Simon Cocozza: The importance of core conditioning for horses

We are delighted to welcome Simon Cocozza, author of the acclaimed book ‘Core Conditioning for Horses’. Simon has a deeply compassionate, horse centric approach; always seeking to understand how and why horses behave as they do.

In this webinar, Simon will explore how we can build the core condition of our horses to enable them to carry us effortlessly and perform the tasks that we ask comfortably. Simon believes that all horses can dance and works with riders to help them understand how to help their horses be the best version of themselves.

He starts from the premise that when we sit on our horses, we change their posture, which can cause them to find it difficult to work fluidly and easily. As a result we can find ourselves working too hard and getting poor results. Simon will provide some simple tools and techniques so that our horses are able to :

-Compensate effectively for the extra weight when ridden

-Carry themselves in a balanced way

-Respond quickly and easily when asked

-Learn to dance!