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 characteristic easy-to-follow details about concussion and a “return to using” pathway, based mostly on the most recent understandings of concussion in sport. “From the standpoint of rehabilitation and return to journey, it’s massively necessary [that advice is aligned across equestrian sport]. In any other case we’re simply going to have riders doing all kinds of various issues and everybody getting a bit confused, so it must be the identical – and likewise aligned with all different sports activities,” mentioned BEF chief medical officer Anna-Louise Mackinnon.
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2. The return of Mount St John Freestyle
Proprietor Emma Blundell has mentioned Charlotte Dujardin’s 2018 world bronze medal-winning journey Mount St John Freestyle may return to the dressage area in time for the Paris Olympics. Freestyle has been dwelling at Mount St John Stud in Yorkshire, having returned dwelling final yr for breeding. She is now again in coaching, with Emma on board. “My imaginative and prescient for the longer term is to look at Freestyle again out on the high of the game, with Paris simply across the nook,” mentioned Emma.
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 together 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 way in which folks and horses study, what makes horses behave as they do, and the way to sort out undesirable behaviour.
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