Groundbreaking concussion tips, the return of a high British horse for Paris, and different issues the horse world is speaking about

1. Groundbreaking concussion tips

The primary unified concussion tips particularly for riders throughout all equestrian disciplines had been unveiled by British Equestrian yesterday (2 March). The rules function easy-to-follow details about concussion and a “return to driving” pathway, primarily based on the newest understandings of concussion in sport. “From the standpoint of rehabilitation and return to experience, it’s massively essential [that advice is aligned across equestrian sport]. In any other case we’re simply going to have riders doing all types of various issues and everybody getting a bit confused, so it must be the identical – and in addition aligned with all different sports activities,” stated BEF chief medical officer Anna-Louise Mackinnon.

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2. The return of Mount St John Freestyle

Proprietor Emma Blundell has stated Charlotte Dujardin’s 2018 world bronze medal-winning experience Mount St John Freestyle might return to the dressage enviornment in time for the Paris Olympics. Freestyle has been dwelling at Mount St John Stud in Yorkshire, having returned residence final 12 months for breeding. She is now again in coaching, with Emma on board. “My imaginative and prescient for the long run is to look at Freestyle again out on the high of the game, with Paris simply across the nook,” stated Emma.

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3. Altering behaviour

A light-weight was shone on equine and human behaviour change on the Nationwide Equine Discussion board yesterday (2 March), the place the story of Hannah Bryant and her Welsh cob Gav featured in a chat by Horse Belief director of equine behaviour Gemma Pearson. Hannah and social scientist Tamzin Furtado joined Gemma for a panel dialogue. When Hannah purchased Gav six years in the past he couldn’t be caught for weeks – and later bolted right into a fence. Hannah sought assist from Dr Pearson, who labored along with her and Gav, and the pair have since gone on to compete efficiently. The purpose was to make use of Hannah and Gav’s story to discover the science behind the best way folks and horses be taught, what makes horses behave as they do, and the best way to sort out undesirable behaviour.

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