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Equine massage uses the hands, fingers, and elbows of the therapist, and other tools, including tennis balls and vibrating tools. During the massage, the soft tissue is manipulated with the goal of loosening tight muscles, joints, tendons, scar tissue , and edema ; increasing blood flow and lymphatic activity; and reducing stress.
A horse trainer at a Texas ranch. A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. [1] [2] [3] Some responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them good behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. [4]
A horse being trained on the longe line. Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. . Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities, ranging anywhere from equine sports such as horse racing, dressage, or jumping, to therapeutic horseback riding for ...
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In horsemanship, the horse and rider perform a pattern in which different maneuvers and the horse's different gaits are exhibited. The base score for a pattern is 70, and the judge will score each of the 7–9 maneuvers anywhere from −1.5 to +1.5.
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No. 8 Kansas, No. 9 Marquette and No. 10 Oregon round out the top 10 with yet another SEC squad, Texas A&M, lurking at No. 11. No. 22 Memphis rejoins the rankings.