{"id":8015,"date":"2018-10-08T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/?p=8015"},"modified":"2021-07-06T14:02:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T13:02:28","slug":"warm-up-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/warm-up-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"4 steps to Correctly Warm up your Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAre you ready? Are your horses warmed up?\u201d \u201cWell uh yeah\u2026 We walked, trotted and cantered for like 5 minutes, is that enough?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s just say that\u2026 no it\u2019s not!! Warming up is often that kind of frustrating moment where you can\u2019t start working yet, and you have to accept that your horse is a little heavy, and it\u2019s sometimes hard to be patient. Despite that, warming up is crucial! Let\u2019s see why.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Table des mati&egrave;res<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Why-do-we-warm-up-x1f9d0\">Why do we warm up? &#x1f9d0;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#What-is-a-good-warm-up-x1f633\">What is a good warm up? &#x1f633;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#What-happens-for-the-other-sports-nbspx1f50d\">What happens for the other sports? &nbsp;&#x1f50d;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#The-4-steps-of-a-great-warm-up-x270cx1f3fbx270cx1f3fb\">The 4 steps of a great warm up &#x270c;&#x1f3fb;&#x270c;&#x1f3fb;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Canter-before-trot-x1f9d0\">Canter before trot? &#x1f9d0;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Why-do-we-warm-up-x1f9d0\"><strong>Why do we warm up? &#x1f9d0;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To explain what is the point of a warm up, it\u2019s important to remember the <strong>physiological differences between rest and effort<\/strong>: [1] [2]<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <strong>cardiovascular system<\/strong> adjusts by increasing the heart rate. The cardiac output increases as well and the blood vessels widen (vasodilatation).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <strong>respiratory rate increases<\/strong> as well as the oxygen demand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the body <strong>needs a lot more energy<\/strong> to function and has to produce some to last during the effort<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the body <strong>creates wastes<\/strong> in large quantities (like lactic acid)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <strong>body temperature increases<\/strong> to allow the energy production<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but this makes the horse <strong>sweat<\/strong> to let the heat out<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the blood in the muscles <strong>circulates better<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the liquid in charge of the suppleness of the joints warms up and <strong>allows the joints to function better<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and we could go on forever.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I mean is that you can\u2019t go from a \u201cresting\u201d state to an \u201ceffort\u201d state in the snap of a finger. That\u2019s what warming up is for!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8016 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1.png\" alt=\"horse warm up\" width=\"2074\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1.png 2074w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1-768x274.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1-604x216.png 604w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Asavoir1-850x303.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Learn more: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/active-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Active recovery: How does it work?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/improve-horse-fitness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s the only way to improve your horse&#8217;s fitness<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span id=\"What-is-a-good-warm-up-x1f633\"><b>What is a good warm up? &#x1f633;<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s a very difficult question because there\u2019s no definite answer. The only thing we can say for sure is that:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The warm up has to be done gradually <\/b>for every physiological aspects and every mechanism to start. The aerobic system has to start working but it\u2019s important that the horse doesn\u2019t enter an anaerobic lactic state: if it produces lactic acid during the warm up, it could be bad for the rest of the session or the show.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The warm up has to be adjusted to the class or the exercise you\u2019re going to go on and you should end the warm up by an effort close to what you\u2019re going to ask for the rest of the session:<\/strong> for a human athlete, we go for an intense warm up for a sprint, and a moderate warm up for an endurance race [4].<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to <strong>walk with loose reins for a bit before starting the real warm up<\/strong>. Don\u2019t forget that, in comparison with us, horses living in stables don\u2019t move a lot before they start working. It\u2019s important they have enough time to let loose at walk before they work. By using <a href=\"http:\/\/equisense.com\/pages\/equisense-motion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motion, the connected sensor from Equisense<\/a>, you can set goals like \u201cI\u2019m walking for 10mn with loose reins and then 5mn a little tighter before I trot\u201d, and you can check if you actually follow these goals!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8019\" style=\"width: 1292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion.png\" alt=\"use motion warm up\" width=\"1292\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion.png 1292w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion-471x270.png 471w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Motion-850x487.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using Equisense Motion when you ride allows you to check if the warm up you did corresponds to the goal you set. \u00a9Equisense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle.png\" alt=\"warming up\" width=\"2074\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle.png 2074w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle-768x193.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle-1024x258.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle-604x152.png 604w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3regle-850x214.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What-happens-for-the-other-sports-nbspx1f50d\"><strong>What happens for the other sports? &nbsp;&#x1f50d;<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s interesting to see is that most athletes, no matter the sport, have for the majority of them more \u201cstandardized\u201d warm ups than we riders do. Most of the time, an athlete\u2019s warm up lasts between 10 to 30 minutes and goes as such [5]:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <strong>little jog<\/strong> to warm the muscles up<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High knees \/ Butt kicks or any exercise that makes <strong>the entire body work<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few <strong>sprints<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if we warmed up our horse like this as well?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2376\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_472163896-e1521713087305-300x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_472163896-e1521713087305-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_472163896-e1521713087305-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_472163896-e1521713087305-1024x407.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/shutterstock_472163896-e1521713087305-604x240.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"The-4-steps-of-a-great-warm-up-x270cx1f3fbx270cx1f3fb\"><b>The 4 steps of a great warm up &#x270c;&#x1f3fb;&#x270c;&#x1f3fb;<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>If we consider the horse as an athlete and that it should warm up like a human athlete, then our horseback warm up could look like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Step #1 &#8211; Warm up the horse on large curves<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, we warm up the horse by <strong>going at walk, trot and canter<\/strong>. We\u2019re not looking to work on something precise, we want <strong>straight lines or large circles<\/strong>. It\u2019s like going for a little jog. The body temperature rises, the joints are warmed up with effortless movements. Motion will help you see that the times you decided on are correct. