Poppy Turk, one of Hadlow College’s final year BSc (Hons) Equine Training and Management students, was selected to give a poster presentation on her Dissertation at the 12th Alltech-Hartpury Student Conference.
Students from land-based equine colleges throughout the UK are asked to submit abstracts for the conference in early March, and a select few are then chosen by a panel and invited to present. Poppy's research was welfare related and focussed on bit leverage pressure on the horse's poll and was conducted using Hadlow's Rein Tension Meter equipment.
Poppy Turk, BSc (Hons) Equine Training and Management student said "Overall, today was a very inspiring experience which has opened my eyes to the range of work that has been performed by students and professionals within the equine industry. This conference has helped to give some insight into the importance of public speaking especially regarding expressing our collective achievements."
Patrick Delaney, Deputy Head of Curriculum (Equine) commented, "Our Equine lecturing team guide and support our students through their dissertation projects ideas, but it's the students' hard work, creativity, and problem-solving skills that they develop as part of their course that enables them to conduct new research, and bring it into the public domain. The area of bit leverage and bridle action is complicated and multi-faceted, and has both welfare and performance implications, and Poppy's work will add to the body of knowledge in this important area."
The Hadlow College Equine faculty are very proud of Poppy’s hard work and achievement.