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🧂Salt is an electrolyte - and the 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙩 and helps to maintain optimum pH levels.

The brain measures Sodium levels, which signals the horse to drink🥛. If sodium blood concentration is low, the signal to drink water will be significantly diminished. Why? Drinking water would further dilute the crucial sodium levels in bodily fluids.

Correct sodium balance in the horse is necessary for proper thirst response and body fluid equilibrium.

The horse's body is approximately 70% fluids, which include water💦 and electrolytes.

Salt is necessary for the production and secretion of bodily fluids such as sweat, saliva, intestinal tract fluids, urine, and mucus.

Sodium is also necessary for proper nerve, digestion, and muscle function (including the heart❤️ and intestines).

Salt is often overlooked👀 in the equine diet. Despite providing a salt block, the vast majority of equine diets do not provide sufficient sodium⬇.

Salt supplementation is required for optimum health😊 - regardless of the season. It is imperative to:
🔶𝙀𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙.
🔶Provide an ample supply of fresh water.
🔶Offer a free choice supply of either loose salt or a white salt block.

Learn more about how much salt is needed, when & why. Follow the link in bio 👉 tap on Blog Posts – Organized By Topic👉 tap on Health & Safety 👉 Why Horses Need Salt & Why Salt Blocks Are Not Enough

Learn more about how much salt is needed, when & why👉 https://www.thehaypillow.com/blogs/news/why-horses-need-salt-why-salt-blocks-are-not-the-answer

Many common barn practices are hazardous to your horse's respiratory health. By making some simple management changes, you can eliminate these threats. >>https://bit.ly/EQCoughCauses

Apply for Judges!!

We are recruiting for some extra goal judges for the busy 2024 polo season here in the heart of Windsor Great Park. An integral part of every game, goal judges are at the heart of the action.

🏳️Good rates of pay plus all equipment and safety instruction are provided.
🏳️Ideal for a student who has just finished their exams and looking for some outside work over the summer.
🏳️Variable hours including some weekend working.

Please note no visas are available with this role. A valid driving licence would be advisable as there is no public transport to the Club. For more information and to apply please email the polo secretary on: [email protected]

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: Unlike humans, horses don’t have collarbones. Their shoulders are held to the rest of their skeleton via a sling of muscles and ligaments instead, often referred to as the “thoracic sling.”

Why is this important? We often ask our equine athletes to perform complex movements that require tremendous strength and coordination, and horses carry the majority of their weight in their front end. Therefore, it is imperative that the bulk of the muscles that support the front end are kept healthy and conditioned, and the horse is trained to use their “motor” — that is, engaging the large hind end muscles as much as possible to avoid excessive weight bearing on the front end.

If the front end of the horse is consistently overweighted or not at an appropriate level of fitness, repetitive biomechanical stresses get transferred down the leg to the smaller ligaments and tendons that were not designed to bear this weight, which can then lead to injury.
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February is Veterinary Dental Health Month - here is your reminder about the importance of having a veterinarian check your horse’s teeth at least once a year!

Contrary to what you may think, equine dentistry is not just about “floating” teeth and dental diseases can have an impact on your horse's body that go beyond the mouth alone. Remember: just because your equine friend is not showing any obvious symptoms of dental disease, it does not automatically mean that all is well. Horses simply adapt to their discomfort and most horses with dental problems will show no noticeable signs at all, until the disease is a serious source of pain and infection that can affect the animal’s overall health.

If you don’t already have a plan in place, be sure to contact your veterinarian today to discuss your equine friend’s dental health and prevent more painful and costly problems later!

The Vet Direct Safety Net, a program funded by the ASPCA and administered through The Foundation for the Horse since 2020, is proud to celebrate more than $50,000 awarded to provide veterinary care to nearly 100 horses!

The program is designed to reduce the number of horses relinquished to rescues or sent to auction by allowing veterinarians to care for equines in immediate need without the stress of offering free services. If you are an AAEP-member veterinarian in the U.S., put yourself in a position to help by enrolling in Vet Direct Safety Net today. And if you are a horse owner or enthusiast who may know someone who could use a little help to care for their horse so they may keep it, please connect them with an AAEP member.

Sign up or learn more at https://aaep.org/horse-owners/vet-direct-safety-net

TUESDAY TIPS 👇 🐎 😀

Well toned, supple muscles can stretch and contract freely. To avoid injury, it's important your horse is fit for the work he does.

✅ TRAIN REGULARLY. Shorter, more intense exercise several times a week increases muscular condtion more effectiely than a longer period once a week.

✅ TRAIN APPROPRIATELY. For activities that require strength or power - such as jumping, few repetitions performed at higher intensity are effective. For disciplines that require less power but more stamina - such as dressage or endurance, less intense exercise, with a greater number of repetitions are appropriate.

✅ VARY HIS WORK. The same type of exercise shouldn't be done every day. Plan a varied exercise programme for your horse that includes hacking, schooling, hill work, pole work and fast work. This variety will activate more muscle groups and allows tissues time to recover.

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Happy World Leather Day 30th March 2022

The natural, intrinsic nature of the leather, its flexibility, pliability, and strength create the characteristics you need in so many different products. Mother nature does that better than anyone. It’s a gift of mother nature.

For hundreds of years, leather had used in every aspect of our life. Leather tanning is said to date back to roughly 6000BC. When people living in early civilisations sought of way to make animal skins resistant to weather and decay. About 3500 years ago, in 1500BC, the Greeks wrote down a recipe for tanning leather.

Today an average consumer can be found using at least four leather products at a time. Two and half-trillion dollars, with one in six people in the world working in the leather industry in some direct or indirect way, it has the opportunity to have the greatest impact on any of the businesses in the world.

TUESDAY TIP: Ride Trot – canter transitions, and canter – trot transitions

Transitions form the basis of all training. Riding progressive trot – canter and canter – trot transitions will help to condition the abdominal muscles, improve stability and suppleness in the back, lumbosacral and sacroiliac regions and are an effective way of alleviating back tension and stiffness.

These transitions work so well because back function alternates between acting as a stabilising rod with only passive flexion and extension in trot to actively creating flexion and extension in canter.

Remember, a good transition takes preparation and requires balance, suppleness, and a willing response to the rider’s aids. All transitions should take place without any loss of rhythm, change in posture or loss of stability.

For more great riding tips, read Gillian’s book Posture and Performance
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