Creating an Equine Airway-Friendly Environment
Learn about the steps you can take to reduce the number of asthma-causing airborne particulates in your horse’s barn.
DVM Student Participates in Dubai Equine Hospital Externship Program
Caitlin Smith became the first Purdue veterinary student to participate in the highly selective Dubai Equine Hospital Externship Program. The Dubai Equine Hospital, one the largest private-practice equine hospitals in Dubai, has a selective externship program and accepts only two students from the same country per year.
How Science Is Behind the Most Famous Racehorses
What are the factors that determine that one horse is faster, stronger, or more resilient than others? By looking at some of the sport’s most celebrated winners we can see what factors have helped them along the way.
Everything You Need to Know About Equestrian College Scholarships
The first in a two-part series, this article looks at the collegiate equestrian opportunities in the US. The authors spoke with coaches and riders at some of the country’s top schools to give you the inside scoop on everything related to equestrian-based college scholarships. In this first article you’ll look at what these scholarships are…
How do Ranch Horses Fare After a Solid Day’s Work?
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…
Horse Measuring Goes High-Tech With New Laser Device
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.
Learn How to Draw a Horse Head From 3 Different Angles
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 Look to Us For Leadership
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.
A Day in the Life at Rookery Equine Spa and Therapy Centre
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…
Even Looser Nosebands Apply Significant Pressure
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.