Eye
Soft and almond vs round, hard, showing white.
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Guide 01
How To Buy A Horse
Before money changes hands, run the six-step audit.
- 1
Know what you're taking on — a fresh off-track Thoroughbred, an unbacked youngster, or a previously-trained horse each need a different plan. Match the horse to your time and skill honestly.
- 2
The body check — height (a 15.2–16.1hh range carries the work with least strain), back length, muscling behind the wither, hoof balance, and heat or swelling in the hocks and pelvis.
- 3
The temperament check — does the horse meet you with a soft, curious eye or a hard, scanning one; does it soften to calm handling or stiffen and guard.
- 4
The movement check — does the back swing or dip at walk, do the hind feet track up into the front prints, does the whole spine bend on a circle or just the neck.
- 5
The five deal-breakers — a blank, shut-down expression; persistent bracing that never settles; a markedly downhill build; unresolved gastric ulcers; and confirmed back or pelvic (kissing spine / SI) damage.
- 6
The vet checks that matter — gastroscopy and imaging of the back, SI joint and hocks, so you buy with your eyes open.
Sovereign Eye
Every Recode Begins With A Read.
Sovereign Eye reads Hardware — conformation and the structures that carry load; Software — movement and temperament; and State — the nervous system in real time. It returns a Sovereign State classification, the priority interventions, and the programme phase where work begins.
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Guide 02
How To Read A Horse
Six signs, read in real time, tell you whether a horse is settled or stressed.
Lip
Long, loose, mobile vs tight and tucked.
Wither
Filled with muscle vs hollow behind the shoulder.
Skin
Moving fluidly over the muscle vs tight and 'armoured'.
Nostril
Loose and rhythmic vs pinched and rapid.
Tail
Swinging freely vs clamped or rigid.
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