HMB Equestrian

11/12/2024

One space at 6.30pm tomorrow night for Bishop Burton Training if anyone wants it?

09/12/2024

📌📆NEW DATES 📆📌
Dates for your diary
All training open to all ages and abilities

Whether you’re looking for a fresh pair of eyes or just a few new tips everyone is welcome.

⬇️Click the link below ⬇️ for more details and to book you’re preferred time slot🔗

https://calendly.com/hmbequestrian
Any questions feel free to message me on 07795562745 or email [email protected]

09/12/2024

⚠️⚠️ NEW DATES ⚠️⚠️

Dates for your diary’s
All training open to all ages and abilities

Whether you’re looking for a fresh pair of eyes or just a few new tips everyone is welcome.

⬇️Click the link below ⬇️ for more details and to book you’re preferred time slot🔗

https://calendly.com/hmbequestrian

Any questions feel free to message me on 07795562745 or email [email protected]

02/12/2024

Spaces available this Saturday for Arena Eventing training at

For more details and to book please click on the link https://calendly.com/hmbequestrian/arenaeventingepworth

23/10/2024

🦄One space 5.45 tomorrow night big indoor at Bishop Burton Equine Centre🦄
Message me if you’d like it

16/10/2024

Fascinating video, lots of interesting details about the anatomy of the head and neck and how this relates to the outline of a horse when ridden.

11/09/2024

Knowledge sharing post No.1.

Digital/Phalangeal Alignment in a wet environment.
Pollitt and Hampson did a study at University of Queensland a couple of years ago.
They concluded the hoof wall has a constant moisture content. The sole however is like a sponge, soaking up all available moisture .
When hydrated to capacity, it loses it's tensile strength and the ability to support the hoof capsule as intended.
The back third of the hoof, which is also the shock absorbing section, drops or prolapses as a result. Counter rotation of the coffin bone occurs.
This is now known as negative palmer/planter angle. That is the angle the bottom of P3 makes in relation to the ground.
As a farrier, the best results to help this are to engage the back third in a load sharing package. Traditionally a heartbar shoe or wide bar was used. More recently dental impression material or pour in material is added to load share with frogs and commisures.
Plastic frog support pads are available most recently, as skills to fit a heartbar correctly are highest level. Protecting the internal structure are paramount whilst load sharing.

Horse's hooves are not designed to be constantly wet. Best results are to remove the cause.
A dry bedding of pine sawdust draws moisture and helps kill bacterial invasion of the whiteline and/frog's.
Overloading of the over hydrated hoof is exacerbated by the weight of the horse. To many horse's are overweight for the tensile strength of the hoof capsule.
If your horse gets to the situation where it needs this specific shoeing package, it's your responsibility as an owner to change the management or husbandry process.
Horse's shod with a load sharing package should be in a confined environment where they can't gallop about with the possibility of overreaching causing premature shoe loss. They should not be in a herd environment where other horse's can stand on the shoe's at play causing premature shoe loss.
Your farrier sees your horse at a cyclic time to reshoe, trimming the hoof to keep in balance perimeters.
The management between visits falls squarely on the owner.
Unfortunately to often expectations of correct digital alignment are overshadowed by owner mismanagement. I'm older and get grumpy when "buck passing " ends up in my lap.
At the end of the day as a professional tradesperson, it's me who decides if I continue to be trying my best for your horse's welfare 🙏

14/07/2024

‼️Studs‼️

Well worth a read

STUD HOLES ⚫️

Whilst type of studs and placement can be down to personal preference and individual horse needs here are some general rules -

✅ Always plug your stud holes to prevent stones and mud packing up in them, this will also protect the stud hole threads
✅ Plan ahead - if you need stud holes pre-warn your farrier BEFORE they arrive for your shoeing appointment
✅ Always use the smallest studs you can get away with
✅ Allow for the foot to slide a little - you don't want to bring the hoof to a sudden stop as this prevents the natural shock absorbing system of the foot and limb from working properly
✅ When using double stud holes - use studs the same height in order to keep the feet balanced
✅ Studs on the inside of the foot should be rounded to minimise a striking injury to the opposing limb
✅ Traditionally you use a bigger pair of studs in the hinds as this is where most of the power comes from
✅ Use studs with caution on hard ground to avoid jarring the joints and bones
✅ There are different shape studs for different types of surfaces and ground conditions - if unsure which to use, ask your farrier for advice
✅ Choosing what stud height - a general rule is how deep you think the foot will sink above the shoe - so if you have a mud line 1cm above the shoe, use a 1cm tall stud

24/06/2024

Last few slots for Tuesday Bishop Burton& Thursday
Port Royal
Message me for info

24/06/2024

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🦉Words of Wisdom🦉

20/06/2024

Did you know the Sorraia is the worlds rarest breed of horse?

They originate in Portugal and are thought to be descendants of primitive horses native to southern Iberia. They have primitive markings such as dorsal lines and zebra stripes on the legs. They are various shades of Dun and have a convex profile.

In 2007 there were fewer than 200 horses remaining, including only 80 brrodmares. Most existing in Portugal, and a handful in Germany.

In Vale Carapito in the Greater Côa Valley area of Portugal there has been a herd of 10 Sorraia Horses released as part of a rewilding project with the long term plan to enhance the natural grazing in the region.
Pedro Prata, Rewilding Portugal Team Leader explains
“Large herbivores such as horses play an essential role in shaping eco systems and the promotion of biodiversity”

An increase in grazing by wild herbivores is badly needed in the Greater Côa Valley. In recent times the area has seen livestock numbers plummet, due to rural depopulation and associated land abandonment - a trend which has affected many parts of Southern Europe. As a result, many landscapes, such as those found in Vale Carapito, are now covered by young, often monotonous forest or dense, continuous scrub. Both of which offer little biodiversity. The Sorraia will help to break up this forest and shrubland and will therefore improve the conditions for the populations of roe deer, Iberian ibex, rabbits and the red legged partridge. This in turn will positively impact the predators such as the Iberian Wolf, Iberian lynx, Bonelli’s eagle.

An extremely import added benefit is that it will create more open spaces which makes landscapes more resilient to wild fires which are becoming more frequent and intense.
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Source http://www.rewildingeurope.com/news

10/06/2024

This video is 🌟BRILLIANT🌟 “You just gotta remember whatever you do with horses, they’re learning”

Read that again .

They’re learning, learning to use you as a rubbing post or learning to respect your space? Learning you will move out of their way if they swing about when tied up, or learning to respect you? Learning to go on the bit and be soft and relaxed? Or learning it’s ok to be uptight, look around and focus on lots of things happening around them ?

Fantastic video. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6sfxqFIwGT/?igsh=MTY5bjhwYXhmYnlyMg==