Spectator Judging application and Degree of Difficulty (DoD) Freestyle Judging System on show in Florida.

I came to the realization that even if I believed that I loved the horses, what I was doing, and have been trained to believe, was about loving to win more than loving the horse.

Your horse will thank you for riding with soft hands, writes trainer Jane Savoie.

Do you invest in a saddle if you’re not sure about a horse’s future – and how can you measure a horse’s true potential without a fitted saddle?

The horse is designed to reduce the metabolic cost of locomotion and, when encouraged to do so, the horse intrinsically as well as rationally looks for the most efficient way to use his physique.

New digital device successfully measures the forces applied by nosebands.

“The findings are of concern,” the international study team says.

If your generous benefactor got you a saddle for Christmas I hope they involved both you and your horse and didn’t just choose a ‘pretty saddle’.

Horses at every level can benefit greatly from an education updated to advanced research studies.

British study employs high-speed motion capture technology.

Researchers found that horses could alter their communicative behavior based on what the human knew of the situation.

Maria Katsamanis and The Pegasus Foundation are committed helping horses to live up to their full potential.

The beauty of the horse’s front limb movement is the outcome of a sophisticated coordination of the vertebral column mechanism.

The saddle (as interface between horse and rider) has the potential to inflict the most anatomical and physiological damage when it no longer fits.

Australian study team report on successful use of breath-by-breath spirometry.

Your horse is already wearing a winter coat. Why put on another one?

“Donkeys seem to have a reserved character,” study team reports.

“The physiological studies in horses show many similarities to human responses …”

Horses don’t come with owner manuals, so we need to learn how horses function and apply training that encourages soundness rather than overloading.

Researchers in Thailand delve into classic exercise regimen for polo ponies.