Bit and Bridle Fit Consultant James Cooling

04/11/2025

Great organisation to join and article from me in this month's magazine..

It’s so lovely to get all the messages from Intelligent Horsemanship members saying ‘It’s the best horse magazine available today’, ‘Everything stops when it arrives so I can read it’, I even got a photo from New York last week saying ‘Look what I’ve taken with me to read!’ Plus all the lovely comments about the membership in general – the lessons, the webinars, the real life human answering the phone (Sharron isn’t an AI model you know …)

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03/11/2025

Bit pressure and rein tension-induced mouth pain in horses have recently become a significant welfare concern, fueling debates within the equestrian community and beyond. Evidence indicates that bits can cause pain-related behaviors and even oral lesions. Although studying pressure-induced pain in a...

19/10/2025

Good information

09/10/2025

I have recently been asked to contribute to the discussion around the causes of "blue tongue" in ridden horses for the publication "Horses and People" in Australia..

A medical doctor, bit-fitter and equestrian explains why blue tongues aren’t harmless—and what they reveal about bridle pressure and welfare.

30/08/2025

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28/08/2025

🙌LISTEN UP🙌 - 💚 I will be sharing my secrets to successful, whole horse, integrative hoof care during my next webinar on 8th September. Link in the comments to sign up 💚

Hoof care IS body work when it is done with empathy and respect for the horses neuro-muscular health. With this appropach, the changes the internal hoof can achieve is mind blowing. The hoof-up and body-down fascial changes achieved helps to adjust the hoof morphology as viewed from the outside, and the entire posture, and therefore load on the limb and hoof.

This webinar is low priced to help us help as many people as possible. But dont let the minimum £5 feet fool you into thinking the info given here is low value - it is anything but!

Recording available to anyone who cannot attend live. Recording also available for free to our VIP subscription members 🥰

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07/08/2025

24/07/2025

What we have been saying for years....

https://askanimalweb.com/new-study-links-tight-nosebands-to-reduced-stride-length-and-potential-facial-damage-in-horses-3/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLvQgVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrYRaa4hDEQeeq8t5ahbDEpCtX9DCaU4vF6FWdl-H6NQeZYBMIO8PBl0EMk0_aem_wWvCYFW9mVK3S_7Ku9HB-g

A new scientific study co-authored by Animalweb’s own Dr David Marlin in conjuction with Anglia Ruskin University students Emily Hopkins and Stacie Whitrod and ARU Writtle Associate Professor of Animal Biomechanics and Sports Medicine and School Research Lead Dr Roberta Blake, has found that tight...

20/04/2025