Showing posts with label biomechanics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biomechanics. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Transitions: Hoof research innovator Renate Weller makes career move to corporate veterinary education

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Professor Renate Weller (center) of the Royal Veterinary College in the United Kingdom announced this week that she is leaving academia fo...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Professor Renate Weller, noted for horse hoof research and imaging, in line for presidency of British Equine Veterinary Association

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Professor Renate Weller of the Royal Veterinary College, London, will be president of the British Equine Veterinary Association in 2018, f...
Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Royal Veterinary College Announces Graduate Equine Locomotor Research Diploma for Farriers

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These images from recent locomotor research at the RVC were part of a test on the influence of hoof packing on a shod horse's foot def...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Book Announcement: Jean-Marie Denoix's Biomechanics and Physical Training of the Horse Published December 2013

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Stop the world, Jean-Marie Denoix's new book is out. The first advance copies of  Biomechanics and Physical Training of the Horse b...
Friday, November 30, 2012

Slo-Mo Reining Horse: What They Won't See in Oklahoma City

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You have to love the sport of reining, but you also have to admit that it is all sort of a blur when those horses pick up the tempo. Duri...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Hoofcare University: Biomechanics of Racehorses' Lower Limbs and Track Surface Interface Video Lectures with the University of Guelph's Dr Jeff Thomason

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Dr Jeff Thomason Go get a cup of coffee or a sandwich or start popping the corn. Hoofcare + Lameness is happy to share a new video seri...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

Inside the Thoroughbred Racehorse: Just Watch This!

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Of course you have never taken the Thoroughbred athlete for granted, but after watching this 48-minute documentary, you'll be in even...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Equine Biomechanics on Broadway: Technical Videos Preview What the Audience Won't See When War Horse Opens in April

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If you're new to War Horse , this video from London explains a bit about the play and shows some scenes of the horse puppet in actio...
Sunday, November 07, 2010

Equine Sport Science, ESPN-Style, Looks at Zenyatta

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During today's Breeders Cup broadcast, ESPN took a stab at trying to explain Zenyatta's superior performance ability. They put toge...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Lameness Detection: Symmetrical Accelerometer Alignment Means Your Horse Is Sound

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A sensor developed by scientists from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark may soon be able to help detect the earliest and most subtle s...
Saturday, April 03, 2010

Dr Hilary Clayton's 2010 Equinology Biomechanics and Gait Analysis Class: April 5 Deadline!

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3 April 2010 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com The McPhail Center at Michigan State is one of the world's few research cent...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Applied Anatomy: The Painted Horses as Teachers

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by Fran Jurga | 30 July 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog How did we teach (and learn) anatomy before we had super-markers to paint di...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Mo-Cap Video Treat: Horse and Rider in Motion, Video-Captured and Computer-Recreated

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by Fran Jurga | 13 April 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog This little clip is titled A Biomechanical Analysis of Relationship Between t...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Sport Horse Biomechanics DVD Rollout: "If Horses Could Speak"--Would They Scream "Ouch"? German Vet Thinks So.

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by Fran Jurga | 7 April 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog The trailer for our new "If Horses Could Speak" DVD is in German with...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Best of 2008: A Class Act at the McPhail Center's Equinology Gait Seminar

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by Fran Jurga | 29 December 2008 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog I had a wild plan and approached Dr. Hilary Clayton of Michigan State Univ...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Dressage: The Debate Over Biomechanics Goes Live in the USA This Week

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  In the last year, a new word has crept into the dictionary of dressage around the world. "Rollkur" refers to the hyperflexion of...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Lame Brains Unite: Hilary Clayton Gait Study Course Opened to Public

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This horse is outfitted for a session of gait analysis in the McPhail Center's world-class video gait analysis laboratory. Equipment at ...