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Eulinga Park Equine

Locality: Fulham, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 429 808 269

Address: 387 Sale-Heyfield Road 3851 Fulham, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 Tanja’s Tuesday Tip There is an aid for walk, an aid for trot and an aid for canter. But is your mind and your body speaking the same? ... How often have you given your horse a forward aid, but prayed that it would slow down? How often have you asked your horse to slow down while your body said Keep going? How often have you applied any aid, while your mind was wandering into another world - Kids, groceries, to do list’s ? I find myself stating to riders more and more I can see that your horse didn’t listen to your leg aid.. Before you get cross at him, just check if he was listening to your mind, which was maybe suggesting something different. If that was the case, give him a pat! If your horse feels lazy and you put your leg on to ask for forward, focus your mind on ‘let’s go.’ If your horse is rushing and you apply a half-halt to slow him down, focus your mind on ‘wait.’ If you are scared of going forward, breathe out and focus on ‘relax.’ Your horse can read your mind better than you think, so always be clear in what you ask and make sure you mean it. Happy riding everyone, Tanja Picture credit Norman Thelwell

25.01.2022 Xave you are an incredible young man!

25.01.2022 Lessons available next week: Monday: 3pm Thursday: 12pm PM to secure your spot

24.01.2022 Shelley couldn’t resist the extra attention this afternoon... she loves the love

24.01.2022 Lesson availability: Your horse or one of our school horses/ponies Monday: 3pm, 4pm Thursday: 3pm... Friday: 9am, 12pm Saturday: 11am, 12pm Please PM to book

24.01.2022 Tanja’s Tuesday Tip There is an aid for walk, an aid for trot and an aid for canter. But is your mind and your body speaking the same? ... How often have you given your horse a forward aid, but prayed that it would slow down? How often have you asked your horse to slow down while your body said Keep going? How often have you applied any aid, while your mind was wandering into another world - Kids, groceries, to do list’s ? I find myself stating to riders more and more I can see that your horse didn’t listen to your leg aid.. Before you get cross at him, just check if he was listening to your mind, which was maybe suggesting something different. If that was the case, give him a pat! If your horse feels lazy and you put your leg on to ask for forward, focus your mind on ‘let’s go.’ If your horse is rushing and you apply a half-halt to slow him down, focus your mind on ‘wait.’ If you are scared of going forward, breathe out and focus on ‘relax.’ Your horse can read your mind better than you think, so always be clear in what you ask and make sure you mean it. Happy riding everyone, Tanja Picture credit Norman Thelwell

22.01.2022 First day back for lessons for the year! And we got to test out our new all abilities mounting block!!!! Xave gave it the tick of approval

21.01.2022 Enrolments now open for Term 1 2021, preference given to existing students. Please PM or email [email protected] to secure your weekly or fortnightly spot. Casual lessons will still be available also

20.01.2022 ‘Whiskers’ DOB: 29/10/2019 Bay, Colt mature 15.1hh approx... Dam: Kyoomba Summer Rain out of Akora Austalis and Royalle Macbeth Sire: Abels Dodge out of Sterlings Amy and Germons Abel Registerable as Heritage Stockhorse. Whiskers has just completed initial handling at Eulinga Park Equine. Incredibly quick learner with a can do attitude that will be an asset to any performance team, ASH showing through to challenges and Campdrafting. Very easy to catch, lead, float, legs have been handled, lunges and will move over obstacles with ease. 3000

19.01.2022 Due to our current au pair/head groom finally being able to continue her travels, we are looking for the impossible! We are a young family on a beef and horse property (Horse Riding School) in Fulham, Victoria, looking for an Au pair/head groom/junior riding instructor can sign off for 88 days, ideally wanting someone for 6 months plus. Position is full time 5-6 days per week. With the possibility of splitting into 2 different job roles for the perfect candidates ... Duties include: Au Pair duties include: Looking after our 5 month old for a few hours at a time while I am coaching/riding Light house keeping and running errands Groom/Junior Coaching Duties include: Feeding, grooming, maintaining our team of school horses If your experience allows, teaching some of our junior students on our school horses as well as some of our disabled students (full training provided). What you get in return: To be a member of our family Can include lease of a horse for you to ride and compete whilst you are with us A runabout vehicle of your own or family vehicle if you are minding our son Petrol allowance Accomodation close by can be included Salary This could be split into two jobs au pair or groom/instructor Please PM if you have any questions

19.01.2022 Lessons available this week: Monday: 3pm Tuesday: 2pm Wedneaday : 2pm, 3pm Thursday: 1pm, 2pm,3pm... Friday: 12pm PM to secure your spot

18.01.2022 Lesson availability: Your horse or one of our school horses/ponies Thursday: 3pm Friday: 9am, 12pm... Please PM to book

17.01.2022 What a GLOW UP! A huge congratulations to Laura on all her hard work and dedication in lessons and all the work in between. Working from the ground up, solidifying foundations it is all starting to come together!

