A horse’s ability to perform gaits such as ambling and pacing comes down primarily to one particular mutated gene: the so-called Gait Keeper gene.

As the sports gains popularity, and as vaulters’ movements become more complex, the continued welfare of the vaulting horse is becoming an important issue for the FEI.

Researchers investigated parasite control practices at equestrian centers neighboring a natural reserve and how insect populations in the reserve were faring.

French researchers have taken a step toward improving equine assisted reproduction by successfully maturing oocytes in a laboratory.

Researchers found that the horse’s overall speed also increased by 5.6% in minimalist tack compared to traditional tack, meaning the time it took the pair to complete the race was reduced.

Researchers recently determined that several factors–from the animal’s history to the owner’s training and management techniques–appear to make horses more or less likely to miss training days due to injury.

Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO, also called heaves) appears to have a genetic basis, but one that varies between horses, Swiss researchers say.

If your broodmare has a “bun in the oven,” that bun might benefit from some live yeast, French researchers say. No, the yeast isn’t meant to make the bun rise, but it could give your foal’s digestive system a better start in life.

Horses stabled with a large open window between stalls showed more positive social behavior and less aggression and boredom than when they were separated by full walls, researchers found.

Researchers say MRI-based tendon measurements analyzed using a color scale are far more accurate than those achieved by measuring grayscale MRI scans.

Caretakers estimated between 4% and 22% of horses had back pain, whereas clinical examination showed that 37% and 85% were suffering from back pain.

A team of British veterinarians has confirmed discovered that ultrasound scanning over the horse’s back instead of the abdomen is an easier and more accurate way to obtain equine kidney measurements.

A French behavior researcher says horses’ negative emotions, and the way they express them, can be a direct result of the way the animals are trained and managed.

British and Australian researchers have determined that metabolic differences between breeds are present even in equids that aren’t fat.

The Silk Roads paved the way for the lucrative Chinese silk trade, but they also opened the door to extensive intercultural and educational exchanges, and, as researchers recently confirmed, horse trading and breeding.