Breeze Equine Sports Therapy

🐣🌼 Happy Easter from Breeze Equine Sports Therapy 🌼🐣

By the time you’re seeing this, I’ll be enjoying a much-needed break over the Easter weekend (scheduled posts for the win 🙌).

I just wanted to take a moment to wish all of my wonderful clients a safe, happy, and relaxing Easter. Thank you for your ongoing support — it truly means so much 💙

Give your horses an extra scratch from me, and I’ll be back refreshed and ready to go next week!

Enjoy the break, stay safe, and soak up the long weekend ✨

— Breeze Equine Sports Therapy 🐴💙

✨ Good luck Hannah & Bond! ✨

Wishing Hannah Pollard and her beautiful pony, Imperial Vagabond “Bond”, the very best of luck as they travel all the way to Sydney to compete at the Thames Grand National Saddle Horse & Rider Championships for the very first time! 🤍

This is such an exciting milestone and a huge achievement — I’m so proud to be part of your journey and to help keep Bond feeling his best heading into such a special event.

Safe travels, enjoy every moment, and most importantly have fun out there — you’ve already done the hard work 💛

We’ll all be cheering you on! 💙

✨ Lewie update — a good reminder that abscesses aren’t always straightforward ✨

I thought I’d share this one because it’s actually a really good example of why some abscess cases don’t follow the “textbook” timeline.

Lewie initially presented with a classic foot abscess, which tracked and drained through the sole. It was opened, cleaned, and resolved really well — no discharge, no smell, and the tract was drying nicely.

However… he remained quite lame.

There were no obvious signs of ongoing infection in the original site, which made it one of those cases where you go:
“something still isn’t adding up…”

Today, while fitting a hoof boot to keep the area protected (without over-sealing it), a second abscess revealed itself — this time draining from the lateral heel bulb.

This explains why he wasn’t improving as expected.

In cases like this, it’s not uncommon to have:
• multiple pockets of infection
• or tracking through different planes of the foot
• especially when there’s been trauma (e.g. nail placement) or altered weight-bearing

Until all pressure is released, the horse will often remain quite sore despite one tract appearing resolved.

The good news is — now that both areas have drained, we’d expect a much quicker improvement from here.

And the less clinical version…

Lewie decided one abscess simply wasn’t enough and upgraded himself to the deluxe package 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

✨ Introducing our 2026 Breeze Equine Sports Therapy Affiliate Rider ✨

I’m so pleased to welcome Shara and her mare, Fling, as our 2026 Affiliate Rider team.

This year we received some incredible applications and, while we were unable to take on additional full ambassador positions, I still wanted to recognise and support riders who strongly align with the Breeze philosophy — which is where our Affiliate Rider role comes in.

Shara’s dedication to Fling’s comfort and wellbeing truly stood out. She consistently prioritises keeping her mare happy, supported and feeling her best — which aligns perfectly with what Breeze is all about.

As an Affiliate Rider, Shara will work alongside Breeze throughout 2026, representing the importance of consistent care and horse-first training.

I’m really looking forward to supporting them this year 💙

Please join me in welcoming Shara to the Breeze team!

💥 Thermal Imaging – Now More Affordable Than Ever 💥

Making advanced imaging more accessible for every animal owner 👇🏼

✨ No more area pricing
✨ Simple, flat rate bookings

🐾 Small animals – $150
🐴 Large animals – $250

✔️ Full body scan (nose to tail & everything in between)
✔️ Professional report included
✔️ Suitable to share with your vet if needed

What is thermal imaging?

Thermal imaging measures surface temperature patterns across the body, creating a visual map of how your animal is functioning.

It allows us to pick up subtle changes and asymmetries that aren’t always visible or felt yet — often before they become more obvious concerns.

How can it help?

• Identifies areas working harder or differently to others
• Detects early changes in soft tissue and joint regions
• Supports investigation of uneven movement or performance changes
• Monitors recovery and response to workload
• Provides a baseline to track over time

Thermal imaging doesn’t diagnose or treat — it simply provides useful insight that can be shared with your vet or care team if needed 🐾

📍 Horses, dogs & performance animals welcome

📩 Message to book ✨

Nothing to see here… right? 👀
Look again at the thermal image 🔥

Sometimes a horse doesn’t look obviously off, but something still feels a little “not quite right.”

Maybe your horse is:
• a little short in the stride
• resistant picking up a lead
• stiff one direction
• harder to bend or collect than usual
• feeling uneven but you can’t quite pinpoint where
• showing no obvious swelling or clear signs directing you to one area

To the naked eye, these legs look completely normal.
But thermal imaging can show differences in heat patterns beneath the surface that we simply can’t see 👀🔍

In the thermal image, you can see a clear asymmetry between the limbs — something the external photo doesn’t show.

This doesn’t automatically mean injury, but it may be associated with:
• changes in workload
• compensatory patterns
• areas of increased stress within the body

Sometimes the body shows the first signs… long before we see them.

If this sounds like your horse, feel free to reach out 👇🏼

📍 Rockhampton & surrounds
📩 Message Breeze Equine Sports Therapy to book

Thermal imaging is a screening tool only and does not diagnose conditions. Findings should be interpreted alongside veterinary assessment where required.