A question of degrees: Have the textbooks been astray on equine body temperature?
Researchers aim to examine more horses to obtain a more definitive answer.
Read moreResearch articles on the care and training of the horse.
Researchers aim to examine more horses to obtain a more definitive answer.
Read moreMuch remains unknown about the condition and the response to treatment remains variable, a scientific review notes.
Read moreThe solution is not integrating new knowledge to old beliefs. The solution is questioning old beliefs in the light of new knowledge.
Read moreFootage is being used to digitally re-construct the speed, velocity and impact of falls in detail as part of work to improve rider safety.
Read more“The key is to ride a horse of suitable size and fitness and to make sure that the saddle is fitted correctly for both horse and rider.”
Read more“Horses in pain may be silent, but behaviour is their voice and we need to listen and be receptive.”
Read moreTensegrity, integrity, elastic energy, force transport, are the new words of the equestrian art.
Read moreDressage Judging Working Group makes recommendations to provide a fair judging system.
Read moreSmartBoot aims to help riders correct old habits.
Read more“It may be wiser to focus on training and habituation to stressful situations to help manage reactive behaviour, rather than to rely solely on magnesium-based products.”
Read moreTwenty volunteer riders in Danish experiment wore progressively heavier weighted vests.
Read moreCombined volume offers new insights into 18th-century equitation and its timeless application.
Read moreA horse’s optimal temperature range is very different to that of humans. When we use ourselves as gauges, we risk over-rugging our horses.
Read more“There is ample evidence that a bit endangers the life of both horse and rider.”
Read moreIn an investigation last year, Blue Cross found 28% of all adverts used terminology that implied the horse was not straightforward, needed work, was young and inexperienced, or displayed behavioural problems.
Read moreThe stress identified by researchers could be difficult for most people to identify, as the horse may not show visible stress behaviours.
Read more“I believe the true classical masters would embrace this information as a much better explanation of what they felt, but had only the language of their day available to them to use to explain.”
Read moreHorses that suffer from chronic poor saddle fit usually have skin changes that lead to chronic skin dryness and nerve tissue atrophy with the resulting lack of response.
Read moreEquine vet association says knowledge shortfall in equine dentistry is “being slowly remedied by the vast array of fundamental research recently published”.
Read moreDisorders of the muscular system cause poor performance and in some cases, death; yet in certain groups of athletic horses, 5% to 25% of individuals have heritable muscular disorders.
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