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1.9.2022: Thank you

By Sue Palmer on September 1, 2022

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” Elon Musk I feel so lucky to […]

29.8.2022 Finding The Right Help

By Sue Palmer on August 29, 2022

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It can be a minefield trying to find the right help for you and your horse, and I’ve written […]

27.8.2022 Excerpt from ‘Understanding Horse Performance: Brain, Pain or Training?’

By Sue Palmer on August 27, 2022

From Chapter 12: Does your horse score 10/10 for comfort? 10. Carrot stretches What to do: Use a treat or training to encourage your horse to bend his head as far round towards his point of hip as he can reach. There are various ways to do this safely. You can spear a piece of […]

25.8.2022: Keeping the Belly in Check

By Sue Palmer on August 25, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley Rebel is often accused of being fat, sometimes with justification, especially in years gone by when I wasn’t working him as hard and often as I have been for the last couple of years. Now, he still has a wide belly, but his body conditioning score is, I think, […]

18.8.2022: Jan and Rebel

By Sue Palmer on August 18, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley July 2021 came upon us with record high temperatures, bright sunshine and blue skies. So much so that I had to remain indoors, and Rebel was just turned away for over 3 weeks. We were out once, and although we started early, it wasn’t particularly enjoyable for either of […]

17.8.2022 Follow me…

By Sue Palmer on August 17, 2022

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” Tony Robbins Join me in an ongoing discussion on the links between performance, pain and behaviour in horses. Read about the scientific studies in this […]

Is bucking a sign of pain in horses?

By Sue Palmer on August 8, 2022

Have you ever sat on a horse that has bucked? Have you ever been bucked off? I bet there are not many riders this hasn’t happened to at some point! I’ve been riding since I was three years old and know I’ve come off many times. Some of them were pure accidents, some of them pure stupidity, and many of them, no doubt, a misunderstanding of what my horse was trying to tell me. I heard a description that resonated with me when I was listening to Horse and Hound podcast number 130. Dr Gemma Pearson discussed the difference between an N-shaped buck and a U-shaped buck. She said, and I agree with her, that an N-shaped back is invariably pain-related, whereas there can be a variety of reasons for a U-shaped buck.

7.8.2022 An Excerpt From The Book ‘Horse Massage For Horse Owners’ by Sue Palmer

By Sue Palmer on August 7, 2022

The Quarters Gluteus medius Action Extends hip and rotates limb inward Origin Lumbar part of longissimus dorsi muscle, gluteals surface of ilium, sacrum, sacroiliac ligament, broad sacrotuberous ligament Insertion Greater trochanter Biceps Femoris Action Cranial part – extends hip and stifle joints, abducts limb. Caudal part – flexes stifle and abducts limb, extends tarsal joint […]

3.8.2022: Jan and Rebel

By Sue Palmer on August 3, 2022

A Guest Blog By Jan Daley 27 May 2021, we passed our Drive500 mile marker – 14 days early! 500.8 miles took us from home to the home of a friend at Rossglass. We had lunch with Grainne (pronounced Gron-ya), then took Rebel onto Minerstown beach – his first introduction to the beach, and where […]

1.8.2022 Thank you

By Sue Palmer on August 1, 2022

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” Elon Musk I feel so lucky to […]

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