Sunny Sunday

So this morning's lesson was good very good

I was feeling motivated to fix the not listening to my left leg having gone to Stephen Clarke on Tuesday and to insist on more forwards having gone to an Adam Kemp lecture/demo yesterday

So today I did both and the difference was amazing, we have left bend we have forwards, now I've got to up my game and ride the forward pony who has left bend and not sit there doing nothing

Set him up for corners do not just sling him into shoulder in think think think !!

Friday and Saturday lessons

Friday

Was a bit concerned after Tuesday's ride that the pony would be stiff behind but no he felt good :-)

Saturday

Again good but I need to

• Sit left
• Watch he doesn't flex right on left rein

Buggerd my back

So having fallen over three weeks ago the pelvic pain is now sorted and I'm back riding but the pain in my thoracic spine is getting worse hence a visit to Tamsin

Lots of work to do as taking my weight on my right hand as I fell really buggered up the thoracic area

As ever treatment pleasant and relaxing but come 16:00 I couldn't sit and all I wanted to do was climb under the duvet :-(

Missed the Jake Clemons at the O2 :-(

Swiss researchers have developed and tested a novel IBH vaccine for horses that minimized the disease-associated inflammation and itching in their trial herd.

https://thehorse.com/160153/novel-ibh-vaccine-for-horses-tested/



If you’ve been itching for an effective insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) vaccine for your horses, you might soon get some relief. Swiss researchers have developed and tested a novel IBH vaccine for horses that minimized the disease’s effects in their trial herd.

It’s the only IBH vaccine for horses so far to successfully ward off the inflammation and itching caused by biting midges’ saliva in affected horses, said Antonia Fettelschoss-Gabriel, PhD, researcher in the University Hospital Zurich Department of Dermatology, in Schlieren, and at Evax Biotech, in Münchwilen, both in Switzerland.

It’s also the first successful immunotherapeutic approach targeting a chronic disease in horses, working by preventing certain cells from getting recruited to the skin and causing tissue damage, she said.

In 2016, Icelandic researchers developed an IBH vaccine for horses based on injecting allergens directly into horses’ lymph nodes to help them develop immunity to those allergens. Although they tested the vaccine in live, healthy horses, they had not yet tested its efficacy by exposing those horses to biting midges.

In the new Swiss study, vaccinated horses showed significantly reduced allergic reactions compared to themselves the year before (when they weren’t vaccinated) and to horses treated with a placebo (a vaccine with no active ingredients), Fettelschoss-Gabriel said. They received four subcutaneous (under the skin) injections over a three-month period, plus a booster shot one month later.

Goodbye to John and Dee

So today we said goodbye to our neighbours of 19 years which made me feel incredibly sad

Didn't ride as job interview so wound up and stressy <fingers crossed>

Farrier and Chiropractor

Laura this morning slight issues right side but overall doing well

Chris - pony easier to shoe in front but clearly grumpy :-) about not going staight out as normal post Laura

Interesting study re copper nails

https://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2018/06/australian-research-hoof-copper-coated-horseshoe-nail.html

So obvious but

So second lesson today after two weeks off games having fallen literally flat on my face in Oxford over an uneven pavement and no I hadn't touched any alcohol and nor was I looking at my phone

So the light bulb moment was I was changing the rein C started to run away (politely but even so) and instead of whinging about it to Ros a little voice in my head said 'FFS do SOMETHING' and I did

I was also pleased that someone looked to come on and I didn't immediately notice

Leg yield could potentially make him stiffer if hind leg not coming under better to use shoulder in first then leg yield once you've got hind leg better engaged

Stephen Clarke Saturday 18th August 2018 - Unicorn Trust

A few notes from a fabulous day

• If struggling for consistent contact in both reins , try taking reins in one hand
• Walk to canter needs to be established AND sharp before changes
• On a circle use a steep shoulder in to get a horse off the stiff rein
• For travers and shoulder in the rider position should not change

• On the  long diagonal  straight  -> travers -> straight    neck shouldn't need to move - keeps forward thinking

• Shoulder in long side, travel to centre line in half pass then centre line in shoulder in
• Always shoulder fore into canter
• Do NOT kill the impulsion before the transition
• When giving the rein give in the direction of the bit NOT the easr

• Half pass to centre line then shoulder in then half pass

• To remedy BTV and poll low issues raise hands without pulling back