Showing posts with label gait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gait. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Coolmore's Daddy Long Legs to Run Without Shoes in Dubai Stakes Race; Interference Given as Reason for Rule Exception

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Halfway around the world, a South African racehorse trainer is taking a chance with a well-known stakes-winning Thoroughbred. And he had ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Lameness Evaluation: American Sensor System Tests Successfully in British Research

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Flexion testing, using the sensor-based system, at the University of Glasgow's School of Veterinary Medicine For many years, opin...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Hoof Blog Fun: Animated Anatomy Models of the Imagination

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It's Sunday, so let's have some Hoof Blog fun. As you can imagine, the walls here at Hoofcare Publishing are plastered with ne...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Science of the Olympics: Sport Analysis Videos to Inspire Your Thoughts on Horses

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Note: NBC Olympics videos have an annoying auto-play function so the videos have been moved off the blog. Please go to "Science of ...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Tennessee Walking Horse Pastern Action Devices and Hoof Pads Ban Endorsed by AVMA, AAEP; Vets' Joint Memo States Devices Are Part of Soring Practices

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Walking horse hoof packages include some or all of these components: (from ground up) 1. a shoe on the ground; 2. a stack of pads anchored...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Deformity in Motion: Neglected Hooves Respond in Ireland

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Johnny and James are two otherwise anonymous donkeys in Ireland who have been lucky enough to be rescued and find some kind people at...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Dogs in Motion: An X-Ray Video With a Cold Nose

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Here's some eye candy for a summer's day: video x-rays of a dog...share this with your friends who love Dachshunds! Thanks to Ne...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Video: Equine Biomechanics Integrated with an Icelandic Horse's Disco-Rhythm Hoofbeats by Swiss Researchers

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Are you awake now? This video is your wake-up call. It's a fast-cut peek inside the high-tech equine performance testing laborator...
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...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Equine Gait Analysis Has a Secondary Benefit: Upgrading Video Game Quality

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by Fran Jurga | 30 November 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Sometimes I see people shake their heads after a lecture on the wonders of vi...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

From Sim to Mo-Cap to Slo-Mo: Have Another Look at the Horse in Motion

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by Fran Jurga | 28 October 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Today I hurt my eye and it made the world a different place. Depth perceptio...
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...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Favorite Sunday Video: Elephant Gait Analysis

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by Fran Jurga | 12 July 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog It has been reported here, and published in scientific journals, that elephant...
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...