hospital in The Curragh are also a drop off point (FAO Mary in Reception)

Your generosity is greatly appreciated ❤️

15/02/2025

15/02/2025

What are your thoughts on this? Is it time for an update?

DRESSAGE SA RULES - USE OF VOICE

The use of the voice in any way whatsoever or clicking of the tongue once or repeatedly is a serious fault, involving the deduction of at least 2 marks from those that would have been awarded for the movement, where the use of voice occurred.

27/01/2025

Rare availability for a private lesson at Deepdene Stables with me this Thursday!
Also group lesson at 6.
See comments …..

27/01/2025

⭐️🐴Brilliant Basics : Breathing 🐴⭐️

🫁Our breathing, both mounted and dismounted is hugely influential on both horse and rider biomechanics, and on the emotional connection between ourselves and our horses.

🫁The most important fact to bear in mind is that your horse will mirror your own breathing, both good and bad.

🫁Even with a very steady, grounded sort of horse, if that horse spends enough time with a human who has shallow, inconsistent breathing, that horse will soon pick up on the human and mirror them. And vice-versa, the outlook of an anxious horse can be dramatically improved by the influence of a human handler or rider that is breathing well. The scientific word for this is entrainment, and the process is called co-regulation.

🫁Also, a very interesting fact; horses cannot conceptualize their breath like we can. For example, we can use our pre-frontal cortex to make decisions on how many breaths to take, how deeply to breathe, and in turn we can positively take control of our own emotional state. In comparison, a horse cannot make decisions to change his breathing rate. He responds via environmental input to his central nervous system, and breathes accordingly. So, if others are calm, he is calm. If others are triggered by a threat, he is also triggered. A good example of this is how a young horse will stay calm in traffic around an older horse who is not in fear of the traffic. So, as best as we can, we have to be the ‘reliable external modulator’ in the relationship.

🫁This means that if we can master good breathing, then we have a very powerful tool at our disposal for regulating ourselves and our horses and improving performance.

🫁Not only are there emotional benefits to good breathing, but also postural benefits. The muscles that are involved in inspiration and expiration also have a dual function in core stabilisation and are very useful for promoting human and equine self-carriage.

So how do we do it?

🫁First of all, take some slow steady breathes and notice how your ribcage and lungs expand on the in breath. Do you breathe mostly into your upper chest? Does your shoulder girdle lift with each breath, lengthening your front in the process? This would indicate your breath is fairly shallow. As your front lengthens, you are losing some of your strength and core integrity. It might help to sit in front of a mirror to gain clarity on this.

🫁Instead, can you breathe into your belly, expanding your ribcage outwards instead of upwards. Can you keep your front the same length, with your breath going down and outwards instead of remaining in your upper chest?

🫁To test yourself, place your hands on your waist, and squeeze your waist inward so that there is some resistance given to your breathing (a bit like a tight belt or corset). Then notice as you breath in, can you start to push your hands outwards against the resistance. Repeat this until you get the hang of expanding your ribcage and belly against a resistance.

🫁Next, notice what happens on the outbreath. Does your ribcage and belly contract, or can you keep pushing out against the resistance, even during the outbreath? This starts to raise intraabdominal pressure and contraction in the muscles of both inspiration and expiration.

🫁Can you increase your resistance against your hands on the in breath and the outbreath, until there becomes no difference in your tone as your breathe in and out. You are now starting to breathe diaphragmatically.

🏆Well done!

Want to experiment further with the amazing influence of your breath? Click below for my free guide to calming breathing techniques for your horse ⬇️

https://www.horseandridercoach.co.uk/pl/2148359070

13/01/2025

12/01/2025