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Whispering Sage Equine
Genevieve "Genne" Burke
PO BOX 494
Roosevelt, Utah 84066
(208)293-6784
Nationally Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist
At EquiTouch Systems
Loveland, Colorado
Associate of Arts Degree - Equine Studies
Technical Certification - Horse Management
College Of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho
Hey everyone! Thanks so much for visiting my web site. I want you all to know how much I love horses and working with them and with others who love horses just as much as I do. Thank you for all of your wonderful support of making my dream of working with horses come true!
Sincerely, Genne
EQUINE MASSAGE SERVICES
Today, we are continuously asking more from our equine athletes. Proper muscle conditioning is essential to a healthy musculoskeletal system. Massage helps to reduce the possibilities of strains, sprains, and muscle function, red blood cell generation, and removal of metabolic waste.
"Musculoskeletal problems are the most common cause of poor performance"
- Tufts University of Veterinary Medicine
Equine massage promotes increased equine performance and can help reduce recovery time after stress or injury. Massage counteracts muscle soreness, fluid buildup in the lower leg, and stress.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MASSAGE?
* Improves flexibility and range of motion
* Maximizes performance
* Maintains muscle health by releasing circulation
* Lengthens muscle fibers
* Supplies essential nutrients to muscles and lymphatic flow
* Reduces chronic strain patterns
* Can help reduce healing time for injuries
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY HORSE NEEDS A MASSAGE?
Since horses can't talk they must communicate through behavior and performance. Often, this communication is a subtle sign of soreness, such as: acting cinchy, tossing the head, and refusing to perform up to previous levels. These can be interpreted as "bad" behaviors, when in fact the horse is merely trying to communicate that something is wrong.
TO DETERMINE IF YOUR HORSE CAN BENEFIT FROM MASSAGE, LOOK FOR SUBTLE SIGHNS OF SORENESS LIKE:
* Girthing Problems
* Sore back or cold back
* Swishing of the Tail
* Refusing or resisting leads
* Hind Leg scuffing
* Change in attitude
* Improper tracking (short stride or out of balance)
Whispering Sage Equine Sports Massage Therapy provides complementary therapy to traditional veterinary treatment. Techniques included Equine Massage, Acupressure, and Cranio-Sacral therapies.
WHY CHOOSE WHISPERING SAGE EQUINE?
* I am a nationally Certified Equine sports massage Therapist trained at EquiTouch Systems, Loveland, Colorado.
* I have training in complementary therapies such as acupressure and cranial-sacral massage, which can be incorporated if needed.
* I will provide you with a detailed illustrated report following each massage session.
* I work with veterinarians in the area to ensure your concerns are addressed.
* I have current knowledge of equine illnesses including West Nile Virus, Pigeon Fever, Cushing's disease, etc., and can provide you with information, regarding these conditions.
* I hold and Associates Degree in Equine Studies and a Technical Certificate in Horse Management from the College of Southern Idaho.
* I provide a mobile service in southern North Dakota, and Northern South Dakota. I am available for sessions outside of these areas for a small additional fee, or multiple massage sessions.
MASSAGE PRICING
One Hour Massage - $50.00
Includes a full body massage covering all aspects of the horse.
Includes a detailed, illustrated report of the massage session.
Sport Massage - $25.00
Includes a half-hour spot massage of the effected area.
Includes a detailed, illustrated report of the massage session.
An extra bonus to customers:
After 5 massages, the 6th massage will be free!
BARREL RACING AND POLE BENDING INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING
Riding lessons will include barrels, poles, and general riding lessons.
$20.00 per hour
POLE BENDING TRAINING
For pole bending, a horse must be really athletic, although great basic speed is an asset as well. This timed event is more demanding than others. This is a slalom-like course around six poles, performed at a gallop. A horse without an easy and natural flying lead change will hardly ever be able to do well in this event, while in barrel racing, for instance, a horse can scrape around the barrels and crossfire and still do well.
The six upright poles are placed twenty-one feet apart and in a perfectly straight line. A rider begins with a flying start, which is crossing the starting line at a full run in pole bending. He or she runs to the far end of the line of poles and after turning around that first pole, weaves around and through the rest of them. After turning around the sixth pole, horse and rider weave again back through the poles, the way they came. After the last pole, it is a straight run at top speed to the finish line (which also was the starting line).
It is a simple enough pattern, but it takes an outstanding horse and a lot of training to do this well and be successful. That is probably why the sport of pole bending is not as widely popular as barrel racing. Many horses would have difficulties just to go through the poles and stay in a lope, let alone go fast. There is no penalty for being in the wrong lead, but the good runs are always the smooth runs, and without the correct lead, and without flying lead changes, there will not be a smooth run.
Knocking over a pole carries a five-second penalty. Losing your hat or helmet at any time will also result in a five-second penalty. Failure to follow the exact course of the pattern will result in disqualification.
Pole bending is an exciting event, and calls for finesse of the riders and horsemanship. When heading for the finish line, however, it is all sheer blasting speed.
