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  • HORSES INSIDE OUT Founded by Gillian Higgins in 2006 Horses Inside Out gives horse owners, riders, trainers and professionals a fascinating insight into equine locomotion, training and management from an anatomical perspective. Join the Academy FREE for access to online videos, tutorials and articles. My current interest is in the work of one of Gillian's many guest instructors, Dr. Andrew Hemmings, an equine neuroscientist who teaches at the royal Agricultural University (Est. 1845) in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. 
  • THE HORSE MAGAZINE A highly regarded publication out of Australia covering Show Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Horse Health, Equine Behavior and Training. 
  • ECLECTIC HORSEMAN Good information on horsemanship from many experts from different styles of riding. Archives are loaded with free articles.
  • SCIENCE IN MOTION From Jean Luc Cornille, Maitre (Master)from the Cadre Noir de Saumur: "Lightness is not the bit. Lightness is perfect control of forces and therefore balance. Lightness is efficiency and efficiency in the horse is lightness. "
  • UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION
  • UNITED STATES HUNTER JUMPER ASSOCIATION
  • AMERICAN RIDING INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION
  • LINDA ALLEN, EQUESTRIAN CONSULTANT If you have a young jumper or an interest in helping horses get better at doing their job, follow Linda Allen. Her event schedule is available here.
  • BUCK BRANNAMAN Buck's clinic schedule is on his site. After the historic 1999 clinic in concert with Rodney Jenkins and George Morris at Susie Schoellkopf's Buffalo Equestrian Center, a shift in attitudes towards training methods occurred in the hunter/jumper industry. It has been a positive shift, particularly among the grassroots levels of our fabulous sport.
  • ANNEKURSINSKI.COM Consumate equestrian Anne Kursinski has a resource-packed site...the newsletters provide links to free information, yippee!
  • EQUESTRIAN PROFESSIONAL - THE HORSE BUSINESS SITE Equestrian Professsional.com provides a few free resources and more to members, creating a support system for professional equestrians who want to build more profitable businesses and achieve highly successful equestrian careers.
  • THE HORSE Industry standard online magazine provides a guide to horse health care for non-veterinarians.
  • ISES FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HORSE TRAINING YEP, It's true, there is a group of people out there in the world who are practicing horsemanship, researching different techniques, compiling information and writing down what works and what doesn't. They have been doing it for some time now. They are gaining ground and influence around the world in organized horse sports. That means they are helping a lot of horses. I like that.
  • INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EQUITATION SCIENCE This site requires a free sign-up, and is loaded with free information about training and riding effectively, efficiently, and humanely through knowledge of learning theory and ethnography of people and horses; making desirable, observable behavioral changes by fully understanding the cognitive abilities, cultural behaviors, and physical strengths of people and horses. For example, here is a link to the position statement of the ISES regarding the use/misuse of leadership and dominance concepts in horse training: ises_positionstatement_dominance.pdf
  • HORSE AUTHORITY (Formerly Rate My Horse PRO) advocates for the horse industry through education. Find ratings and reviews of horse pros, breaking and investigative news reports, and equine court documents.
  • EQUESTRIAN COACH.COM Bernie Traurig has put together a resource-packed web site where there are many free offerings if you take the time to look around.
  • EQUITATION SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL  Drs. McLean and McGreevy, celebrated authors of Equitation Science and co-founders of ISES, have developed this organization along with esteemed colleagues as a teaching branch of ISES, which has grown in scope and influence since its inception in 2005.

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