Use this Murdoch Minute to open your hip for a correct outside leg position. When the thigh is in neutral your heel will go back and down toward your horse’s hind foot.
Murdoch Minute No. 71: Ease your back-up woes
Do you have trouble backing your horse up (rein back)? Does he raise his head and hollow his back? Does he refuse to move? Do you try to pull your horse back with the reins? Here’s a quick tip to ease your back up woes. Next time you ride, stop and back your horse up […]
SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program Nominated for Innovation award
Winner will be announced March 16 at EQUITANA in Essen, Germany WASHINGTON, Va., Feb. 19, 2015 – Wendy Murdoch’s SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program has been nominated for EQUITANA’s Innovation Award, one of the most prestigious product awards in the European equestrian sports marketplace. The award is given to innovations in six categories: stable, hall […]
“No one knows why these pads work, but I am most grateful for what they do for the horses!”
We love when our fellow SURE FOOTers take the time to experiment with their horses, jot down their thoughts and send us a note. SURE FOOT is for the horses, and together we can collaborate and explore new ideas to make this program an even bigger success for our equines! Here’s a note from Jeanne, […]
Murdoch Minute No. 92: Change your Rising Diagonal in the Air
Do you push off your feet in rising trot? Tend to fall back into the saddle? Ride the “down beat”? Have difficulty getting your horse to lengthen his trot stride? Alternating between changing your diagonals sitting and rising can help. When you can maintain your balance and keep to a steady rhythm your horse’s trot […]
SURE FOOT Equine Stability Program allows horses to overcome old habits
Diesel had a habit of shying. He would shy at poles on the ground and objects that he had been exposed to many times before. When we introduced him to the SURE FOOT pads he was very mistrustful. He didn’t want anything to do with them at first, habitually shying away from them on the ground as well. That is until […]
