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Methods to increase your confidence

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Your Horse, 24 May 2012 11:55

With hundreds of books and thousands of internet pages devoted to the many and varied techniques that claim to banish nerves it can be daunting to know where to start. To help you on the road to a happier, more confident you, here’s our round-up of some of the best-known strategies...   NLP NLP (or neuro-linguistic programming to give it ...

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Finding the right farrier

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Your Horse, 24 May 2012 11:22

It can be hard finding the right person to tend your horse’s feet, but the Farriers Registration Council suggests the following guidance. - Asking questions shouldn’t be a problem, so have an in-depth discussion with your potential farrier about your horse’s requirements. When it comes to changes or treatments, you should understand what is being proposed and why, how it will be ...

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Vaulting

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Your Horse, 14 May 2012 17:00

If you’ve got a penchant for Lycra and the bendiness of a small childyou’ll love the gymnastic world of vaulting... There was a time when gymnastics was confined to school halls and floor mats – but all that changed when some bendy types decided to try their gymnastic moves out on horseback.  Now a rapidly growing sport with hoardes of ...

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Looking after legs

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Your Horse, 30 April 2012 10:54

Research has shown that, over a certain temperature tendon cells in horses’ lower legs are prone to damage. In short, the hotter your horse’s legs become the greater the risk of killing tendon cells and risking inflammation. As exercise will inevitably cause your horse’s lower legs heat up, especially in hot weather, it’s important to take care to cool them ...

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How to fat score

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Your Horse, 30 April 2012 10:33

Fat scoring involves feeling for fat at set points on the horse’s body and allocating a score between 0 and 5, where 0 means the area has no fat covering and 5 means there’s excess fat. Where horses store excess fat over their skeleton varies, therefore the horse is divided into three areas – the neck and shoulder, back and ...

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