Even though Equine Massage Therapy deals with the muscles, it is important to remember that those muscles are what moves the bones. Understanding the equine skeletal system is also very important. So, here is an equine skeletal chart (which I also drew). As mentioned before, labeling all of the bones and joints is beyond the scope of this website.

It is very important to understand the equine skeletal structure so that you will be able to recognize structural faults that you need to look for during a thorough equine evaluation.