Centaur Biomechanics

Centaur Biomechanics Welcome to Centaur Biomechanics, a company dedicated at advancing knowledge across the globe to help improve equine comfort, welfare and performance.
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Centaur Biomechanics, founded by Russell Guire, is a company which is dedicated to bringing some of the latest thinking to the equine arena in order to optimise the welfare of the horse, promote soundness and optimise performance and training. Here we share our daily activities, horse & rider biomechanics clinic dates as well as our evidence based blogs, scientific publications, research updates and lots more.

Great evening presenting to Eventing Ireland. This evenings session was about โ€œEquine Biomechanics: from an Eventing Per...
24/01/2025

Great evening presenting to Eventing Ireland. This evenings session was about โ€œEquine Biomechanics: from an Eventing Perspectiveโ€ where I discussed forces associated with jumping, saddle fit and design, stud-hoof-surface interaction and breastplates. Massive thanks to Eventing Ireland for the invitation.

Article in British Dressage about the new FEI noseband measuring tool and the measuring location, and how / when British...
23/01/2025

Article in British Dressage about the new FEI noseband measuring tool and the measuring location, and how / when British Dressage will be implementing it ๐Ÿ‘

Great couple of days at Kelsall Equestrian working with British Equestrian P3 Eventers at their winter training. Always ...
22/01/2025

Great couple of days at Kelsall Equestrian working with British Equestrian P3 Eventers at their winter training. Always great to work with the athletes, coaches, and Equine and Human Sports Science Teams ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

**๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ**With ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐——๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† and ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒIn our 2025 webinar series we have ...
22/01/2025

**๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ**

With ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐——๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† and ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ

In our 2025 webinar series we have three sessions delivered by world renowned researchers on the equine neck. These sessions will cover neck biomechanics, function, clinical cases/presentations, management and rehabilitation.

๐Ÿด๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป Thursday 30th January @ 19:00 HRS GMT https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biomechanics-of-the-horses-neck-with-prof-hilary-clayton-tickets-1145523434429?aff=oddtdtcreator


๐Ÿด๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ @ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rehabilitating-cervical-issues-in-dressage-horses-morgan-lashley-tickets-1205973682749?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ - ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ on Thursday 27th March @ 19.00 HRS GMT https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pain-in-the-neck-which-equine-cervical-issues-can-cause-poor-performance-tickets-1146775910619?aff=oddtdtcreator

All sessions come with CDP certificate, video replay and discussions at the end.

Image credit: Dr Anne Ehrle

Great evening webinar presenting a session on rider kinematics. This session was a follow on from last week where I was ...
21/01/2025

Great evening webinar presenting a session on rider kinematics. This session was a follow on from last week where I was talking about evidence based saddle fitting. Massive thanks to Anne from Equine Saddlefitting Specialists in Holland for the invitation ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Busy weekend with visiting horses yesterday at Centaur for gait analysis, and then today a busy rider biomechanics clini...
19/01/2025

Busy weekend with visiting horses yesterday at Centaur for gait analysis, and then today a busy rider biomechanics clinic in Wiltshire. Great to see everyone, massive thanks to Lisa for organising ๐Ÿ‘

Great to deliver a session to the BSEVA group, massive thank you for the invitation. This evening session was discussing...
17/01/2025

Great to deliver a session to the BSEVA group, massive thank you for the invitation. This evening session was discussing the influence that the rider, and rider asymmetry has on equine locomotion. Great to share this work with the next generation of veterinarians ๐Ÿค“

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒHere is our 2025 webinar programme. These sessions bring some of the worldโ€™s ...
17/01/2025

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ

Here is our 2025 webinar programme. These sessions bring some of the worldโ€™s leading researchers directly to your laptop, sharing their work and approaches. These sessions are invaluable for those who want to advance their knowledge in areas associated with equine sports science, therapy and rehabilitation, and rider health and biomechanics.

CPD certificates, video replay and discussion sessions at the end of each webinar.

๐Ÿด๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป Thursday 30th January @ 19:00 HRS GMT https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biomechanics-of-the-horses-neck-with-prof-hilary-clayton-tickets-1145523434429?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต: ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ, ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ-๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†, Sunday 9th February 2024 @ 10:00 HRS https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rider-health-discussing-the-sensitive-topics-tickets-1145531067259?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ @ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rehabilitating-cervical-issues-in-dressage-horses-morgan-lashley-tickets-1205973682749?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ on Sunday 23rd February @ 14:00 HRS GMT https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/equine-movement-patterns-in-relation-to-biomechanical-tissue-restrictions-tickets-1146759401239?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜: ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ-๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ Thursday 27th February 2025 @ 19:00 HRS https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rider-saddle-fit-optimising-saddle-fit-for-the-rider-tickets-1146740845739?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜… โ€“ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‡ on Saturday 1st March. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-thorax-the-central-part-of-the-horse-tickets-1145698999549?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‡ on Saturday 22nd March https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hindquarter-the-power-engine-tickets-1145709029549?aff=oddtdtcreator

๐Ÿด๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ - ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ on Thursday 27th March https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pain-in-the-neck-which-equine-cervical-issues-can-cause-poor-performance-tickets-1146775910619?aff=oddtdtcreator

Great exercising the horses early and seeing the beautiful sun rise with Katie Radzik Para Dressage. Now on route to New...
16/01/2025

Great exercising the horses early and seeing the beautiful sun rise with Katie Radzik Para Dressage. Now on route to Newmarket for a British Equestrian meeting ๐Ÿค“

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„With our webinar programme, our goal is to help advance knowledge across the glo...
15/01/2025

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„

With our webinar programme, our goal is to help advance knowledge across the globe for the good of the horse. Our programme brings world renowned researchers direct to your laptop, all of whom share their work and clinical approaches. We are honoured that in 2024 we broadcasted to over 37 different countries and have received great feedback.

