Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome from Gillian Tabor

    • Legislation

    • Safety for you and your horses

    • About me - my academic study and influences
  • 2

    Preparation

    • Introduction

    • How many exercises and how often

    • Warm up considerations

    • Signs of fatigue

    • Training Diary
  • 3

    Stable Based Exercises

    • Rocking - weight shift exercises

    • Rounding reflexes

    • Carrot Stretches
  • 4

    In-hand exercises

    • Postive posture

    • In-hand Circles

    • Reinback

    • Halt transitions
  • 5

    Progressing In-hand exercises

    • In- hand Hacking

    • Progressing in-hand - What, Why & How

    • Head down training

    • In-hand poles and obstacles

    • In-hand progression of exercises
  • 6

    Final Thoughts and Extra bonus articles

    • 10 tips for a healthly horses back

    • Leg stretches

    • Developing topline - Article

    • Research on Rehab

    • Research on Carrot Stretches

    • Muscle Fibre Types and Training

    • How did you get on?
  • 7

    Equine Posture - Challenge videos

    • Introduction & Welcome

    • Video 1 - What is posture and why is it important?

    • Video 2 - What does your horse need to achieve an optimal posture?

    • Video 3 - Assessing posture

    • Video 4 - Changing Posture

    • Video 5 - Progressing posture change