How Do Horses See Themselves?
New research confirms earlier findings suggesting that horses have cognitive self-awareness, which enables them to recognize their own reflections.
Preparing the Horse to Learn
A myriad of factors under the control of the human can affect the horse’s ability to develop. A young horse that is being fed sugar-rich rations and has been socially isolated in a box stall with metered turnout time will be ill prepared to engage in a learning environment not through any fault of the…
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…
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.