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Stretch Exercises for Horses – Jean-Michel Boudard

Build and Preserve Mobility, Strength, and Suppleness

Stretching is a necessary part of any athlete's exercise and maintenance routine. Long recognized to promote flexibility and prevent injury in humans, stretching can bring the same benefits to horses when made part of their daily care. This illustrated handbook makes it easy for riders and owners to include simple exercises that improve performance and increase longevity in their usual training schedule.

Optimal equine performance requires strength, flexibility, coordination, and resilience. The practice of stretching makes it possible to develop and maintain all these elements in harmony. It also provides valuable transition time from hours that may have been spent in a stall to the gymnastic expectations we have for horses under saddle: rhythm and elasticity of the gaits, willingness to go forward, beautiful and dynamic movement, reliability and surefootedness, and more.

With clear descriptions of the anatomical and physiological principles of stretching, readers gain an understanding of the exercises that may be best for their horses and disciplines in mind. Then, detailed instructions are provided explaining:

- Simple, quick-to-do joint and muscle evaluations.
- Stretches targeting specific muscle groups.
- Stretches to promote suppleness and relaxation.
- Stretches to warm up and prepare for work.
- Stretches for cool down and recovery.

Color photographs demonstrate evaluations and stretches step-by-step, supplemented by detailed explanations of what you may discover in your horse's reactions. Perhaps best of all, readers are provided a therapeutic reason for more hands-on time with their horses, and new ways to listen to him, to understand him, and to ultimately improve his well-being and performance.

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MEET THE AUTHOR JEAN-MICHEL BOUDARD

Jean-Michel Boudard has passionately practiced osteopathy (physical manipulation of the body’s muscle tissue and bones) in the worlds of both high-level human athletics and top equestrian sport for more than thirty years. Since 1996 he has specialized in stretching, massage, energy work, manual postural regulation, and osteopathy for horses. Having developed several original methods specifically for horses and riders, Boudard teaches his techniques in Europe and the United States. He is based in Paris, France.

Pilates for Horses – Laura Reiman

A Mind-Body Conditioning Program for Strength, Mobility, and Performance

An innovative and easy-to-use application of Pilates principles to the training, conditioning, and rehabilitation of horses.

This illustrated how-to manual provides a clear guide to new ways of thinking about how to prevent injury in the horse, and when injuries do happen, to help the horse’s body recover in a mindful and safe way.

As a Pilates teacher for humans, horsewoman and eventer Laura Reiman has seen first-hand how consistent, quality exercise can ward off strain and injury, as well as heal. When her young horse was diagnosed with extreme back pain and a neurological disease, she turned to her knowledge of Pilates—the method she’d used to ease back pain in human clients for years—for help. She began to find ways to “bridge the gap” between the horse’s mind and body to help increase his body awareness and core engagement.

The result is a cohesive series of original exercises that can be taken in parts or as a whole and seamlessly incorporated into an existing training program to be a:

Preventive tool to increase the horse’s strength, balance, mobility, and stability.
Framework for a new program to help ease a horse back into work following an injury or time off.

Readers will find chapters dedicated to:

Observation—basic anatomy and how to “know” your horse’s body and movement.
Stretching—including incentive stretches, supported static hold, and dynamic mobilization stretches.
Core work—such as the Cat Stretch and Bridging.
In-hand strengthening work—like varied surfaces and ground pole progressions.
Exercises on the longe line—transitions, bending, and spiraling.
Lessons under saddle—gymnastics, hills, and basic dressage.
Alternative bodywork—temperature therapy, massage, stability pads, bands, and more.

Pilates for Horses is an ideal instructional guide for all riders and trainers looking to build and maintain a solid foundation of strength and comfort for their horses.

Laura Reiman is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance and a PMA® Certified Pilates Teacher. She is an avid eventer and documents her journey with her young off-the-track Thoroughbred whose sore back inspired her to develop a program of Pilates-type exercises specifically with the horse in mind.