Equicorrect

07/07/2020

Just to say a very special thank you to all my clients who have waited so patiently for me through this virus crisis - I hugely appreciate your loyalty! And I will finally be back in the U.K. on 20 July to see many of you! I will be bringing cake! ❤️🐎💪👏

02/07/2020

Fabulous opportunity for some one

The lovely Caroline... growing stronger and finding her balance better on her hind leg all the time. Work with her has been focussed on teaching her to carry herself and use her big engine in balance. Now she has all the basics established, very secure balanced counter canter, easy leg yield in trot and canter and is starting shoulder in which she already knows well from the in hand work. This young horse has been started correctly and slowly and will be an amazing partner for a lucky rider!

04/04/2020

AH Saddles Specialist Native Pony & Cob Saddles

Do you know if your saddle is symmetric? Here’s how to check.....

The next part of Jo Parkman's blog on asymmetry issues with horses - Jo is our fitter in France, is MFSC qualified and a great lover of Iberian horses and classical dressage, as well as an amazing equine physical therapist. Here she looks at saddle asymmetry of various kinds.

https://www.ahsaddles.com/post/holistic-management-part-2-straightness-asymmetry-of-the-saddle

21/02/2020

Interested to find out more about asymmetry in horses? This is for you!

The next instalment of the Holistic Management blog posts from our fabulous French fitter (some alliteration for a Thursday evening 😁), looking at in hand training for your horse to help correct straightness and asymmetry issues.

https://bit.ly/2PbY9sf

Jo's contact details, and details of all our fitters, can be found https://www.ahsaddles.com/saddle-fitting-agents-and-distributors.

30/12/2019

NEW FOR 2020! So from 2020 I will be stocking and selling the amazing Bomber bits and VIP gel pads!
I believe in these products so much that I use them with my own horses..... In particular Bomber bits have solved the problem of horses and ponies who dislike tongue pressure and the quality of their bits is second to none. The VIP pad is an amazingly effective pad which because of its thinness can be used with all saddles and even with a fluffy half pad. I will be offering bitting consults and opportunities to try the pad.....

10/11/2019

Meet Spinalis, the Forgotten Muscle in Saddle Fitting - The Horse's Back

So important.....

This overlooked muscle is highly involved in the effects of bad saddle fit, as it mobilises and stabilises the base of the neck, deep between the shoulders.

01/05/2019

Super day with clients and finding the Photonic red light a huge help to make treating the horses easier and more comfortable....a great support for my work

17/04/2019

I am pleased to announce that I will now be able to add Photonic red light therapy to my work with my clients' horses. This light is a great way to reduce pain and inflammation and I will be routinely using at the end of appointments - its particualry good to speed recovery during busy competition seasons...

17/04/2019

I am pleased to let all my clients know that I will now be able to use Photonic red light therapy alongside my work on your horses. This light is a non-invasive and safe way to reduce pain and inflammation and I will be using it as a routine way to end appointments. It helps to ensure fast recovery and return to full movement quickly - particularly good if you have a competition coming up!

17/01/2019

Super jump saddle with an anatomical design to give maximum freedom of movement for the horse.....but with a wooden tree and wool flock!

Une super selle avec de forme anatomique, il offre une liberté maximale au cheval, mais avec un arson en bois et de la laine dans les panneaux!

Notre selle Professional Jump en route d'Australie /Our Professional Jump on it's way to Australia

16/01/2019

Equicorrect

19/07/2018

All I can say is wow- this stuff works!!!! I’ve been trialing it in France and I am super impressed! Yesterday the flies were biting me rather than Dino!!! So nice because it’s natural! Totally recommend......

29/01/2018

Dressage Today

Great advice!

"From the beginning of the young horse's education, I want him to reach with his neck, his nose in front of the vertical, to receiving hands.

With the current concern over roundness and riding deep and low, I think that's been forgotten. Expert riders often can ride a horse deep so he still reaches for the hand, but many riders can't, and they frequently do it wrong.

Before we worry about the roundness of the young horse's neck, he needs to be strong and have all the pieces of the puzzle that make an upper-level horse, including balance with weight on the hind legs, suppleness and straightness. He becomes round as a result of these factors."

Read more from Carole Grant and learn how riding your horse with a longer neck can help make him more rideable.
--> http://bit.ly/2BAVbnH

23/01/2018

CAL REI Distribution UK

https://www.facebook.com/deborah.colesvincent/posts/10214345583341146

Totally recommend these pads- they stay dry next to the skin and stop rubbing and soreness from sweating - love them!

CAL REI UK - Equestrian products with thermo regulation for sport horses.

18/11/2017

In the UK and some appointments available on Sunday and Wednesday - message me to book!

