We offer a wide variety of clinics and seminars on horse-related topics. Faculty and associates are highly-qualified professionals whose knowledge and depth of experience permit them to be of real assistance to horses and their owners.

The Institute sponsors seminars, classes, and horsemanship clinics covering a broad range of topics:

• Riding technique and theory;
• Roundpenning and starting young horses
• Conformation and biomechanics
• Anatomy
• Equine dentistry
• Gait and movement analysis
• Subtle anatomy, energy studies, and alternative veterinary approaches
• Trick training
• Gymnastic preparation for all horses
• Farriery
• Saddle design and fitting
• History of horsemanship
• World horse breeding and bloodlines
  
  

The topics listed here are mostly concerned with the physical being of the horse. A very important area to us is the internal life - what is going on inside the horse, what motivates him, what makes him "tick". We offer opportunities for you to learn to speak and understand the horse's own language, and we can connect you with what we believe to be the best educational experiences in this area.

Twice every year, we publish an issue of our newsletter, "The Inner Horseman". Each issue contains over 100 pages of advertising-free information on CD-Rom. The focus of the newsletter is the inner life of the horse and the horseperson, but news, book reviews, and detailed studies of anatomy and biomechanics are also featured. Click here for more information on how to receive "The Inner Horseman".

The Institute also publishes Dr. Deb Bennett's "The Birdie Book" on CD-Rom. Despite the title, the book is really about horses, and what makes them tick. As Dr. Deb says, "The horse's mind and emotions run his muscles. Therefore, if you don't understand what is motivating your horse - his desires, his ideas, his feelings - then you don't have control of your horse." Reviewers have stated: "Birdie Theory is probably the most accessible and innovative approach to horse training that's come along in our time. It's a great way for owners to look at the so-called problem horse and really be able to solve the problems. This one's already an underground classic."

Please click here for more information on "The Birdie Book".

Over the course of a 25-year career in the horse industry, Dr. Deb has published hundreds of books and articles on horsemanship, and the list keeps growing each year. For a periodically updated list of Dr. Deb's publications, please click here.

About Advertising

The Friends and Director of Equine Studies Institute share a philosophy of advertisement and product creation. The essential elements of this approach are:

• Products and services must reflect excellence
• Products must be made available at reasonable cost
• Friends of ESI may advertise both goods and services, but with NO commercial sponsorship and NO personal aggrandizement
• All advertisements, events, and products must be "about" the horse rather than "about" the author or clinician. The emphasis here is on the horse.

For these reasons, we are a "dot org" rather than a "dot com", and the logo of the Institute neither contains nor reflects any one person's name.

We have established these standards in the hope and belief that they help to foster trust and communication between ourselves and you, our Website visitors and Associate Members. Please make yourself "at home" in the environment provided here, and if there is any further way in which we can assist you, please e-mail us.

Thank you for your interest in our work. And happy riding to you!