Balance Analysis with Alogo Move Pro

The horse’s balance is measured according to various parameters, including:

  • The Yaw: which defines the straightness of a horse in its movement, a horse with a good straightness is a horse that moves with its hips in the axis of its shoulders. Positive data means that your horse deviates to the right, negative to the left. Roll data that is away from zero when the horse is on a straight line will often express an asymmetry in the demands of the rider as well as a stiffness due to a lack of work or linked to the horse’s age. In some cases, however, they may reflect a more serious bio-mechanical veterinary problem. If the horse is led to lose his straightness by himself (without any rider’s action), this may in fact be due to compensation on one side in relation to the other. Especially for dressage movements that require the horse to work on 2 tracks, your yaw data will vary. For example, for a left shoulder-in, you will observe more negative data than usual since your horse tucks his left shoulder inside while the rest of his body remains straight. For this example, the more negative the data collected, the more it will show a shoulder-in marked.
  • The Pitch: This is the difference in balance between the front and the back of the horse for each stride and jump. It then comes to answering the question: “is my horse more on his shoulders or hips in his gaits?“. Positive data tells you about an imbalance backwards and negative data forwards. Technically, data equal to zero shows a horse with a neutral balance (neither forward nor backward) but generally quite flat. Ideally, pitch data should be slightly greater than zero to have a horse in very good balance (= on his hips). For your information, a large majority of horses naturally have a balance on the shoulders that the rider is working to correct. Thanks to the Move Pro, you will be able to measure this evolution concretely!
  • The Roll: The aim is to evaluate the imbalances between right and left, and to answer the question “does my horse lean more to one side than the other in its movement? Here, you should try to have data as close to zero as possible, this will mean that you are centered on your horse and that your mount works in the same way its right lateral as its left lateral. A roll disequilibrium leads to higher efforts for the horse, especially in tight curves on the reins where he tends to lean. Therefore, he will have to put more energy into his movements to compensate this lack of balance and overcome obstacles or figures without mistakes.

Our sensor will show you all these equilibrium parameters that will guide you in the work of your horse in daily life as well as in competition.

Fact!

Note that with the high precision of the Move Pro, the balance of the rider can have an impact on the balance of his horse and therefore on the data. Indeed, this impact will be mostly felt in the roll balance data for a rider unbalanced on his saddle on one side or the other or longitudinal equilibrium for a rider who is too much positioned to the fore or hind on his horse. It is therefore interesting to see the horse’s balance variations according to each rider (coach, half-livery, owner, etc.).

Roll balance approaching the jump
Credits : Soraya Exquis Photographie ®

To summarize how this feature is important, the Alogo Move Pro balance analysis data will allow you:

  • To identify weaknesses and/or prevent certain injuries through abnormal data, especially in yaw and roll balance.
  • To improve the balance of the rider in order not to interfere with that of the horse.
  • To work on the “weak” side on some horses in order to perform better in competition. (In tight curves during a jump-off in show jumping or in the execution of figures imposed at each hand in dressage).
  • To observe the progress of horses in their longitudinal balance through the work done by the rider. (Especially on young or unexperienced horses.)
  • To note the precise impact of a bit or various training-aids on the horse’s pitch balance. But also on its rectitude (better control of the shoulder and hip blocks thanks to any adjustments you make).

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