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Hartpury Outreach for Schools & Colleges

Rider performance centre Students will get the opportunity to test our world class equine performance laboratory equipment in our Margaret Giffen Centre for Rider Performance. Assessing balance, centre, and reins tension, students will get an in depth look at their riding technique. Please note, this workshop is limited to 10 students due to capacity limitations.

Maintaining healthy equine diets

Equine obesity is a contemporary issue that owners and industry practitioners are working together to tackle. This workshop will encourage students to think like an equine nutritionist, learn how we can monitor the horse’s weight and condition, and design feeding regimes based on individual requirements.

Equipment required: Protective footwear such as strong boots or trainers. Legs must be covered eg. trousers, no skirts/shorts. Year groups:

Equipment required: Pen Year groups:

Duration: 30 to 60 minutes Method of delivery: Face-to-face on/off campus or virtual.

Method of delivery: Face-to-face on campus.

The equine skeleton: exploring anatomy

The equine athlete: beneath the surface

The horse has evolved and adapted to survive as a prey animal, capable of reaching speeds of over 30mph. This dissection workshop gives students an opportunity to look at one of the anatomical structures that makes the horse such an incredible athlete.

Horses usually have 205 bones in their skeleton, which allows for movement and stability when moving at speeds up to 30mph in gallop. This interactive workshop will encourage students to think like an Equine Scientist, discovering how the equine skeleton works together to support such an incredible athlete.

Equipment required: Protective footwear such as strong boots or trainers. Legs must be covered eg. trousers, no skirts/shorts. Year groups:

Equipment required: Pen Year groups:

Duration: 30 to 60 minutes Method of delivery: Face-to-face on campus.

Method of delivery: Face-to-face on or off campus, or virtual.