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Racing On The Knife’s Edge: When will we ever see real change?

When Verema walked out into the mounting yard prior to last year's Melbourne Cup, I felt as if someone had hit me in the stomach. Watching the broadcast at a barbecue with family and friends, I had drawn Verema in [...]

Racing On The Knife’s Edge: When will we ever see real change?2015-05-12T14:41:02+11:00

The Congenitally Crooked Neck

Sep 27, 2014   Muscles need anchors to function… But what happens if you are born with malformed cervical vertebrae that lack a crucial anchoring point? This is the case for a large number of thoroughbred horses – and the subject [...]

The Congenitally Crooked Neck2018-03-03T17:55:34+11:00

A New Era: The FoS video blog is here, & kicking off is one brave owner with her wish for what her horse might teach us from the other side…

The Foundations of Soundness blog has been running for quite some time now, with several recent articles and interviews generating incredible responses worldwide. Given the feedback about my anatomy articles and photographic posts, I'm very excited to announce a project [...]

A New Era: The FoS video blog is here, & kicking off is one brave owner with her wish for what her horse might teach us from the other side…2017-01-23T13:19:58+11:00

Ridgway/Mendez Clinic Report: Integrative medicine, intuitive training & accessing the mind/body connection through the fascia

  Picture yourself seated in the Equestrian La Mancha indoor arena, warm rug over your knees, and a hot, herbal tea cupped in your hands. Looking to your left and right, you see 37 other equine bodyworkers, vets and wellness [...]

Ridgway/Mendez Clinic Report: Integrative medicine, intuitive training & accessing the mind/body connection through the fascia2018-03-03T17:52:40+11:00

Breathing Easy: Healing the horse’s body by letting go…

  Breathing easy… We take it for granted. Yet, when a horse holds their back with tension, they also hold their breath. In the same way, a horse whose breathing is not so easy, cannot help but hold their back. [...]

Breathing Easy: Healing the horse’s body by letting go…2018-03-03T17:48:19+11:00

Just a kink in the neck, or something more? What really lies beneath?

What is it that we are really seeing and feeling in our horse's bodies? Is a bulge in the neck really just "out" or temporarily misaligned? Is it a muscle that is overdeveloped, or stuck in contraction? Or, are the [...]

Just a kink in the neck, or something more? What really lies beneath?2017-01-23T13:19:59+11:00