Salmon Equestrian, Consultant and Expert Witness

Salmon Equestrian, Consultant and Expert Witness Expert witness and consultant for all equine disputes and litigation, help with riding and horse management problems for business' and employee's.

10/05/2026

Not for individual nations they are not !!! But if you want the world to be Under Islam and Muslim !!!

01/02/2022

Let me know what you think !!

12/11/2020

TO ALL AMATURE RIDERS / TRAINERS:
Your Horse cannot come onto the bit willingly and in Balance Unless:
1) The horse can move forward easily from light leg aids! squeezes of the calves not kicks of the heel !!
2) The Horse accepts even contact on both sides of the mouth, without any resistance.
3) The Horse moves straight throughout the body at Walk ,Trot and Canter.
4) Is comfortable on both diagonals at Trot and on both leads at Canter.
NO AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ON TH BRIDLE WILL ACHIEVE ON THE BIT CORRECTLY ON A CROOKED HORSE THAT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE CONTACT OR GO FREELY FORWARD FROM THE LEG !!
JUST SAYING !!!

16/05/2020

Equipment.
There is no new piece of equipment or Bit or New Gadget that will solve you or your horse's Problems !!
No new riding or training technique, exercises, medicines, feed or supplements that will undo, Bad riding, Bad or unknowledgeable Horse Management, or general lack of knowledge whether it is deliberate or unintentional. And it is the responsibility of every person who wishes to own a horse to get that knowledge and/or Riding ability from a well-credited source and allow themselves to be well supervised along the road to Knowledge as the only animal that will suffer is the Horse. Although I have known some of the humans damage themselves along the way! Tough !!

ENGAGEMENT To continue from my last post about Engagement, the true Engagement, we should now discuss false engagement!F...
15/05/2020

ENGAGEMENT
To continue from my last post about Engagement, the true Engagement, we should now discuss false engagement!
False engagement is when one can see a lot of activity from the hind leg that is not matched in the distance of the ground covered by the forelegs! (and ultimately by the hind leg as the hind leg is just brought up and then put down again )this can be seen if observed carefully, by the fact that the horse's head (a line drawn from the forehead to the tip of the nose and straight on to the ground) comes well behind that of the extending foreleg. in other words, the horse is behind the bit or overbent! As one can see in the picture below. As the horse cannot physically step with the forefeet any further than the place where a plumb line, attached to the horse's Headline (as described above)meets the ground, thus the horse's body cannot engage his back legs with his forelegs, as the head and neck are held down ( by softening the contact on the bit ) so the impulsion created cannot go through to the head and neck, and the horse effectively loses his balance! The action created by hindquarters will only go up and down and the forelegs will only flick forward, not take a longer stride! so creating a feeling of False Engagement and speed rather than fully engaged free forward movement, if allowed to continue like this it will lead to a lack of impulsion by the horse, becoming heavy on the Bridle and eventually Lame. All these factors can be seen in the photo below, one can see how far the horse is behind the bit and what it does to the natural way of going and how much the horse is out of balance and on its forehand and what an unpleasant ride it is for the rider.

I have been approached on many occasions to explain engagement when talking about the way of going of the horse and ride...
15/05/2020

I have been approached on many occasions to explain engagement when talking about the way of going of the horse and rider. Firstly there is true engagement and false engagement and the two can very well be distinguished from each other once the viewer sees the difference. True engagement is produced by the Rider on a horse that immediately responds to the lightest squeeze of the riders inside calf to go freely forward. The forward motion, so long as it is channeled straight and evenly under the horse's body, thrust the impulsion created up through the horse's shoulders and withers, raising the head and neck and allowing the horse to take a full stride with the forelegs matching that of the stride of the hind legs.
Below Is the wonderful Col A POdhijsky demonstrating a very correct trot and the triangle demonstrates the correctness of the point of the nose falls exactly where the front hoof should fall !! thus engaging the full impulsion created by the hindquarter. In this case, it is the working/medium trot.

23/01/2020

One cannot get the horse in Balance and "onthe Bit" if the horse does not accept your contact through the bit on his mouth.
He does not accept the aid to go forward from a squeeze from your lower leg and does not accept your seat evenly on his back !!
So the cause of most horses problems is the incorrectness of the seat and balance of the rider and what the rider does with the reins and legs(aided by spurs/whip) to overcome this lack of ability in the Rider.
This could all be greatly improved by work without stirrups and good Lunge lessons. A basic essential before any rider tries to improve or educate his horse!!
Carin Salmon BHSI retired

The very Talented Kelly Layne and her New Grand Prix Horse Samitas, and some lines to help explain Engagement !!I will e...
18/01/2020

The very Talented Kelly Layne and her New Grand Prix Horse Samitas, and some lines to help explain Engagement !!
I will elaborate later !!

11/01/2020

CONSISTANCEY
Horses Do not understand" Now we do, and Now we Don't"! the human Bad Habit of Inconcistancy,which most amatureRider/Trainer suffers from,
i.e now I don't mind if you move about while I groom or Handle you, but in the arena we must have immobility when I say so !! This way of training Is very confusing for the Horse and he will eventually ignore the Rider/Trainer completley!!
It explains why the horse who has been warmed up in the practise arena, on long loose reins allowing the horse to move around on his forehand with no contact,In the mis-believe that this will relax the horse.
Then the horse resists and resents being "taken up in hand with a now strong contact" which then ends up in a battle by the rider of over using the right hand to nag the Horse onto the bridle, and over using the spurs to go forward.
Any Harmony is lost and the willing ness of the horse is sacrificed for Unknowledgable modern concepts of what is training, and Training requires CONSISTANCEY by the Rider Trainer, either contact(a giving contact) or none( which will not result in any sort of Training )but not now we do and now we don't will end up In Confusion
Carin Salmon

05/12/2019

IF ONE DOES NOT WALK AROUND LOOKING AT THE GROUND, WHY DO SO MANY RIDERS MAKE THEIR HORSES DO SO ?? Carin Salmon

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