How Horses and Humans See Color

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.

Inadvertent Dressage Bias Identified

A recent study sought to determine whether international dressage judges qualified to judge at the highest level of the sport may be prone to systematic errors when assessing elite horse-rider combinations during competition. Researchers examined 510 judging scores gathered from seven five-star dressage competitions held between May 2022 and April 2023. The effect of different…

New Index Calculates Equine Fat Based on Body Measurements

Many horse and pony owners perceive their animals as being an ideal or healthy weight when they may be obese or overweight. The most commonly used standardized practical field method of assessing fat levels in horses and ponies is by body condition scoring (BCS). However, it has become clear that these BCS systems have a…