Training services will include specialty barrels and poles, as well as general training. "No broncs need apply…"
$350.00 per month
BARREL RACING TRAINING
Not every fast horse makes a competitive barrel racing horse. Speed is surely important, running from barrel to barrel and zooming down the straight-a-way, but the flexibility and ability of the horse to be agile and maintain balance in acute turns around a barrel are even more important. Time is everything and every knock-down costs dearly. The horse must be able to complete tight turns, change leads or direction without loss or stride, moving forward at all times. Because there is a time penalty of five seconds if a barrel is knocked down, no one can afford to lose that time if he/she expects to be highly competitive.
In barrel racing, the horse must turn tightly around each barrel, and often gets down in the ground so deep that the rider's inside boot comes close to scraping the ground. As odd as it may seem to an uninitiated spectator, control is everything in this race. Barrel horses must stay controllable at high speed, responding to the rider's cues, letting the rider steer the horse to approach the barrels in a pocket , not leaning in (which would increase the risk of a knock-down), allowing the rider to steer him around, then accelerate towards the next barrel, only to be checked there again
Barrel racing is a sport that does not require many props, other than having a good horse of course, and it is an incredible amount of fun for both amateurs and professionals. All that is needed is three 55 gallon oil drums and enough ground to practice on. Make no mistake though, a barrel race is a lightning-fast event, times are measured in fractions of seconds, and even the slowest of barrel horses is very fast. To reduce those seconds and fractions of a second though, the professional rider will go for an ideal line through the pattern.
To compete in a barrel racing, horse and rider must run a cloverleaf pattern around the three exactly spaced barrels, and then race all-out straight back to the starting line. It is on this last straightaway where the absolute speed of a horse comes into play. The barrels are set up like a triangle; two barrels form the base of the triangle and are 20 yards from the starting line, which also ends up being the finish line. The third barrel, the one farthest away from the start, forms the top end of the triangle and is at a 35 yard distance from the other two.
In barrel racing, the start is a flying start. The horse is in a full run as he passes the starting line. However, the horse must stay controllable, since it must be checked before reaching the first barrel, and give it a birth in order to be able to turn quickly around, coming out tightly at the barrel for the next straightaway. A good barrel horse then takes but two jumps to be at top speed towards the next barrel, where the procedure is repeated. Speed is important, but so is control. Many a beginner asks the horse for speed now in a barrel racing, and gets what there is, but with the adrenaline of the horse pumping, fails to control that speed and direct it. Much training of both horse and rider and much practice is needed.
The barrel horse must speed into the pattern, often with not the best light if indoors, focus on and find that first barrel. Attention must be riveted to turns with speed and always that next barrel so far away. The ground may be slippery, falls can happen. The good horse stays on its feet in the tightest and fastest turns. Too much racing can sour a good barrel racing horse, practice at home on the control part is essential.
Riders can run the cloverleaf pattern clockwise or counterclockwise. The most common way is to cross the starting line and head for the barrel on your right, circle that barrel clockwise, then tear off toward the barrel straight across from you, the one that was to your left when you were crossing the starting line. Circle this second barrel counterclockwise, and as you come out of this turn, race to circle the far barrel, again counterclockwise. Then, leaving that barrel, race madly back to the finish line.
Which way the barrel racing pattern is run depends on the preference the horse has in its leads and turns, as the pattern can also be begun by heading first for the barrel to your left, then run the pattern the opposite way, as a mirror image of the pattern explained above. A barrel race is always a race against the clock and the tighter the turns, the move time is saved. A horse s strong preference of lead and of turns can be helped by expert training, but some horses can be by nature or conformation better suited for one job than the other. In barrel racing as much as in all other disciplines, innate talent is needed for high success as well as good training.
Riders usually hold the reins in the left hand, and grabbing the saddle horse is fine. The riders stay over the horse s withers to aid the horse s run to the next barrel and stirrups are usually a little shorter for barrel racing than is usually the case in more normal work or riding for pleasure.
Few events anywhere show off the combined speed and agility skills of the horse better than barrel racing. Of course these skills are skills used by all old time and modern ranch horses as well to handle stock and stay out of harms way.
Both the rodeo and shows offer the barrel racer ample opportunities to race and this event is highly popular with both male and female riders, kids and adults.
Training services will include specialty barrels and poles, as well as general training. "No broncs need apply…"
$350.00 per month
GENERAL WESTERN RIDING LESSONS
Lessons in Western Riding are available on my own Western Trained Horses. Lessons are for all ages and experience levels. Horseback riding, western style, takes balance, and fluidity between all of the parts of the body.
The object of natural horsemanship training is to get the horse to do what we want it to do, when we want it to do it. We use respect, communication and trust rather than fear and intimidation to advance that goal for horse and rider and to accomplish all safely!
LESSON PRICING
$20.00 per hour or $75.00 per month (Four one hour lessons)
OR
2 Lessons a week at $150.00 a month (For two one hour lessons per week)
If you have any other questions about my services and or pricing. Please feel free to let me know!
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