Thanks to all who completed the members’ poll. Of 125 respondents, only 16% had seen a blue tongue—most in dressage. These are small numbers, but they provide helpful feedback that encourages further discussion and investigation.
Q1: Have you ever seen a horse with a blue tongue first-hand during or after exercise?Q2: Thinking about the most recent time you saw/experienced a horse with a blue tongue during or after exercise, was this…Q3: Thinking about the Most Recent Time you experienced a horse with a blue tongue during exercise that, what activity was this in?Q4: Again, thinking about the Most Recent Time you saw a horse with a blue tongue during exercise that was Not Your Own. Can you recall any of the following circumstances? Please only tick all that you can recall.
Dr David Marlin is a physiologist and biochemist who has worked in academia, research and professional sport. He has worked in the equestrian and veterinary world and in human sport, healthcare, medicine and exercise science.
In 1989 David obtained his PhD from the UK’s leading sports university, Loughborough University following a four-year study on the responses of Thoroughbred racehorses to exercise and training, undertaken at the renowned Animal Health Trust in Newmarket.
You can read David's full biography in the Our Website section.