A horse’s access to food can affect their natural behavior and lead to health problems. To understand these changes better, researchers looked at several feeding methods including free-choice feeding or unlimited food access, slow-feeder, which also allows unlimited hay access but requires the horse to pull hay through a net, and an automatic box feeder.
Eight graduate students from the School of Computer Science and Information Systems recently applied their skills and knowledge in a real-time setting by creating a web application for the Regional Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. Students had the responsibilities of analyzing the horse show’s rules, interacting with show administrators to gather details for rider and horse…
At the core of the sport of show jumping lies the jumping saddle, a specialized piece of equipment designed to provide both horse and rider with comfort, balance, and safety during high-flying jumps. This comprehensive guide will explore the world of jumping saddles, examining their history, design, construction, and their crucial role in the world…
Since antiquity, it has been generally accepted that sounds influence human emotional states and health. Acoustic enrichment has also been proposed for domestic animals. However, in both humans and animals, the effects vary according to the type of sound.
Horses operate as grazing athletes. Their innate eating behaviors include a spectrum of actions like seeking, exploring, browsing and grazing. Horses participate in a repetitive cycle of “step, bite, chew, repeat.” In essence, horses consume while on the move and move while they consume.
Researchers investigated how lighting inside a trailer can affect a horse’s experience, especially during loading and when the trailer is stationary. They found that having consistent and bright LED lighting inside the trailer can make a difference.
In many ways, you can think of a hunter or jumper course as a simple math problem that you and your horse solve together. Surprisingly, horses are pretty good at figuring out the “math” of a jump, or a line, or a course. Once they have practiced it a few times and found a pace…
Controlling a horse’s head is an important part of riding, especially when going racehorse speeds. Trainers have a variety of bits at their disposal, with each fulfilling a specific function based on what the horse needs. Learning more about those more commonly used on the racetrack can clue fans into the personalities of the horses…
Though turnout has long been known to make a healthier horse, a new study from The Ohio State University suggests that the space available to the horse while he is outside is also important.
Sitting on a horse, it’s easy to assume that she sees the same view we see. But she doesn’t. Riding is a team sport in which two partners experience the world simultaneously but in very different ways. Color vision is a great example.