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Equine conference

Askham Bryan College is holding its first scientific conference on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. The event has been designed with the competition horse in mind, to provide a forum for the exchange of information between those working in equine research and education and those working in the equine industry.

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The demand we place on our horses is ever increasing as the bar is raised in competition in all disciplines and at all levels. This has inevitably led to a greater demand on the performance of the horse. For a horse to perform to the best of his abilities many factors are pivotal: from the training regime, nutrition, behaviour, horse health and rider fitness.

These considerations will be covered in the theme of this year’s conference: "Maximising Equine Performance", which will feature presentations from four practical specialists in their field:

Fred Bergendorff has been on the European eventing team for Sweden and has won numerous show jumping titles in the UK. He spends a lot of his time coaching other riders and will talk about "Complete and Comprehensive Training"; 
 
Louise Broom is a physiotherapist who will talk about "Pushing The Boundaries Of Rider Performance"; 
 
Luis Lomas, a practicing veterinarian, will look at "Joint medication and oral supplements"; and 

Jon Townson, technical adviser to Alltech, will present "Natural Additives for Maintaining Optimal gut health and performance". Alltech is an animal health company specialising in natural feed products. 
 
Overseeing proceedings and facilitating discussions will be Mina Davies-Morel, academic and author from Aberystwyth University. Mina’s main area of research interest is equine and farm livestock reproductive physiology and equine stud management. She has published widely in the area of reproductive physiology.

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