A massive thank you to all of the presenters, and thank you to everyone who registers and contributes to the discussions.

We have an exciting 2025 programme lined up, details will be out this Friday plus we have some exciting news for our summer programme.

As I always say, โ€œyou can lead a horse to water, you can not make it drink, but you can make it thirstyโ€, and we hope that the webinar programme makes attendees thirty to explore more ๐Ÿค“

Back from a cold but great day in York doing a rider biomechanics clinic. Great to see everyone, massive thank you  for ...
12/01/2025

Back from a cold but great day in York doing a rider biomechanics clinic. Great to see everyone, massive thank you for organising. Home now and managed to exercise the horses as itโ€™s getting warmer ๐Ÿ™ Now for a couple of hours of writting ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“

Batteries for my heated jacket, gloves and trousers full charged ahead of tomorrows biomechanics clinic ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ For tonight i...
11/01/2025

Batteries for my heated jacket, gloves and trousers full charged ahead of tomorrows biomechanics clinic ๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿฅถ For tonight it is data in front of the fire ๐Ÿค“

A busy week of data processing, getting things organised ahead of the conference season. Lots of exciting projects comin...
10/01/2025

A busy week of data processing, getting things organised ahead of the conference season. Lots of exciting projects coming to an endโ€ฆ..making way for new ones to start ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿค“

**๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—–๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—˜๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ** ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป...
08/01/2025

**๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—–๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—˜๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ**

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Clayton, H.M *, Williams, Murray, R., J.M., Nixon, J., Fisher, M., Fisher, D., Walker, V., MacKechnie-Guire, R

๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (read without a subscription):

https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/evj.14451

For the past four years, we have investigated the pressures beneath nosebands adjusted from 2.0 to 0.0 finger tightness with 0.0 finger tightness indicating that the noseband was touching but not compressing the skin.

In this study we measured pressures beneath the noseband when horses were standing still and when the ingested and chewed a treat.

The research addresses the concern that poor noseband adjustment could create high pressures that may risk pain or tissue damage. This study, along with our previous one, provide quantitative data regarding pressures associated with different degrees of noseband tightness.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€:

๐Ÿด Sub-noseband pressures were highest under the mandibles followed by the sides of the nasal bones.

๐Ÿด All horses willingly ingested and chewed a treat at all noseband tightness levels.

๐Ÿด Noseband pressures were higher when chewing a treat vs. standing at all noseband settings.

๐Ÿด There was no difference in noseband pressure between 2.0 and 1.5 finger tightness when standing or chewing a treat.

๐ŸดEye temperature and blink rate, which are indicators of pain/discomfort, did not change when the noseband was tightened.

๐Ÿด Even at the tightest setting (0:0 fingers = noseband just touching the skin NOT compressing), maximal noseband pressures were considerably lower than those reported to cause pain/discomfort.

As always, this is a team effort. Thank you to our research assistants, riders, owners and horses.

Thank you to our funders, World Horse Welfare, British Equestrian, Canadian Sport Horse Association, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University.

After an amazing and restful festive break, the Centaur 2025 adventure is about to take off. Officially back to work tom...
05/01/2025

After an amazing and restful festive break, the Centaur 2025 adventure is about to take off. Officially back to work tomorrow, with excitement for 2025, lots of amazing things happening, new webinar programme, new research being started and existing work being published, media activity/projects and a few other exciting projects coming out plus all our day to day activities.โ€ฆ.welcome aboard ๐Ÿ›ซ๐Ÿ›ซ

Wishing all our fabulous clients and collegues a fabulous 2025 filled with adventure, happiness and health โค๏ธ
31/12/2024

Wishing all our fabulous clients and collegues a fabulous 2025 filled with adventure, happiness and health โค๏ธ

Thatโ€™s a wrap for 2024 - final few emails sent and last exciting manuscript of 2024 submitted. As always, a massive than...
23/12/2024

Thatโ€™s a wrap for 2024 - final few emails sent and last exciting manuscript of 2024 submitted. As always, a massive thank you to everyone who supports the Centaur adventure. Wishing all our fabulous clients, colleagues, friends and family around the world a wonderful Christmas and festive break. ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„โ˜ƒ๏ธโ˜ƒ๏ธ๐ŸŽ…๐ŸŽ…๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„

Great time at The London International Horse Show where I was part of a panel discussing various aspects of equine welfa...
21/12/2024

Great time at The London International Horse Show where I was part of a panel discussing various aspects of equine welfare. Led and hosted by Agria Equine Insurance it was a thought provoking and great discussion. Massive thank you to the team for the invitation and hosting a great meeting.

If you are visiting LIHS, call by the Agria Stand F195 to view and sign The Charter for the Horse and join the team in committing to equine welfare, and discuss their work and insurance policies.

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