Hay-Feeder Height Affects Neck, Back, and Jaw Postures
Italian researchers found higher-placed haynets significantly shorten horses’ back muscles and change their jaw angles as they eat.
Horses Need Room to Roam
Research from Ohio State University suggests that horses need a minimum amount of space to derive all the benefits of turnout—and to stay out of each other’s hair.
Proper Use of Side and Draw Reins
More understanding is needed from owners when using training aids for lungeing and riding, research has suggested. Study shows many are using side and draw reins wrongly.
The Physics of Flexion in the Dressage Horse
Take a look at the topic of longitudinal flexion through a scientific lens and learn why it is an important goal of classical dressage.
SCIENCE PROJECTS ON HORSEBACK RIDING & PHYSICS
The study of physics — which that deals with the properties, changes, and interactions of matter and energy — is not confined to the laboratory. You can apply this science to almost all everyday activities, including horseback riding. Regardless of your riding discipline, physics always plays a part. The various components of riding can be…
Scientists Study Horse, Human Heart Coupling
Have you ever felt that special connection with your horse? Have you had that feeling that you and your horse are on the same wavelength, connected as one, following the same emotions, and bonding through some invisible link?
Horses Appear Able to Assess the Credibility of Information from Humans
Researchers describe an experiment in which 38 horses were invited to choose which of two lidded buckets contained a carrot. The horses had the benefit of two informants who pointed at the buckets — but only one knew which bucket contained the carrot. The other did not.
How A Composer Puts A Horse’s Movements To Music For Dressage
In equestrian dressage, horses maneuver through complicated, dance-like choreography. The animals pirouette, step high, extend their legs long, and side step to music, signaled by an expert rider. Olympic teams are turning to special composers to put together music tailored to highlight the best qualities of the horse and the routine.
Horse Study Explores Visual Response to Surprise Object
Horses tend to prefer one eye to inspect the sudden appearance of objects in their environment, researchers have found, but they were surprised that the left eye did not dominate.
New Scale Helps Assess Halter-Handling Abilities of Horses
Researchers in Italy have developed what they describe as a reliable and valid behavioural test to assess whether a horse is halter-trained.