16.01.2022 Such a great poles clinic last night.... here are some photos of our littlest students

15.01.2022 Gift Vouchers Available Are you still looking for that special gift for someone? Gift Vouchers still available and we can email straight to you! ... Lessons for complete beginners on our horses as a one off experience ages 4-70years Through to advanced riders wanting to fine tune their partnership, correct some positional errors or expose their horse to new activities and obstacles in a safe environment. Msg us for more information

13.01.2022 If you need your fix message us today to book a spot!

12.01.2022 Great news everyone, we will be opening as of Monday 14th! There will be some changes in regards to gear, everyone will need their own: Helmet (students to source)... Gloves and Brush (we will have available to purchase at you lesson for you to keep and bring back each lesson) Saddle covers, we are encouraging everyone to buy their own how ever there will be some school covers that will be washed after each use. Covers can be custom colours and embroidered and start at $30 Please PM me to book in :)

11.01.2022 Top Tip Tuesday Ankle position - use your anatomy to help you, not hinder you. Ideally we want the heel to be slightly down, this helps us use the ank...le joint and the tendons around the ankle to act like a spring and absorb the movement. Heels which are forced or fixed down too much, like the middle photo, don’t allow any absorption of movement through the ankle. Fixing the heel down causes the thigh to brace and our seat to pop up out of the saddle, making our seat less effective. This is why some riders find sitting trot easier with no stirrups as they can’t force the heels down as much and then are more relaxed through the thigh and able to use their seat to absorb the movement of the trot. Heels which come up higher than the toes cause riders to try to grip with the knee or lower leg. This means the rider will tip forward in the saddle and feel unbalanced. Improving foot and ankle position in the stirrup can help our seat position and vice versa. Commonly I find that a rider with a fixed seat will force the heels down and brace, and a rider that tips forwards will pull the heels up. There is no doubt that improving strength and control at the seat helps improve ankle and lower leg position. But also working on calf strength and flexibility is crucial to ensure we have enough range of movement in the ankle to allow absorption of movement and enough muscle endurance in the calves to allow light seat and jumping positions. Static stretches are not particularly useful but strengthening eccentrically (into a lengthened position) helps a lot to improve strength AND flexibility in a muscle. Tomorrow I’ll share some eccentric exercises for calf muscles. How is your ankle position? Breathe better, move better Maeve #toptiptuesday #breathebettermovebetter #jointhebungirevolution #activateyourseat

11.01.2022 To help you understand what the horse feels when you sit crookedly in the saddle "Load a wheelbarrow heavily to one side as in the center illustration. Now pu...sh the wheelbarrow, and feel how it pulls to the weighted side and how you are forced to lean in that direction to compensate. That’s how your horse feels when you sit unevenly in the saddle, as shown in the left image. When you sit evenly, the horse will be centered and balanced as shown in the illustration on the right." Sharon Sweet Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz This Solutions concept is brought to you by Practical Horseman magazine's Summer 2019 issue.

