Sarah Hall - Equine Performance

Sarah Hall - Equine Performance Sarah Hall is a leading coach, recommended by riders of all disciplines, and specialising in developing horses for both competitive sport and recreation.

Sarah’s ability to work with riders of all levels, from novice to Grand Prix, amateur or professional, and her instinctive empathy with both horses and riders has won her acclaim throughout Europe. Combining maturity and classical training with contemporary techniques, her plain speaking manner and supportive approach to her clients has helped her gain a reputation for success and fun: her philoso

phy is to enjoy every stage of the journey. As an exponent of the studies by Andrew Mclean in the science of equine behaviour, she has developed a unique approach to her work as a world class rider and coach. As a coach, Sarah is much in demand, providing lessons, training and clinics both at riders’ own facilities and her own base in Chelwood Gate in East Sussex, with full size outdoor arenas, livery, and indoor school available all year round. Sarah is qualified to UKCC level 2 and registered on the British Dressage Trainer’s register. As a dressage rider, Sarah’s remarkable early career saw her competing and training both horses and riders across the continent, gaining experience and accolades as a young achiever in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Now settled in the UK, Sarah competes at Prix St George on her own horse, Uferro II (Ferro x Ramiro Z) trained by Sarah herself from a three year old. Sarah is poised to begin the next stage of her career as an international competitor with Uferro II at Grand Prix. Saddlery



Every experienced rider knows the saddle is an intrinsic component of the essential communication between horse and rider. Sarah has been focussed on saddlery since her early career. Her passion for the highest level of performance and comfort for her horses has led Sarah to a partnership with the cutting edge WOW brand of saddles. As a certificated Equipe, Amerigo & WOW saddle fitter and retailer, Sarah Hall can provide a unique and individual saddle fitting and design service. Sarah’s eye for detail and excellence guarantees all her saddles provide individuality, maximum comfort, communication and elegance.

19/08/2020

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' "Horse owners are poor at recognising lameness which may compromise equine welfare” is the blunt message from the authors of a newly published research paper.' This is a headline in the recent newsletter from the Saddle Research Trust
Dr. Dyson presented preliminary findings from this study at the SRT 2018 conference which WOW sponsored. The paper on this research has now been published in the journal Animals, in a Special Issue entitled "Towards a better assessment of acute pain in equines". You can read the full paper via a pdf download at https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/6/1044
In summary, of the 60 horses in the study, 73% were lame and had significantly higher ethogram scores than non-lame horses. An interesting feature was that 47% of the horses had gait abnormalities in canter, highlighting the importance of evaluating the quality of canter, which may be compromised by hindlimb lameness or sacroiliac joint region pain.

It was clear that riders, irrespective of their skill level and experience, had a lack of recognition of the behavioural signs which may reflect musculoskeletal pain. Many riders learn to ride on horses which exhibit these signs, so there is a generalised acceptance that these behaviours are normal for horses.

The take-home message is that education about what constitutes abnormal behaviours is needed, so that lame horses are recognised and undergo appropriate investigation and treatment, in order to both enhance equine welfare and improve performance.

This summary is based on the SRT newsletter and adapted from:
Dyson, S.; Pollard, D. Application of a Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram and Its Relationship with Gait in a Convenience Sample of 60 Riding Horses. Animals 2020, 10, 1044.

Thanks to Dr. Sue Dyson for the image.

How to check your headplates
19/06/2020

How to check your headplates

We've had several queries recently about our headplate numbering system. If the headplate only has a number written on it, it will be a U profile. Vs (narrower profile) and UUs (wider profile) are always written on. (There are a few Us out there where we got keen and lettered them too, but any headplate without a letter will be a U). The photo shows two size 1 headplate. No prizes (sorry!) for guessing which is the U.

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Fashionable face masks crafted in the UK from leathers & technical fabrics to create stylish, comfortable face masks with AFNOR S76-001 filtering to help protect you from viruses & bacteria.

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19/04/2020

There is no excuse for using a heavy rein contact. Sometimes riders say that some horses need a firm contact, that they need support or help from their riders in form of “more contact” on the reins. Some riders even tell that their horses like the pressure and they claim that the horse is being ...

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