Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade and his colleagues set out in a study to learn about the effects that work had on the body language of ranch horses in Brazil. The study team, writing in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, said that although ranch horses have an important role in Brazilian beef farms, almost nothing is…
The new HeightLight is described as the world’s first handheld laser height measuring device. It combines triangulation technology with mathematical theory. It is designed to bring accuracy to the measuring of horses and ponies for passports, competition and sale.
In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of drawing a horse head from three different angles—profile, three-quarter, and from the front. Then, for those ready to try something more advanced, there will be instructions on how to draw a full horse body. Want to give it a go? Then pick out your favorite…
Horses appear to take emotional cues from their handlers when it comes to their response to novel objects, the findings of a German study suggest.
As an equine therapist, it’s Laura Kirk-Bradshaw’s job to care for horses staying at the Rookery Equine Spa and Therapy Centre for a few weeks in the six-stable livery, and rehabilitate or pamper horses in the therapy centre. The livery horses might be on holiday while their owners are away, sports horses that come for…
Jayne Peters, from Bishop Burton College in England, and her research team investigated three different noseband designs and their effect on rein tension and the force being exerted on the frontal nasal plane of ridden horses.
Horses have been labelled “green assets” by a study team in France, who set out to identify the main environmental consequences of equine use and possession in Europe, based on scientific and technical sources.
Researchers used 43 Icelandic and 38 Warmblood horses for a study looking at estimating a horse’s weight. They measured the height of each animal at the withers, neck length, half the neck length, neck circumference, umbilical circumference, two different heart girths, as well as two different body length measurements for use in a variety of…
It’s in the way you say it. It’s in the faces you make. Forget words and language—horses are paying attention to your emotions with their eyes and ears. And the emotions humans express are affecting their equids—whether we mean for them to or not.
The Equine Industry Program is a four-year track that offers an equine business degree with courses covering a wide range of topics for future racing professionals. It is the only AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International)-accredited undergraduate business degree in the world with an equine focus.