The Grand National Meeting 2024 starts today, 11th April 2024. It’s one of the biggest race meetings in the world. In…
Author: David Marlin
David Marlin
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.
I first became interested in the effects of transport on horses when working at the Animal Health Trust. My first…
Background Around 10-15 years ago stories started to emerge around concerns of the toxicity of car tyres, particularly when old…
Last week I posted on social media a screenshot of a story from Sky News covering the deaths of two…
The topic of whether or not wind turbines harm horses, or birds, wild mammals, dogs, humans, etc has started to…
Personally, and IMHO, I think it is time to review our terminology for equine behaviour! I am the first one…
You may have seen that Haygain has been put into administration. This is sad news, and I hope a buyer…
Why We Do Independent Product Testing – How to tell if a product is the best thing since sliced bread…
This was a live recording at the National Equine Show on Sun 3rd March. There is a lot of background…
Mild Winter/Eary Spring – Please be careful! It’s been a very mild Winter for most of the UK, and grass…