Preliminary Links

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/care/402/72164.html


This site describes how a hard workout can affect a horses health by creating nose bleeds. This is relevant because dressage and hunter/jumper are both intense riding disciplines that often result in an intense ride. The author of this article is Karen Coumbe MRCVS. This is important to my study because it specifies the health concerns for horses during fast or hard workouts, which includes both jumping and dressage.


http://cvm.msu.edu/research/research-centers/mcphail-equine-performance-center/research-capabilities


In this website I found a lot of helpful information where the college investigates how certain movements and riding techniques affect the health and performance of a horse. This investigation and site is established and carried out by the Michigan State Board of Trustees who have an excellent equine track record. This investigation is helpful because it evaluates through high tech equipment how horses are affected by different variables including how they are ridden.


http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vth/clinical_services/equine/colic.html


North Carolina State University is saught after for their equine availabilities by many horse owners within the Carolinas area. On their website is a page going into detail about horse colic. Colic, first of all, is pretty much something that happens when horses have a bad stomach ache and their digestive system gets impacted or twisted. This is relevant to my topic because I know, from experience, that competetive horses tend to colic easier than other horses. Since both dressage and hunt/jumper are both very competitive disciplines, it is not rare for their digestive health to be affect by how hard their working and the stress they are put under. This site is created by NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

http://equisearch.com/horses_care/health/lameness/arthritis_horses_100109/

This site specifies into the condition of arthritis in horses. This condition is a result of many different types of riding but I find it important because it is a very common state for middle age to older horses who have backgrounds in practices such as dressage and hunter/jumper. This piece is published by Joanne Meszoly.

http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-health/performance-horse-ulcers-20849.aspx

Ulcers are things that typically lead to colic in horses. This website talks about how many high performance horses, including dressage horses, often have ulcers. This is important because horses under a lot of pressure physically and emotionally, like competing horses, are affected health wise. This is published by Cindy Hale after extensive research by Frank Pellegrini.