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Biomechanics of Dressage and Jumping Horses With Dr Russell MacKechnie-Guire The horse is a miracle of bioengineering which has the ability to perform complex movements and tasks such as raising its centre of mass in order to jump obstacles. From an evidenced-based perspective and with the use of slow-motion footage, the first part of this 2-hour webinar will discuss the biomechanical demands placed on the locomotor system when performing high-level dressage movements such as half pass, piaffe, passage and flying changes as well as the basic biomechanical principles of the walk, trot and canter. The second part will discuss the biomechanical demands when jumping a fence, with particular attention given to the forces associated during the take-off and landing and the effect that different fences can have on the horse jumping technique. The final part of the session will discuss some of the external factors that can affect the health, athletic performance and longevity of the horse.
Centaur Biomechanics was found in 2006 by Dr. Russell MacKechnie-Guire who graduated from Warwickshire College in 2006 with a BSc (Hons) in Equine and Human Sports Science and now holds a PhD in Equine Biomechanics graduating from the Royal Veterinary College in 2019. Russell’s thesis was titled ‘The Relationship between Saddle and Rider Kinematics, Equine Locomotion, and Thoracolumbar Pressures in Sports Horses’.
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