Training

Riders rode with no additional weight, or with an extra 15% or 25% of their body weight added to a vest. How did the horses fare?

HeightLight uses triangulation technology and mathematical theory to accurately measure the height of a horse or pony.

Dressage horses perform their natural gaits through a wide speed range, thus over‐riding the natural trigger to make a transition. What does it all?

Horse riders and trainers make training decisions based on visual observations of leg swelling, but these are potentially subjective and imprecise.

“Large differences in rein tension between the horses and riders suggests that it is possible for some riders to make the horse perform transitions with a lighter contact, and that this is a feasible goal during training.”

Nearly half the horse owners surveyed had used goldfish in their horses’ troughs, but do they really work?

Inappropriate, aggressive behaviour of riders or drivers, and rough handling with artificial aids were the most common welfare issues seen.

The testing picked up uneven weight distribution, as evidenced by temperature variation.

“Equestrian workers need to receive occupational health training on the health risks associated with respirable crystalline silica exposure.”

Study findings paint a worrying picture of individual stabling – a housing method commonly employed around the world.

Researchers are adding more important pieces to the puzzle around the stresses and strains on the legs of horses, and the causes of injuries.

Very few strides at speed are needed to increase bone health, the findings of a study suggest.

“The crucial difference between our study and earlier ones conducted by other researchers is that we allowed the horses to crib when they needed to.”

Horses competing in hot and humid conditions the focus of research at Tokyo Olympic test event.

Researchers devised an experiment to determine whether movement asymmetries in riding horses were affected by the anti-inflammatory drug meloxicam.

Canadian researchers monitor blinks, half-blinks and eyelid twitches in 33 horses.

Horses not only discriminate between individual human voices, but have a recollection of whether their past experiences centered around each voice was positive or negative.