Study Evaluates Pheromone Gel’s Calming Effects on Horses
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
December 4, 2011
Horses treated with pheromones were less stressed during cognitive sessions after travel than untreated ones.
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.
The sudden death of show jumping champion mount Hickstead could have been caused by a number of factors.
A researcher discusses what counts as an equine vice and where the fault might lie in a court of law.
The proposed rule suggests horses with blood anywhere on their bodies during an dressage test be excused.
No significant differences in stress between horses working in hyperflexion and those that did not were noted.
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