Sport Horse Podcast

Apr 25 2024 53 ep. 37 mins 28
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Join Nicole and Tim as they chat with leading horse people and researchers to explore the fascinating science behind cutting-edge training and management techniques for sport horses. This entertaining podcast explores recent research on topics relevant to ensuring sport horses achieve their best while staying healthy. And it asks questions about how the world’s best athletes are able to achieve such impressive feats and how horsemanship can be combined with science to improve results. This podcast is presented by the Equine High Performance Sports Group.

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Back Pain in Equine Athletes

Apr 25 2024 39 mins  
What are the common pathological and training-related issues underlying back pain in sport horses? What diagnostic tools can be used to diagnose this condition? In this episode we are joined by Dr. Natalia Domańska-Kruppa and Elżbieta Stefanikwho cover all things back-pain related in horses?----------Title Sponsor Name and Text Link: Ignite - www.igniteforequi

Insulin Dysregulation and Weight Issues in Sport Horses

Apr 10 2024 27 mins  
How common are weight issues in sport horses? How does insulin dysregulation impact overall health? What are the positive impacts that exercise produces in obese horses (beyond simply reducing weight)? We chat with Dr. Shannon Pratt-Phillips about these topics and others on this episode of the Sport Horse Podcast.----------Title Sponsor Name and Text Link:  Achieve Equine –

Equine Bone Health – What Have We Learned?

Mar 25 2024 43 mins  
What impact do modern sport horse management practices have on bone health? How do we ensure bone develops correctly in young horses? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Brian Nielsen about his research into bone health and discuss practical recommendations for sport horse owners and trainers.Episode LinksHosts:  Nicole Lakin and Dr. Tim Worden of the IGNITEPodcast Website

Jumping into a New Era for Assessing Ridden Horse Muscle Activity

Mar 09 2024 34 mins  
Surface electromyography is becoming a viable tool to study how a horse’s muscles are activated to move the body during ridden exercise. In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Lindsay St. George to discuss some of her findings examining muscle activation in horses on the flat and during jumping.

The gut microbiome: wide-ranging impacts in the horse

Feb 24 2024 36 mins  
How is the gut microbiome related to equine asthma? What causes gut dysbiosis and what can be done to ‘correct’ it? In this episode, we have a fascinating discussion with Dr. Marcio Costa on all things gut and the impact that the bacterial content in the GI system can have on the rest of the body.

A Constraints-Led Approach to Develop Skilled Horses and Riders

Jan 31 2024 37 mins  
How can we design practice to develop the horse-rider partnership? How do the environment, the horse/rider, and tasks interact to determine the ways in which an exercise will be performed? To answer these questions and more, we chat with UK Coach Developer and PhD candidate Marianne Davies. ----------Title Sponsor Name and Text Link:  Ignite - www.igniteforequineathletes.

Combining Coaching and Research

Jan 15 2024 27 mins  
Dr. Eva Marunova is an accredited equestrian coach, a university lecturer, and a researcher in based in the UK. In this episode, she details her journey to completing her PhD and describes her research examining equine compensatory movement strategies during lameness.----------Title Sponsor Name and Text Link:  Ignite - www.igniteforequineathletes.com----------Guest Name: Dr.

Effective Communication in the Equine Industry to Enhance Health and Performance

Dec 25 2023 41 mins  
In this wide-ranging interview with Dr. Joop Loomans, we talk about his research examining veterinary practice characteristics, the importance of mentorship in 2023, and his time leading a veterinary clinic and training program in China.Sport Horse Podcast Guests and Links Episode 46:Hosts: Nicole Lakin and Dr. Tim Worden of the Equine High-Performance Sports GroupPodcast Webs

Let’s “Focus” on Judging - Understanding Bias

Dec 10 2023 45 mins  
Does a rider’s nationality or start order affect their dressage score? How do humans allocate visual focus to assess movement and assign scores? In this episode, Dr. Inga Wolframm is joined by Dr. Peter Reuter to discuss recent research efforts to better understand different sources of bias in judged sports and how expert evaluators form visual search patterns to arrive at their

Sport Horse Podcast Year 2 Recap and Exciting Announcements

Nov 25 2023 33 mins  
Join Nicole and Tim as they cover highlights from the past year of the Sport Horse Podcast as well as the exciting projects planned for the Sport Horse Series and Ignite in 2024! Sport Horse Podcast Guests and Links Episode 44:Hosts: Nicole Lakin and Dr. Tim Worden of the Equine High-Performance Sports GroupPodcast Website: Sport Ho