Stable Science from Dr David Marlin's Animalweb

Caroline is LIVE from Burghley Horse Trials, and David is away on holiday, but the two found a little time to catch up and discuss their work.

Caroline is a renowned Eventing Coach who works with many leading horses and riders. Although spending her life producing horses and riding up to 5*, Caroline’s passion has always been in coaching and helping others achieve their goals. Caroline became a Fellow of the British Horse Society in 2008, had three years of experience as a Young Rider selector and spent the next ten years as a Youth Performance Coach fo...

What is the autonomic nervous system, and how does it affect our horses?

In this podcast Dr Gillian Tabor discusses the flight and fight, rest and digest elements of horse behaviour and poses the questions:

We have a lot to learn about motivation and ideas such as 'flow state' and how they can be applied to horses, but we must consider that much can be translated. What do you think?

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Animalweb's Equine Physiotherapist Dr Gillian Tabor reviews two new research papers on rehabilitation exercises:

The first paper investigates the horse's trunk kinematics and limb movement when walking backwards and forwards.

The second paper evaluates the electromyography activity of a horse's hindlimb muscles during exercises.

Dr David Marlin Interviews Charlotte Hodgetts of Myerscough College about her latest Research into Cooling Horses.

David chats with Charlotte about how her equine science career started and what led her to research cooling horses.

Charlotte's work and abstract can be found on the Animalweb website here.

To understand more, here is the Introduction:

Introduction: Strenuous exercise like British Eventing (BE) cross-country competition can increase equine core body temperatures to critical levels, particularly in hot/humid conditions without suitable acclimatisation (Marlin et al., 1996). Heat stroke is a welfare c...

Listen to Dr David Marlin as he discusses in-depth how he advises the FEI and IOC on climate mitigation and, essentially, how to manage competitions in terms of climate and temperature.

This is an incredible podcast where David discusses:

Plus, David makes weather predictions and suggestions for the teams out in Paris.

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🐴 Can Horses Experience "Flow" During Training? 🤔

Ever wondered if we could make rehab and training more enjoyable for our equine partners?

Research by Hintze & Yee (2022) asks: "Can we provide animals with the same access to a sense of enjoyment that we as humans value so much?"

🔑 Key Points:

Dr Giliian Tabor has been diving into human psychological theories of motivation, particularly Self-determination theory by Ryan and Deci...

Mark Lucey has a 40-year career as a vet, including officiating at the Olympic Games and working as an eventing team vet, and is a former partner at Bourton Vale Equine Clinic in Gloucestershire. David and Mark have worked together for many years, and in this relaxed interview, they discuss why the surfaces our horses runs on are so important and why this is important for ALL horses and not just the top-level competitors.

In this interview, David and Mark discuss:

Equiband Pro Research - Latest Update

Dr Gillian Tabor reviews a recently published paper on the effects of the Equiband Pro system on gait symmetry in horses at trot.

The papers discussed are:

A relaxed chat with Helen Reynolds, who is one of the world's leading equine thermographers, BUT there is so much more to Helen than even we realised!

Hear about Helen's life with horses, what thermography is, and how it has become a crucial diagnostic tool. PLUS we chat about Helen's work with 'Hot Horses', thermo imaging at the Tokyo Olympics and what her role as Heat Mitigation Officer at the upcoming Paris Olympics entails!

Helen is one of very few veterinary team members attending from the UK and she will be updating us...

This is a light and fun interview with Groom Of The Year Emma Cornish to discuss her career, feelings towards the industry and her exciting role at the upcoming Paris Olympics!

Emma will be one of the very few veterinary team members coming from the UK. In her official role as Forge Manager, Emma explains more about how she will assist all teams and ground crews on site for the duration of the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. PLUS Emma is also on the Cooling Team, and along with Dr Helen Reynolds, she will be looking...