ENGLISH TEXTS care to the entire stable three days a week.“ I know the horses, and I understand how they work. That’ s a big advantage— just like being a salaried member of the stable. It allows me to support them in a more tailored way and over the long term: some benefit from a session before a workout, others prefer recovery massages, or even a good muscular wake-up, for instance. Communication with the whole team is also essential. I talk a lot with the riders, Laura the assistant, the trainer himself, but also with the vet, the osteopath, and the farrier. Everyone has a role to play. My therapeutic focus is really on the horse’ s muscular comfort, to allow for better use of their muscles with the goal of sporting excellence, injury prevention, and improved recovery. We work with the horse throughout its career, from its first gallops— just like with a top-level human athlete— and the benefits are both physical and mental. Horses communicate a great deal during these sessions, and it’ s truly fascinating.”
Grandmother’ s wisdom:“ Movement is life!”
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VIDÉO Met during the Dubai Meeting, Marine Henry learned herself and has now integrated massage into the very core of her training protocol.“ I’ ve always focused on high-level athletes— everything related to active recovery after workouts, the elimination of lactic acid, reoxygenation of the muscles … Football players and all top-level human athletes get massages, are stretched, placed in ice baths. And in the end, horses are top-level athletes too.” A very interesting conversation captured by Clélia Moncorgé( Karisma Consulting) on the eve of King Gold’ s magnificent second place in the Al Maktoum Classic( Gr. 2), on Dubai World Cup day. © Karisma Consulting
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SHIATSU AND ACUPUNCTURE“ Acting on the flow of information within an organism by mobilizing its own healing resources.”
— Eva Jonville
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VIDÉO“ We work by applying finger pressure along all the meridians(...) Shiatsu has benefits for racehorses, helping them recover by oxygenating their tissues.” Véronique Verva( Karisma Consulting) had met with Isabelle Le Gentil in the Chantilly stables to discuss her practice of shiatsu and the well-being it brings to horses— as well as to humans. © Karisma Consulting
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CHANTAL HORLAVILLE
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By Cécile Adonias
Galorama. What is shiatsu?
Chantal Horlaville. It is a practice derived from Chinese medicine. It involves massages and pressure applied to acupuncture meridians. Shiatsu acts on all the major systems and fluids of the body: blood circulation, lymphatic cir-
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