Study: Trainers Consistently Evaluate Ridden Horse Behavior
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
September 17, 2012
Trainers were more consistent in scoring ridden horse behaviors than were equitation scientists in one study.
Trainers were more consistent in scoring ridden horse behaviors than were equitation scientists in one study.
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