11.01.2022 Nippy looooves his carrots

11.01.2022 Mani Pedi day today, Harry (baby) and Charm (foal) doing their bit and helping!

10.01.2022 What is the longest a horse can safely go without food? More and more I see horses and ponies stood for long periods of time with no hay or haylage. Usually un...der the guise of a weight control diet. So how long can a horse be without food before damage is done? And what damage is done? For those with a short attention span, I’ll give you the answer to begin with - 4 hours, maximum. Why? Horses are grazers. They are designed to eat constantly. They have no way of storing their acids and digestive enzymes, they’ve never needed to. They have no gall bladder to store bile and their stomachs release acid constantly, whether or not there is food in the stomach and intestines. A horses stomach only holds approximately 8-15 litres. Depending on the substance eaten, it takes on average 4-6 hours for the stomach to completely empty. After this, the acids and enzymes start to digest the inside of the horses stomach and then the intestines. This causes both gastric and intestinal ulceration. It has been estimated that 25-50% of foals and 60-90% of adult horses suffer from ulceration. But I won’t go into detail about this, there is a lot of information around about ulcers. So is that it? Are ulcers the only concern? No, having an empty stomach is a stress situation for a horse. The longer they are starved, the more they release stress hormones, cortisol predominantly. Cortisol blocks insulin and causes a constantly high blood glucose level. This stimulates the body to release even more insulin, and in turn this causes fat tissue to be deposited and leptin resistance. Over time this causes insulin resistance (Equine Metabolic Syndrome). All of these mechanisms are well known risk factors for laminitis and are caused by short term starvation (starting roughly 3-4 hours after the stomach empties). Starving a laminitic is literally the worst thing you can do. Over longer periods, this also starts to affect muscle and can cause weakness, and a lack of stamina so performance horses also need a constant supply of hay/haylage to function optimally. Let’s not forget horses are living, breathing and feeling animals. We talk about this stress reaction like it’s just internal but the horse is well aware of this stress. Door kicking, box walking, barging and many other stable vices and poor behaviour can be explained by a very stressed horse due to food deprivation (we all have that Hangry friend to explain this reaction). Next time you shout or hit a horse that dives for their net, remember their body is genuinely telling them they are going to starve to death. They know no different. But surely they spend the night asleep so they wouldn’t eat anyway? Not true. Horses only need 20mins REM sleep every 24 hours (jealous? I am!). They may spend a further hour or so dozing but up to 22-23 hours a day are spent eating. So if you leave your horse a net at 5pm and it’s gone by 8pm, then by 12am their stomach is empty. By 4am they are entering starvation mode. By their next feed at 8am, they are extremely stressed, physically and mentally. Now I know the cob owners are reading this mortified. I can almost hear you shouting at your screen if I feed my horse ad lib hay he won’t fit out the stable door in a week!! I will say that a horse with a constant supply of hay/haylage will eat far less then the same horse that is intermittently starved. They don’t eat in a frenzy, reducing the chance of colic from both ulcers and over eating. Cobs included. However I’m not suggesting you sit your cob in front of a bale of haylage and say have at it! There is a difference between ad lib and a constant supply. There is much we can do to reduce calorie intake and control weight whilst feeding a constant supply. The easiest is small holes nets. There are many. Trickle nets, greedy feeders, nibbleze, trawler nets etc. My personal favourite is the Shires Soft Mesh 1. They don’t cost the Earth, they are easy to fill and they don’t have knots so are much gentler to the teeth. Now often I suggest these types of nets to owners and the owner tells me Oh no, *** won’t eat out of those this is nonsense. If he was left it, he would. Remember, you can give a normal net and one of these for them to nibble at after. Better than leaving them with nothing at all. A few other tricks, hang the net from the ceiling/rafters, it’s harder to eat out of a net that swings. Soak the hay, a minimum of 4 hours to be effective. Mix with straw but be sure to introduce the straw slowly and make sure it’s top quality and a palatable type eg Barley or Oat, otherwise they won’t eat it. Don’t forget exercise. The best way to get weight off a horse is exercise. Enough exercise and they can eat what they want! And lay off the bucket feed and treats! Horses on a diet require a vit/min supplement in the form of a balancer but that’s it. The odd slice of carrot or suede won’t do any harm but no licks, treats, treacle, molasses, cereal based rubbish. Even if it says low sugar or the marvellously misleading No added sugar! Your horse would rather have a constant supply of hay, I promise. Written by Vikki Fowler BVetMed BAEDT MRCVS A few edits for the critics- Firstly, feeding a constant supply does not mean ad lib feeding. It means use some ingenuity and spread the recommended amount of daily forage so the horse is never stood with out food for more than 4 hours. I am not promoting obesity, quite the opposite, feeding like this reduces obesity and IR. This can be done whilst feeding your horse twice a day as most horse owners do. Just think outside the box for your own situation. Secondly I am in the UK and this post is UK specific, use some common sense when reading. Yes in warmer climates, soaking hay for 4 hours is dangerous and studies show 1 hour is plenty in hot weather but in the UK’s arctic climate, a minimum of 4 hours is required. Equally the UK feed exclusively grass hay. I can not comment on other types. Thirdly, yes every horse/pony and situation is different, but this is a law of nature and all horses have this anatomy and metabolism. How you achieve this constant supply is individual, the need for it is not. Fourthly, the use of hay nets in the UK is very very high. I’d estimate 95% of horses I see are fed this way and very very few have incisor wear or neck/back issues as a result. Yes, feeding from the ground is ideal, but a constant supply, I feel trumps this. Again with ingenuity both can be safely achieved. Finally, straw can be fed to horses safely, introduced very slowly, with fresh water always available, plus a palatable and digestible type of straw which will depend on your area. Again many horses in the UK are bedded on straw and most of them eat it. This is not a new concept to us.

