Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Friday, September 02, 2022

Swedish barefoot vs shod showjumper comparative research preview at FEI World Championships

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The world watched Swedish barefoot show jumpers sweep the individual and team gold medals at the FEI World Championships in August in Hernin...
Saturday, August 27, 2022

Barefoot show jumpers make history at 2022 FEI World Championships--and beyond

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History was made at the FEI 2022 World Championships in Herning, Denmark in August. After the first two rounds of jumping, three of the top ...
Saturday, August 07, 2021

The Olympic Hoof Explained: Swedish farrier outlines barefoot management of gold medal team

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Everyone has questions about the shoeless Swedish showjumpers that have been so successful at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sweden won the Team G...
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Barefoot by the Numbers: Swedish Standardbred trotters are faster without shoes, but risk breaking gait

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Researchers at Sweden's University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) at Uppsala have analyzed the performance records of trotting Sta...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Equine Research Live at the 2019 FEI World Cup: Swedish university students measure velocity of world's top show jumpers

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Jump crews work hard at a horse show. At next week’s FEI World Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden, one unique jump crew will be working hard in ho...
Friday, June 03, 2016

Gene Test, Research Unravel Severe Skeletal Atavism Limb Deformity in Shetland Ponies

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Limbs of a 16-week old Shetland pony with Skeletal Atavism, often described as "bow legs". (Left) caudal view when standing; (c...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Shoes, Half Shoes, or No Shoes At All: Swedish-Trained Trotters Ruled Hambletonian Day

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Think Swedish: Some of the most interesting horseshoes come from Sweden. But just as interesting is the way that the shoes are used. Swedi...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Footing Science: FEI Sport Horse Arena and Track Surfaces Report Download

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Is there an ideal footing for all horses? Racetrack surfaces and sport horse arena surfaces are always fair fuel for arguments. The FEI...
Friday, May 03, 2013

Behind the Scenes at the FEI World Cup Finals with Swedish Farrier Bjorn Berg

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You're a long way from home when you go to the Gothenburg Horse Show in Sweden . The huge Swedish spring horse show hosted both the d...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Equine Locomotion Research: Qualisys Mocap System Captures Dressage, Jumping, Trotting, Icelandic Gaits...and Your Imagination

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Today we go across the ocean and behind the scenes. The location is Stromsholm, Sweden, home of Professor Lars Roepstorff, . DVM, PhD and...