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The class was held Thursday May 30th via Zoom.
“This article builds upon an important lesson taught in the last installment of this series: that collection isn’t rooted in anything so superficial as whether the horse’s face is vertical, but is instead the result of the horse himself arching the three segments of his spine. Now we’re in a position to take a closer look at how the horse uses one of those segments—his neck —to create soft, elastic, and thoroughgoing contact with the bit. The mechanism that allows the horse to raise the base of the neck has puzzled horsemen for centuries, so it might be helpful to begin with…” – Deb Bennett, Ph.D. from “How Horses Work Installment #6: Raising the Base of The Neck.”
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talbert5 (verified owner) –
Thank you Dr. Deb for a very informative and entertaining discussion on raising the base of the horse’s neck. I always learn so much from your lectures. Thank you for your dedication in teaching us biomechanics and how it relates to horsemanship so that we can be better horseman for our horses. And thank you Emily for putting all of this together!!
Kate S. (verified owner) –
What an amazing class, and taught by the best! Dr. Deb is so completely knowledgeable and her heart for teaching and helping others is just wonderful and such a gift to those who are wanting to learn.
smbeavis (verified owner) –
Thank you Dr Deb for sharing your incredible knowledge, so captivating to listen to , honest, entertaining and certainly not boring. Dr. Deb keeps the students attention on every word she utters and with the help of slides gives the student a great visual picture to keep in their minds and use when riding . So much real knowledge to be gained for any level of horseman in these chats. Thank you Emily for putting these together and Dr. Deb for sharing it with us with such true love and knowledge of how the horse works. kind regards Sue Beavis. Spain .
lestberg (verified owner) –
During the class Dr. Deb mentioned that Baucher discovered one nagging obstacle to successfully raising the base of the neck is releasing the tongue and hyoid apparatus, which is very difficult to do.
One approach that may be helpful for this is through asking the horse to relax and move their temporomandibular joint in a slight manner. In the following YouTube video you can see how the horses move their tongues after the TMJ release as an indirect outcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmPvt43fTtg
lestberg (verified owner) –
This class was informative and after attending it (along with others) I am convinced that Dr. Deb’s lifelong research into anatomy, biomechanics, and horsemanship have led her to become a very knowledgeable teacher. She is very willing to pass along her expertise to benefit horse and rider.