It is with great pleasure that we would like to introduce Claudia Conrad and Paula Conrad- Hugenschmidt from the suisse.equigetic team in Switzerland.
It started with the purchase of an equigetic pad last year and her excitement about the change in her horse gave her the idea to get to know us. Customers became business partners and even more beautiful, dear friends.
Equigetic Pad and Equigetic Jump therefore now also available in Switzerland 🇨🇭
On September 06 Gerrit Nieberg and his horses Ben and Blues d’Aveline went to Calgary for the tournament.
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With great anticipation, we headed for Denmark at the beginning of August. As a physiotherapist for the horses of the Norwegian team and a para-dressage rider from Brazil, I was allowed to care for horses during a championship for the first time.
Whenever sport manages to bring people from all over the world together to perform at their best, regardless of religion or origin, there is a very special atmosphere.
It was a great pleasure to accompany horses and riders on this journey and I was especially moved by the fact that in all 4 disciplines shown horses competed either with the equigetic Pad or the equigetic Jump and even more than successfully!
In detail, we are pleased and congratulate:
“Equigetic on Tour” is the motto again in the next 2 weeks – it goes to Denmark!
The anticipation and excitement is huge. On the one hand, I will be able to accompany a championship as a therapist for the first time, and on the other hand, we will of course keep our fingers crossed for all our customers on site and be there for you as a contact person.
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For the first time we were present at the CHIO Aachen with an exhibition stand. The professional audience was enthusiastic about us and this enthusiasm seemed to be mutual!
The Summer Sale was great received and many of the international riders came by in person to see the girths and equigetic pad.
On the screen we could watch our products live with Isabell Werth and Isabel Freese in the dressage arena, the vaulters from Switzerland and Germany in the indoor arena and the top show jumpers like Christian Ahlmann- Gerrit Nieberg, John Whitaker and Philip Rüping in the course.
The victory of Gerrit Nierberg and Ben, with our equigetic Jump in the ROLEX Grand Prix was then the incredible highlight of this extraordinary week, which will remain in our memories for all time.
First things first: look at your horse and not the latest trend! To choose the material I can give you some useful tips.
For horses sensitive to skin in the girth position, often including gray horses and foxes, coat girths are recommended. There are also special creams, similar to those used by cyclists, to protect the sensitive skin folds on the inside of the elbow. We have specially developed the equigetic pad with fur for these horses. But more about that later.
Large-framed horses are often grateful for moon girths and wide girths, which distribute pressure better. Narrow horses, those with a high blood content, are often more sensitive and more comfortable with narrow girths. Here always applies – trial and error and the exception proves the rule.
Now, if you have been given a girth to try out at the equestrian store and are not sure, you can put a towel between the hide and the girth for riding to ensure a later return or exchange. You are also welcome to test the equigetic Pad and the equigetic Jump -Springgurt for up to 10 days.
If you have a horse that needs special shoulder freedom or often has tension in the shoulder area, an anatomically shaped girth is a good choice.
For horses with stomach problems, it has been proven that often less is more. Narrower and straight cut belts are usually the better choice here. Even the good old corded harness is comfortable for such horses. It distributes the pressure without having more contact surface than, for example, a moon belt. However, please make sure the cord strap is of good quality – often the cheap synthetic straps cut in uncomfortably.
Indications of a horse with stomach problems are usually a painful and pressure-sensitive lateral girth position and a negative reaction when grooming around the belly.
Neoprene short or long belts are a pleasant alternative. Some even have a soft memory feature that feels softer than traditional neoprene and is also said to provide better pressure distribution. Cleaning is uncomplicated, but regular inspection of the material is important here.
The leather girth is certainly the most durable saddle girth and will accompany you for many years with good care. Small tip – when buying, make sure that the leather smells good. You can literally smell poor quality in this case. Also, the leather should be supple and not have grooves when bending.
With the dressage short girth, they should be softly underlaid to avoid uncomfortable pinching of fur and skin. With elastic girths please always choose both sides of the girth with elastic and girth evenly! On both sides! Thus, the belt and saddle remain where they should be and also the distribution of the belt pressure is even! Your horse will thank you!
In the next blog we will deal with the equigetic system in detail – if you have any questions or suggestions we are looking forward to your message.
Stay healthy and with the horses – Tina Schäfer
Nowadays, one is quickly overwhelmed with the range of different saddle girths.
Leather girths, saddle girths with lambskin, neoprene, cord girth? Narrow, anatomical, straight or wide bearing surface? Narrow, anatomical, straight or wide support surface?lateral elastic – yes or no? And if so, one or two? Do you still see through?
To be honest, I’m very grateful that these many options exist. It’s just a matter of finding the right girth for your horse. However, we are not talking about the appropriate belt length, which is quickly found.
The feel-good belt must be found. The one with which your horse breathes relaxed under the saddle, the shoulder can move freely and also the saddle finds suitable support.
I grew up in a training farm for sport horses. There were horses of all ages and stages of training. “The Gymnasium for Show Jumpers” as my mother likes to call it. Since my father learned together with Herbert Rehbein and at that time the training path of a dressage horse takes longer than that of a jumper, he made a virtue out of necessity and concentrated on the jumpers, since money was tight and there was a young family to support.
The dressage work and training and the incredible feeling for horses made the work with the horses so special.
At that time, a saddle girth was often made of leather or cotton. These are the same harnesses that are still used today and with which Ingrid Klimke still rides every day in dressage and also in her work at home.
For jumping and also in eventing, Ingrid then uses different cleated or jumping harnesses. So it is important not only to find the feel-good girth, but also always the girth appropriate to the sporting task. To protect not only his horse, but also himself.
I’ve been paying close attention to this since I once rode a horse with a wide-loop cleated girth. The horse got caught in the girth with the horseshoe while bending the front legs and we landed upside down in the sand.
The shock was great and has taught me to pay meticulous attention in all future to the correct cleated girth and the appropriate buckling, as well as to the horse’s jumping manner. So the movement of the horse also always plays an important role! Even in dressage there are horses that are very sensitive to girths that interfere with the elbow.
In the next blog I would like to explain different girths and their functions.
Do you have questions about girths in general or specifically about the equigetic Jump or equigetic Pad? Then they write more gladly about the contact.
Until then stay healthy and with the horses
Tina Schäfer
Beautiful videos with tips and suggestions for daily training, muscular development in young horses and the equigetic pad in action can be found at: www.clipmyhorse.de under academy !
"The principle of the equigetic Jump cleated harness makes sense. Our horses are becoming more sensitive and need the perfect girth to match."
Not only Gerrit Nieberg rode his best horse “Ben” right away with the equigetic Jump in Riesenbeck and afterwards at the CHIO in Aachen. No- also Luciana Diniz was immediately so convinced that she changed the girth of her horse directly in the current European Championship and rode a beautiful faultless round with her new equigetic Jump – stud protection girth.
