Broodmares revenge DOTT.SSA EMANUELA VALLEDIP. SCIENZE VETERINARIE – UNIVERSITÀ DI TORINOEBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition Choosing the best-bred stallion to breed a quality foal might seem like the most obvious choice, but horse breeding is a complex task that requires patience and expertise and simple solutions do not exist when dealing with…
What you need to know to make travelling more comfortable for your horse DOTT.SSA EMANUELA VALLE DIP. SCIENZE VETERINARIE – UNIVERSITÀ DI TORINO EBVS® EUROPEAN SPECIALIST IN VETERINARY AND COMPARATIVE NUTRITION Travelling is not that simple even when a horse is used to it. Stress caused by transportation results in tensions and worries, determined by…
The basic principles for training the young horse Michel RobertHORSE-ACADEMY.FR When training a young horse, my first piece of advice would be to vary between mounted, lunging and loose schooling. Where there is the opportunity, work on the lunge can be performed not only in the arena but, if possible, in a field as long…
The period of greatest learning of a horse is from the first months of life up to 2-3 years of age MARCO PAGLIAI E ALBERTO ALESSI According to studies and research based on the science of ethology, it is from the first months of life up to two-three years of age that the horse forms…
Weaning is a delicate process that must be handled with car dott.ssa Emanuela ValleDip. Scienze Veterinarie – Università di TorinoEBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition Generally, around the sixth month of life the foal is weaned off and he is then separated from his mother and begins his own life journey. During the…
Do we know how and how much our horse drinks? Dott.ssa Emanuela Valle – Dip. Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition There are 420 litres of liquid in the body of a horse weighing 600 kg, including metabolic water, intra and extra cellular, the water from the plasmatic…
LUCA PAPARELLI and SUSANNA COTTICA Passion and know-how are at the base of the modern ‘project’ of the sports horse. Passion and know-how are imperative in each single phase of the growth of the horse as an athlete: breeding, training, horses and foals’ management, all the way to the start of their competition career. Passion…
The Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission (equinewellbeing.fei.org) was created by the FEI in June 2022. The purpose of the Commission’s work is to consider issues of public and equestrian concern, that may affect ongoing social acceptance of the involvement of horses in sport. Specifically, the Commission was tasked with providing independent advice and recommendations to…
The ‘true legend’ that is H&M All In, as his rider Peder Fredricson called him, concluded his sporting career with a farewell ceremony to competitions last February in Gothenburg. Thus ends the era of All In. It is such a pleasure to see an old horse retire from competitions when the time to end his…
“What I seek is pure freedom. I want all horses, all animals, to be able to choose what they want to do, with no constraint: truly free.” SANTI SERRACAMPS “Horses must be happy. This, for me, is the most important thing. I love seeing my horses free in the show arenas. At home, I play…