10.01.2022 Humming the tension away Yes, it really does work! Humming helps with your breathing and it can help calm your body down. ... The vagus nerve is connected to the vocal cords and when you hum, you stimulate this nerve. And what happens when you stimulate the vagus nerve - it lowers your blood pressure, decreases your heart rate and lowers the body’s reaction to stress. I can recall riding a flighty little Arab down the centre line at a training show whilst humming away....the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels.....I’m sure you get the picture. . I don’t think it helped our test scores but I did manage to keep him in the arena and keep myself mildly calm in the process. So there you have it - it is possible to hum your way out of tension! @franklinmethodequesterian . . . #cheval #dressage #equestrian #equestrianlife #equine #horse #horsebackriding #horselife #horselove #horselover #horseofinstagram #horserider #horseriding #horses #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #pferd #pony #showjumping

07.01.2022 We are on the look out for a new school horse to join our team, 15hh plus. Something for our confident beginners upwards, needs to be able to walk trot and canter, be brushed, rugged and loved on! And be sound for up to 5x 45 min rides per week. Regular body work, saddle fit and special needs will be provided for! If someone has a gem sitting in their paddock please let us know, lease to buy would be ideal, lease only with contract considered. We are not a ‘typical’ riding school, and offer mostly 1:1 lessons ensuring variety for horse and riders. We also offer lessons to students with disabilities, so a horse that is suitable for these type of lessons would also be a bonus but not necessity

07.01.2022 Top Tip Tuesday Ankle position - use your anatomy to help you, not hinder you. Ideally we want the heel to be slightly down, this helps us use the ank...le joint and the tendons around the ankle to act like a spring and absorb the movement. Heels which are forced or fixed down too much, like the middle photo, don’t allow any absorption of movement through the ankle. Fixing the heel down causes the thigh to brace and our seat to pop up out of the saddle, making our seat less effective. This is why some riders find sitting trot easier with no stirrups as they can’t force the heels down as much and then are more relaxed through the thigh and able to use their seat to absorb the movement of the trot. Heels which come up higher than the toes cause riders to try to grip with the knee or lower leg. This means the rider will tip forward in the saddle and feel unbalanced. Improving foot and ankle position in the stirrup can help our seat position and vice versa. Commonly I find that a rider with a fixed seat will force the heels down and brace, and a rider that tips forwards will pull the heels up. There is no doubt that improving strength and control at the seat helps improve ankle and lower leg position. But also working on calf strength and flexibility is crucial to ensure we have enough range of movement in the ankle to allow absorption of movement and enough muscle endurance in the calves to allow light seat and jumping positions. Static stretches are not particularly useful but strengthening eccentrically (into a lengthened position) helps a lot to improve strength AND flexibility in a muscle. Tomorrow I’ll share some eccentric exercises for calf muscles. How is your ankle position? Breathe better, move better Maeve #toptiptuesday #breathebettermovebetter #jointhebungirevolution #activateyourseat

07.01.2022 Humming the tension away Yes, it really does work! Humming helps with your breathing and it can help calm your body down. ... The vagus nerve is connected to the vocal cords and when you hum, you stimulate this nerve. And what happens when you stimulate the vagus nerve - it lowers your blood pressure, decreases your heart rate and lowers the body’s reaction to stress. I can recall riding a flighty little Arab down the centre line at a training show whilst humming away....the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels.....I’m sure you get the picture. . I don’t think it helped our test scores but I did manage to keep him in the arena and keep myself mildly calm in the process. So there you have it - it is possible to hum your way out of tension! @franklinmethodequesterian . . . #cheval #dressage #equestrian #equestrianlife #equine #horse #horsebackriding #horselife #horselove #horselover #horseofinstagram #horserider #horseriding #horses #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #pferd #pony #showjumping

07.01.2022 Introducing new time slots: Evening lessons with Tegan Monday 23rd: 5.30pm Tuesday 24th: 5.30pm Wednesday 25th: 5.30pm... Please PM to book Preference given to those who have their own horses

05.01.2022 ‘Nikki’ 8yo paint pony mare 13.3hh ... Nikki is a very sweet little mare with plenty of try. Recently been bought back into work after 2 year break. She takes her confidence from her rider/handler so for this reason needs a confident rider to keep exposing her to different things. Would suit gutsy kid or young adult for trail riding, sporting, jumping and lots of fun. Absolutely no buck, bolt or rear, but can stop and hesitate if unsure. For Sale as owners are beginners and don’t have the confidence just yet to keep going with her. Price to sell 4000neg. Currently can be viewed at Eulinga Park Equine Please Msg Tegan 0429808269

04.01.2022 Next weeks challenge!

04.01.2022 Please PM to book your spot

03.01.2022 Important to remember for effective feeding

02.01.2022 Great news everyone, we will be opening as of Monday 14th! There will be some changes in regards to gear, everyone will need their own: Helmet (students to source)... Gloves and Brush (we will have available to purchase at you lesson for you to keep and bring back each lesson) Saddle covers, we are encouraging everyone to buy their own how ever there will be some school covers that will be washed after each use. Covers can be custom colours and embroidered and start at $30 Please PM me to book in :)