When you’re making horses into movie stars like Steven Spielberg and his crew did with War Horse, it’s important to make peace and fun–not war–with the horse, according to the film’s equine professionals and an international horse behavior expert.
The amount of tension needed on the reins to maintain contact with the bit varies with noseband tightness.
Regardless of the bit used, each horse’s performance remained constant in the two dressage tests.
The system includes animal-based measurements developed from criteria described in scientific literature.
Horses treated with pheromones were less stressed during cognitive sessions after travel than untreated ones.
Investigative behavior applied to training can help jumping horses gain confidence when faced with new jumps.
A research team found that in young horses, as heart rate increased performance quality decreased.
One experiment showed a trend suggesting it was possible, but another refuted that evidence.
Conventional saddles were much more effective in distributing pressure evenly over the horse’s back.
Champion South African Thoroughbred racing sire Jet Master died Tuesday from complications from surgery.
In the current study 14.5% of the horses ended up winning back at least their purchase price in race earnings.
Researchers are learning about the kind of weight and pressure humans put on different parts of horses’ bodies
Topics discussed include microchips, controversial tack, medication fines, and obligatory postmortem exams.
The FEI Bureau elected to withdraw the proposed modifications from the agenda of the 2011 General Assembly.
Natural training methods produced fewer signs of stress in young horses at three important stages of training.
Researchers found a definite trend towards fundamental gender differences in equine behavior.
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