18/08/2017

This post is not to criticise individual riders but these pictures are both 'For Sale' pictures of young horses on FB. It's so sad to see pictures like this which are presumably supposed to show the horse at its best for sale. We must do everything we can to educate riders about the physical and mental damage done to horses when they are ridden like this.....and to emphasise the difficulty their new owners will have to undo the effects of this style of riding......

10/08/2017

MSFConnection

Fabulous source of information for everybody concerned about saddle fitting and its effect on rider and horse performance!

MSFConnection is the CPD branch of the MSFC Master Saddle Fitting Consultants Academy taking saddle fitting to the next level Internationally.

08/08/2017

17/07/2017

Appointments available in the UK this weekend!

01/07/2017

Very pleased to announce that Equicorrect is now able to offer an additional service as I am now a qualified saddle fitter. Worried if your saddle is causing or contributing to your horse's problems? I can carry out an assessment of it's fit for both you and your horse and advise you on the use of corrective pads/shims if appropriate, or help you find another saddle that fits.

27/05/2017

Is My Horse Difficult or In pain? Can Facial Expressions be Used to Determine the Presence of Pain? | eurodressage

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.hall.796/posts/10158655579080621
Wow this is fascinating...,..

Veterinary News, There is undisputed evidence to show that owners, riders and trainers have a poor ability to recognise signs of pain manifest as lameness when horses are ridden. Approximately 47% of sports horses in regular work and assumed to be sound have pain-related gait abnormalities. In a dre...

16/05/2017

Very busy three days in the UK working with lovely horses and clients

08/05/2017

Fabulous Equicorrect singlets in for the summer!

02/04/2017

Oklahoma Equine Hospital

This is fascinating - particularly the link to Autism in children....how amazing if we could find a way to identify and help these children at birth! xx

SEIZING FOAL SAVED

This foal was recently admitted to OKlahoma Equine Hospital under the most dire of circumstances.

WARNING: some scenes may be disturbing.

This foal was born on a Wednesday night. It was soon apparent things were not right. The owners lived many hours from any veterinary facility and worked tirelessly for days and nights to get this foal to stand and nurse. Despite their best efforts things were heading down hill fast.

On Saturday morning this foal was admitted to the hospital. Dr. Jessi Arnold & her team at OEH went to work, but the prognosis was grave.

His vital signs were ominous. His IgG level was 27. His body temperature was dangerously low. He was in septic shock. He was seizing.

It was necessary to use the Madigan foal squeeze technique 3 times along with intense nursing care over a 24 hour period to save this foal.

This is a video description.

26/03/2017

Dressage Today

https://www.facebook.com/jo.parkman.5/posts/1329330440453524

"A good rider lives on the small number of good steps and he builds on them. He forgets about the bad things. Inexperienced riders think mostly about the bad things." —Kyra Kyrklund

Kyra won the 1991 World Cup Dressage Final in Paris aboard Matador. This fact is brought to you by HorseTech, Inc.

Read more simple (but not easy!) training tips from Kyra in this article from our archives. --> http://bit.ly/2nQzJbI

08/03/2017

Love my new polo shirts for the summer!!

23/02/2017

Dressage Today

Fabulous tips and the best explanation I have ever heard of the difference between training the canter for SJ and for dressage....

Top dressage judges Lilo Fore, Anne Gribbons and Hilda Gurney share 9 tips for riding a winning dressage test --> http://bit.ly/2lJCjhY

22/02/2017

Love my new logo clothing! Trying out different styles....

01/01/2017

Wishing all my fabulous clients a very happy New Year and a fun and successful time with your horses!

03/11/2016

Equicorrect's cover photo

27/10/2016

Conrad Schumacher Teaches Riders to 'Feel' | eurodressage

This is an old article but a very useful reminder!

http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2012/04/03/conrad-schumacher-teaches-riders-feel

02/10/2016

Horse & Hound

This is fascinating! Definitely really useful information.

Interesting findings surrounding hanging cheek snaffles. Does this news surprise you?

24/09/2016

H&H question of the week: My horse has been diagnosed with kissing spines — how do I manage it and what should I expect? - Horse & Hound

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/hh-question-week-horse-diagnosed-kissing-spines-manage-expect-592897?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

At last some sense about kissing spines.....note that 34% of horses show kissing spine changes on X-Ray with NO clinical signs of pain or poor behaviour.... Indicating that for some horses the changes seen may just be part of a normal ageing process.... This adds weight to my belief that many horses are incorrectly diagnosed with kissing spines when there may well be underlying issues causing the poor performance...and as a result the real cause is overlooked.....

Rick Farr B.Sc (Hons), B.V.Sc, MRCVS of Farr & Pursey Equine Veterinary Services gives his expert advice on kissing spines

06/09/2016

Flying back to the UK and looking forward to seeing my clients tomorrow...get the kettle on!!

02/09/2016

In this hot dry weather we take the horses down to the river to soak their feet.... They also enjoy the high mineral content of the water for a thirst quenching summer drink!