Through good research and communication, equitation science can continue to evolve in a positive manner with the goal of improving equine welfare and horse and rider interactions.
How will the horses that survived the San Luis Rey Downs Training Center fire respond to moving back to the facility? An equine behavior expert shares her insight.
Whips, spurs, and horse-head-control equipment can be misused by riders and misunderstood by spectators, both of which can have negative outcomes for horses and the industry alike.
Researchers are still lacking reliable tools to understand what good equine welfare looks like from the horse’s point of view, but they’re making progress.
A reader wants to know about possible reasons behind a 14-year-old stallion’s seemingly unprovoked aggressive behavior.
Mules are extremely quick learners. Here are a few things to remember when working with them.
Tongue ties help some racehorses breathe better, but study results suggest they can also cause stress, even in horses that have been tied regularly in the past.
The ability to select Quarter Horse breeding stock for behavior traits might improve equine welfare and human safety, researchers said.
Foals’ initial expressions of their developing personalities are clear signs of the horse’s adult personality–and even learning capacity–to come, researchers found.
While removing mares’ ovaries can be successful in remedying aggressive behavior, other estrous behaviors can persist even following surgery.
While the horses recognize positive from negative emotions in whinnies, they might not become positively or negatively emotional as a result.
Learn more about equine sleep patterns and six different types of sleep deprivation in horses.
Researchers found that young people recognized signs of poor horse welfare in common training practices as well as adult experts did.
Vets should perform a careful assessment of a mare’s hormonal status to determine whether there’s a definitive, repeatable relationship between it and her undesirable behavior.
My horse is terrified of cows. Is there anything I can do to help him?
The “alpha” concept of showing dominance when training a horse doesn’t coincide with what equitation science research is revealing, scientists say.
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