LEONARDO DA VINCI saw art and science as symbiotic – the understanding and research into one, elevating and informing the other.
When it comes to horsemanship, the lines between art and science are inextricably linked. The art and beauty of connection and performance, with the science of working with living beings – equine and human.
With welfare and marginal gains the two top priorities in equestrian sport, could a lean towards science and maths prove the recipe to improve both wellbeing and performance?
“THE first thing that you have to address with all of this is why would we use numbers?” says Sam Watson, world team silver medalwinning Irish event rider and founder of data analytics firm EquiRatings.
“For riding a horse, which is such an art form, why would we ever need to analyse through numbers what we're doing? Because it's not going to help us put our heels down, it's not going to improve our hands or our seat, or even potentially our accuracy.
“Improving one thing by 10% isn't high performance; improving 10 things by 1% is” OLYMPIC EVENT RIDER ANDREW HOY
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