TRAINING THE EYE – HOW TO ASSESS CONFORMATION AND MOVEMENT

Whether you’re shopping for a youngster, evaluating your current mount, or simply seeking to better understand your horse’s strengths and challenges, developing an ‘educated eye’ for conformation and movement is one of the most valuable skills a rider or owner can cultivate. It’s more than just assessing beauty or elegance — it’s about predicting performance…

BylizzieJune 17, 20250Comments

Horse Channel

UNLOCKING YOUR HORSE’S HIDDEN POTENTIAL WITH SIMON COCOZZA

Simon Cocozza is an internationally respected trainer, author of Core Conditioning for Horses, and a FEI-level coach with a background in advanced equestrian instruction and equine biomechanics. His revolutionary system – Core Conditioning for Horses – focuses on developing strength, balance and longevity through gymnastic groundwork and intelligent schooling. Whether your horse struggles with topline, kissing…

BylizzieMay 24, 20250Comments

Horse Channel Horse Health

MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE

Text: Shelley Wolhuter Horses are designed to move. In fact, when it comes to horses, movement really is medicine. In the wild, horses have been known to cover an average of 40km daily. Different terrains and climates would affect this average, but regardless, that distance is still rather impressive! Living as Mother Nature intended offers certain…

BylizzieFebruary 6, 20250Comments

Horse Channel Horse Health Know How Lifestyle

BIG OPEN SPACES

By Kim Dimevski, SA Horse Trails Growing up learning about horses in the typical stable yard environment can give one a fairly limited education. Within these fixed confines we often only know what is taught to us by our instructors, and especially when young we tend to hang onto every word they say. We know what…

BylizzieFebruary 27, 20210Comments

Horse Channel Know How

Arena surface construction and maintenance

Can arena surface affect the biomechanics of your horse's legs? [dropcap]P[/dropcap]rofessionals are all choosing to install or only work over synthetic mix surfaces – but do these arenas actually make a difference to the horse and your schooling? This month, HQ talks to Peter Morrison, who heads Martin Collins South Africa – equine facility specialists –…

BylizzieJuly 14, 20160Comments

TRAINING THE EYE – HOW TO ASSESS CONFORMATION AND MOVEMENT

UNLOCKING YOUR HORSE’S HIDDEN POTENTIAL WITH SIMON COCOZZA

MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE

BIG OPEN SPACES

Arena surface construction and maintenance

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