by Veronika Kratochvilova, Equine Touch Instructor & Practitioner, Czech Republic
I would like to share about my new client - one of the biggest race yard in Czech. I was asked to work on three horses that were supposed to run Derby in June. The first visit the horses were lovely and responded so well to Basic Body Balance (BBB) - all 3 year old babies. The trainer looked a bit skeptical and he even said so. 2nd visit, a week later, there were 4 horses and again great feedback. I discussed with the trainer that tightness in the forelegs of one mare could be connected to the cribbing collar and I showed him the atlas and muscles that were tight.
He asked me to work on him. Called me the next day saying that he could not believe it. He was unable to sleep all night, although the pains he had been living with for ages were gone. He said he hadn´t felt so good for ages and that he could not wait for the next visit. He also said he wondered if the horses feel it the same way. Third visit - 8 horses - and when I came to the stable, there were no cribbing collars!
The change in one of the stallions was unbelievable! He was so tight, scared and didn´t want to be touched the first time. This time, his eyes were completely different! I had the riders telling me how the horses changed and that they seem so much happier. I worked on the trainer again and his son, who now wants me to work with all his horses (that is 60!!). His wife is coming on my next class.
The son gave me a book that was published about him... and in the first chapter it mentions Cipisek who was his father’s horse and the first race horse he ever rode!! When I told him that it was the first horse to receive ET in Czech (1998) and the reason for ET classes, he could not believe it. (See Cipisek with Jock below). I now go there regularly, work with horses, trainer, sometime jockey... and they have changed my mind about racing. I do believe now that you can do it with love and with horses in mind.
I have many photos of yawning race horses and feel truly grateful for being able to learn the magic of Equine Touch.
A huge thank you to all who have taught me, especially Lyn Palmer and Jo Fernandes and to Ivana Ruddock-Lange for trusting me to pass the gift to our students.
POSTSCRIPT
If you would like to find out about or book courses in the Czech Republic with Veronika, you can contact her by email veronika.Kratochvilova@email.cz
The Kiss - Jock with Cipisek 1998
History of The Kiss
CIPISEK was the most famous horse in the Czech Republic. The National Steeplechase Champion had taken a serious fall three months earlier. Since then he had been stable bound due to severe pain and had defied all treatments. Putting him to sleep was now being considered, but as a last resort Jock was called in. Within minutes of the work being completed vets reported the pain spiral had reduced and a relaxed Cipisek was then able to leave the stalls and walk around the yard. (1998)