Training RoR Midlands- How to Differentiate Between a Training Problem or a Sign of Discomfort with Sue Dyson, Warwickshire CV35

Do you know how a comfortable horse should behave when ridden? Do you know how to differentiate between a training problem and an issue that could be caused by discomfort? Are you aware of the extent to which discomfort can influence quality of movement, responsiveness to cues, trainability, rider comfort, a rider’s position and rider safety? Have you ever questioned why your horse is not making the progress which you had hoped for, or why you get back ache when riding your horse? Learning about the Ridden Horse Performance Checklist may answer these questions and help to optimise the potential of your horse, your partnership and performance.

Sue Dyson Bio

Sue Dyson specialised in lameness and poor performance throughout her long veterinary career. In addition, Sue is a rider and has produced horses to the top national level in both eventing and show jumping, which have subsequently competed at European and World Championships and Olympic Games. Sue is also a British Horse Society Instructor (Teaching and Stable Management)

After working for 37 years at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, running a clinical referral service for lameness and poor performance, attracting clients from all over the United Kingdom, Ireland and continental Europe, Sue is now an independent consultant.

Sue has published more than 400 papers in peer reviewed journals concerning lameness and diagnostic imaging and has lectured worldwide. She is passionate about the interrelationships between horses and riders and promoting better understanding of the interactions between training, riders, tack and horses and how horses adapt to musculoskeletal discomfort.