Christina Bonvini Equine Sports Massage Therapist

05/06/2022

05/10/2021

10/08/2021

So proud of my sponsored horse and rider, they both absolutely smashed the last few days! Both of them have developed so much as a partnership. Look at them go 😍🥰

30/07/2021

I wish more people understood this!

Watching some of the Dressage at the Tokyo Olympics and I noticed how they were speaking about Charlotte Dujardin’s horse Gio saying how he’s doing so well for such a young horse.

Gio is 10 years old, an age that many wouldn’t consider a young horse. This just reinforced the fact to me that too many riders ask too much of young horses, expecting a 4 or 5 year old horse to work at a much higher level than their bodies are ready for.

A horses skeleton isn’t fully matured until 8-9 years, with some big horses not being fully muscled and strong until 9-10.

Taking it slow with a young horse will give time for the musculoskeletal system to fully develop and mature, hopefully reducing the risk of injury and creating a horse that will be able to work for many years to come.

28/06/2021

This is so important! They are far to underdeveloped for “work”

23/05/2021

This is such a beautiful thing!

09/05/2021

I went to watch my favourite pair fly round at Codham today! Here are some of the pictures I took whilst cheering them on.

07/05/2021

This is vital to remember this time of year! Fat ponies still need a balanced diet

Friday fact...typical U.K. grass and hay or haylage will not provide your horse with a balanced diet at any time of the year!

Now many horses are being turned out for longer or are out 24/7 and this is also a time when many are not fed any feeds. However, I would absolutely recommend that you at least feed a balancer or vitamin and mineral supplement, to ensure that your horse or pony is getting the nutrients they need as it is extremely unlikely that this will be provided in your horses pasture, hay or haylage!

This applies to ALL horses and ponies....even those that are overweight! They ALL need vitamin and mineral supplementation! Just to ease your minds...balancers will not make your horse or pony fat...!!!!! If you feel happier feeding a vitamin and mineral supplement mixed with a handful of dampened chaff, then that’s fine too...but they do need one or the other and whichever one you choose must be fed at the manufactures recommended rate to provide the vits and mins your horse or pony needs!

02/05/2021

Lets speak about posture, below are 3 images of the same horse in different stances to illustrate different postures. The long green line shows the ideal hindlimb position and the short shows the current angle of the cannon bone for illustration purposes. The blue line shows the Coronet Trajectory, this is a good indicator of stance and farriery as everything is linked.
This is why I like to look over your horses prior to a treatment, as this tells me a lot about them.
Look on each picture for more information, if you have any questions feel free to contact.