CHAPTER 28 Evaluation of performance potential DAVID R. HODGSON Athletic performance Successful athletic performance requires a complex interaction of physiologic mechanisms involving the musculoskeletal, nervous, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. From…
CHAPTER 25 Training show jumpers RENE VAN WEEREN* The first officially organized jumping competitions were included in the program for the Royal Dublin Society’s show in 1864. There were three…
CHAPTER 19 Training regimens: Physiologic adaptations to training DAVID R. HODGSON The major objectives of training are to prepare a horse for the rigors of athletic competition, to decrease the…
CHAPTER 22 Training endurance horses ANNE LOUISE BARNES* Endurance is one of the fastest growing equestrian sports in the world and is a competition of distance and speed. Riders must…
CHAPTER 10 Transport of horses DESMOND P. LEADON and DAVID R. HODGSON Horses have been transported from place to place for thousands of years, with records indicating that this species…
CHAPTER 18 Functional biomechanics: Effect of the rider and tack PATRICIA DE COCQ and P. RENÉ VAN WEEREN For every role the horse has served since its domestication—from warfare, agriculture,…
CHAPTER 27 Training the racing quarterhorse BRIAN D. NIELSEN The American Quarterhorse derived its name from its origin in racing short distances—notably a quarter of a mile (402.3 meters [m])….
CHAPTER 24 Dressage tests, movements, and training: A primer DAVID R. HODGSON Dressage is a term derived from the French term dresser, which means to train. Originating centuries ago in…
CHAPTER 20 Training the thoroughbred racehorse DAVID R. HODGSON For decades, many well-credentialed trainers of Thoroughbred racehorses have been successful without any formal knowledge of the science of exercise or…
