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Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.
Muscular Contraction, a symphony of neurological signals, a cacophony of 'Dwaynes'.

Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 10, 20232 min read


Q+A of the day: Exercise timing.
Q: When is the best time to do the mobility exercises? before or after a ride? A: As most of the prescribed exercises are to take the...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Apr 14, 20231 min read


The bias of us, trainers.
The hardest thing in training any animal, to change, or encourage a behaviour is the human bias of what we feel about the behaviour. But...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Mar 17, 20231 min read


Directional predominance - forelimbs.
Horses show strong indicators of being predominant in forelimb directional influence - therefore, the forelegs tend to define the...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Sep 26, 20221 min read
'They should know better.'
“It’s been doing xyz for xyz length of time, The horse should know better, they should be doing better by now. ” Well. They do. At that...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 19, 20221 min read


Stimulus will be followed by a response, we can define what that is.
The more a particular stimulus leads to a predictable outcome, the more likely cognitive relaxation (reduced mental & physical load) will...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
Aug 3, 20221 min read


Relaxation installation.
Relaxation installation. I think one of the easiest trends to fall into with horse training is falling into the philosophy of the...

Nancy Ellison-Murray
May 11, 20222 min read
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