Centreline Collective

06/06/2026

04/06/2026

.us I present my homework, ungoogled! If you are not Amanda don’t judge, I’m learning!

1. T3 - T10 to the spine of the scapula
2. Vertically??
3. 3-5 cm or mm leaning towards CM
4. The thoracic traps are not weight bearing because their attachments are on the spine and scapula which are not weight bearing. The only thing that is weight bearing is the rib cage. Remembered that!
5. No, I drew it more correct!
6. Tree point cannot go in the triangle of doom TT, it must be long enough to touch the longisimus and the latisimus
7. The scapula cartilage, not weight bearing, the rhomboidious, not weight bearing because of its attachments, the spinalis, I don’t know if that’s weight bearing because is small, bit I’m going to go with no.
8. The latisimus and aaaa I don’t know the other non weight bearing one.
9. IT IS THE WITHERS

04/06/2026

The first Centreline Collective Hybrid Clinic is confirmed.

Teach Your Horse to Stretch — using the Core Release Longe

with Simon Cocozza · 13 June

Here's the format:

Simon goes live with the group online. Learn the geometry of the exercise, case studies, and the why behind every angle. Direct Q&A time with him and with me.

Then, within the same week, I came to your yard. With Simon's online support, I longe your horse first so you can watch the concepts land in real time, and then it's your turn.

Two coaches. One clinic.

Spots are limited. Link in bio to secure yours or use this link: https://www.centrelinecollective.co.za/event-details/learn-how-to-stretch-you-horse-with-the-core-release

03/06/2026

Lungeing isn’t the problem. Lungeing without spinal alignment is.

No gadgets. No force. Just the right angle, the right volte, and the patience to let the horse align himself.

When the spine is set correctly, the core releases on its own. That’s a core release and what we’re covering on 13 June with Simon Cocozza in our Centreline Collective Hybrid Clinic.

Link in bio to book

02/06/2026

A horse that moves with a flat, tight back isn’t being difficult.

His longissimus muscle is under tension and until that releases, everything you do in the saddle sits on top of it. More leg, more contact, more asking, none of it gets to the root.

The fix isn’t more forward. It’s alignment.

When the spine is correctly positioned on a volte, the core activates. The three mechanisms that produce a horse moving through his back lift at the base of the neck, lift through the thoracic sling, and a tilt at the pelvis — all engaging together.

You can see it happen in real time when the conditions are right. The tension just leaves.

It’s not magic. It’s mechanics. Join Simon and I on the hybrid clinic on the 13th of June, link in bio to book or you can use this link: https://www.centrelinecollective.co.za/event-details/learn-how-to-stretch-you-horse-using-the-la-giravolta

02/06/2026

Podcast Episode · The Horse First: A Veterinary Sport Horse Podcast · May 27 · 2h 10m

01/06/2026

Most people think their horse isn’t stretching because the horse is tight, stubborn, or not forward enough.

Usually, it’s none of those things.

Stretch is a geometry problem. When the horse’s spine is in the right alignment — outside foreleg tracking on the same line as the inside hind — the core releases on its own. The head comes down. The back rounds.

The horse isn’t being asked to stretch. He’s being given the conditions to find it himself.

This is what we’re covering in the first Centreline Collective Hybrid Clinic with Simon Cocozza. More on that this week.

🔗 Link in bio to book!