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.
Horses like some horses more than others, and they dislike some horses more than others as well. How do they show that preference?
The Brooke charity has launched the “Donkadoodle” art contest as a fundraiser with the winning works to be featured on greeting cards. The artwork can be done in any traditional medium (paint, pencil, pastel, etc.). The entry must be your own original work. There will be 3 winners, 1 from each of the following age…
There are great educational options for incoming college students to earn degrees in horse racing and equine studies. Students can prepare for a slew of horse careers whether in business, the racing industry or horse and farm care. University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program and University of Arizona – Race Track Industry Program are two…
The Irish Field outlines a range of equine courses available in Ireland in this seven-page education feature.