Do you know equine anatomy?

I think it matters greatly. To fully understand how to get a horse into an 'outline' or a 'shape', you have to understand how each horse is put together, and how they move. All this will affect the way they carry their own heads/ necks and how they move their backs/ legs.
 
Technically I should so seeing as I did a equine science course which included a fair bit of veterinary science. However, that was 13 yeasr ago so I don't remember ALL of it! Lol

I think it's good to know basics and how things SHOULD look so you can see quicker if something's not quite right. Also knowing about the horses digestive system is handy.
 
I think it is important to know the anatomy of any animal we own.
If a person can recognise conformation faults and know what effects that can have on a horses action or strain it can cause then it would make a horse's life easier in a lot of cases.
 
I know it fairly well as just taken a Vet Anatomy module - I think it matters when it comes to owning a horse (just for pleasure, hacking etc) to know what is normal and what is not so you can detect any abnormalities/discomfort/illness. If you are competing or working towards riding your horse at a high level, it would help to know the anatomy in more detail so you can understand what is needed to allow your horse to work correctly.
K x
 
I teach it and am trying to show it limb anatomy to a wider audience with riding club dissetion talks etc- most horsey people are fascinated but oddly clueless!
 
I thought I was reasonably good but when the big mare ruptured her peroneus tertius I have to say I was pretty stumped.
 
Shilasdair said:
Do you allow the riding clubs to disect? Great plan :D. Lower legs are nice, aren't they? Compared to digestive/repro tracts, anyway. :p
S :D
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Yes- generally take 2 extra legs and get willing volunteers to come and have a go! Lower limbs are fab and never get boring as there's always something unusual going on. I love repro tracts although had an exploding ovary the other day which wasn't quite so pleasant....
The bravest of souls get a head but it takes a long old time to do properly
 
I love knowing about how my horse ticks - inside and out.

I got a chance to examine the insides more clearly when a brood mare died at the stud I worked at. The local greyhound trainer came to cut it up for his dogs.

We got to see and feel inside the lungs - the tubes are like corrugated hosepipes! The digestive system we stretched out and it was almost 20m in length. She was carrying a foal just over three months so fully formed. It was fascinating - It was a little filly complete with everything but hair. I took it to Pony Club for the children to look at - they were fascinated.

I had a skull and leg of another horse for teaching with - the horse that had been PTS had a severe infection in its foot almost two thirds of the foot had seperated from the coronet. As it was only four years old the skull was great as it showed various stages of dental growth. The boys loved it too as it had a bullet hole in the centre of its head! It also had bone spurs on the jawbone so would have been difficult to work.
 
Shilasdair said:
Do you allow the riding clubs to disect? Great plan :D. Lower legs are nice, aren't they? Compared to digestive/repro tracts, anyway. :p
S :D
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Heads are the best!! Took me about 20mins to get an eyeball out :D
I think it is important and would hope i know as i have an equine science degree, the number of people that know nothing frighten me though!
Q
 
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