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8026 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1.png\" alt=\"motion warm up exercises\" width=\"2074\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1.png 2074w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1-553x270.png 553w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape1-850x415.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step #2 &#8211; Increase the scope of the movement of the joints upwards<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can start going over <strong>ground poles<\/strong> at each gait to increase the scope of the movement of the joints and make the tendons and ligaments work. Eventually, you can raise the poles to make your horse work a little harder. It\u2019s the equivalent of the high knees and the butt kicks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8029 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2.png\" alt=\"warm up exercises\" width=\"2074\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2.png 2074w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2-553x270.png 553w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape2-850x415.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step #3 &#8211; Increase the scope of the movement of the joints to the side<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we can try a <strong>few easy lateral exercises at each gait<\/strong> to warm up the joints on wider movements. This makes the adductor and abductor muscles work (like Side steps). This also allows you to gradually bring the horse to a \u201cworking attitude\u201d. For young horses, you can replace this with exercises with sharper turns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8032 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3.png\" alt=\"warm up motion\" width=\"2074\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3.png 2074w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3-553x270.png 553w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape3-850x415.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step #4 &#8211; Extensions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can paire\/combine everything to <strong>stride extension<\/strong> to increase the cardio. It\u2019s the equivalent of sprints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8035 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4.png\" alt=\"warm up exercises\" width=\"2074\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4.png 2074w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4-553x270.png 553w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/etape4-850x415.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2074px) 100vw, 2074px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find all the different exercises on the Equisense App (available for <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/fr\/app\/equisense-horse-progress\/id1140050104?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.equisense.motions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a>), , whether you own a Motion or not. You\u2019ll get a lot of exercises suggestions to do during your warm up and your work to avoid making circles in the sand! There\u2019s a program dedicated to warming up, just so you know &#x1f607;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme.png\" alt=\"exercise programs\" width=\"1292\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme.png 1292w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme-471x270.png 471w, https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/programme-850x487.png 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span id=\"Canter-before-trot-x1f9d0\"><b>Canter before trot? &#x1f9d0;<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well why not! It\u2019s also <strong>really good for horses with back pain<\/strong>. Let me explain: at trot, there is very few movements of flexion and back extension. The only flexion\/extension movements we observe are completely passive and induced by <strong>the inertia of the visceral mass<\/strong>. The back will become rigid to resist the acceleration force of the viscera. [6]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At canter however, the flexion and extension movements are active, and the movements of the viscera are linked to them. This hurts the horse\u2019s back way less! <strong>So if your horse\u2019s back hurts a little at trot, don\u2019t hesitate to canter first.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1094\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1094\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Capture-d&rsquo;&eacute;cran-2017-11-14-&agrave;-11.07.37-e1521715294626-300x137.png\" alt=\"d\u00e9tente galop\" width=\"1000\" height=\"458\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Equisense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here you go!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What about you? How do you warm up your horse?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See you soon for another article,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Camille Saute<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Equisense Co-founder<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<hr>\n<h6><b>Bibliography<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1] S. Franklin, \u00ab The physiology and biochemistry of exercise \u00bb, in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International conference on Equine Exercise Physiology &#8211; mid term conference<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2016, Utrecht (NL)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2] E. C. Authie, \u00ab Contribution \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9valuation de la charge de travail des jeunes chevaux de concours complet d\u2019\u00e9quitation \u00e0 l\u2019entra\u00eenement et en comp\u00e9tition. Comparaison avec une population de chevaux de 7 ans. \u00bb, Ecole Nationale v\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire, agroalimentaire et de l\u2019alimentation Nantes Atlantique ONIRIS, 2011.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[3] R. Semblat, \u00ab Mesure du stress chez le cheval de spectacle\u202f: Indicateurs physiologiques et comportementaux \u00bb, Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire d\u2019Alfort, 2014.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[4] C. Menard, \u00ab Etude bibliographique compar\u00e9e de la physiologie du coureur de fond et du cheval d\u2019endurance : syst\u00e8me cardiorespiratoire \u00bb, Vetagro sup, 2014.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[5] \u00ab L\u2019\u00e9chauffement avant une \u00e9preuve sportive \u00bb, Fiche sant\u00e9, 2016. [En ligne]. Disponible sur: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/decathlondom.franceolympique.com\/decathlondom\/fichiers\/pages\/fiches_techniques\/sante\/preparation\/echauffement.htm#pourquoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/decathlondom.franceolympique.com\/decathlondom\/fichiers\/pages\/fiches_techniques\/sante\/preparation\/echauffement.htm#pourquoi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. [Consult\u00e9 le: 09-nov-2017].<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[6] J.-M. Denoix, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biom\u00e9canique et gymnastique du cheval<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Paris, France: Vigot, 2014.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>Illustrations<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cardiology created by Delwar Hossain from the Noun Project<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAre you ready? Are your horses warmed up?\u201d \u201cWell uh yeah\u2026 We walked, trotted and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/warm-up-horse\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[6180,6179],"tags":[6173,2392,6985],"yst_prominent_words":[6960,6978,6975,6983,855,6974,6981,6972,6980,6977,6982,6973,6962,6979,6976,6961,6958,6971,6957,6959],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8015"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29779,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015\/revisions\/29779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8015"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.equisense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}