Meet Big Jake and Thumbelina: The tallest and smallest horse in the world
Just like horses that hold records for being the fastest or jumping the highest, there’s also a record set for the tallest and the shortest horse.
Study Helps Us Understand How and Why Horses’ Teeth Wear as They Do
Interesting study where Swiss researchers compared chewing patterns in six Warmblood riding horses to six heifers and six camels. What did they learn?
Heartland Puts Out Casting Call for Young Alberta girl ‘Who Speaks Her Mind’
Wanted: One outgoing blond-haired, blue-eyed Alberta girl, aged six to nine, to become a new face on the family drama Heartland.
Horses in Study Showed Dramatic Fall in Pain-related Behaviours After Going Bitless
Sixty-six horses switched from being ridden with a bit to a bitless bridle showed dramatic reductions in 69 behaviours linked to bit-related pain..
Bit Type, Bridle Style Impact Rein Tension
Which setup results in the least rein tension: Western curb bits or English snaffle bits? The answer might surprise you.
Online Short Course on How Horses Learn
How Horses Learn, an online course offered by Equitation Science International covers a broad range of topics to give you a short, but intensive, introduction to horse handling and training.
Feather River College Graduates First Equine and Ranch Management Class
“This school gets you out in nature and the teachers spend time with you personally,” on graduate said. “You can breed horses, ride them and take care of them.”
Lisa and Ernie; A Real Life Horse Story
In November 1992, the owner of the small hunter/jumper barn where I trained young horses called to tell me about a 6-year-old gelding she was going to see. She had heard about him from a trainer at the local racetrack; the horse’s owner had stopped paying his training fees and if she wanted the horse,…
Horses Prefer Food Rewards to Verbal Praise
No scientific study has been able to prove that secondary reinforcement—such as saying, ‘good’ to the horse when he’s done the right exercise—can substitute a food reward to motivate a horse to do a requested exercise.
Deaf Man Has Special Ability As ‘Horse Whisperer’
After begging for a horse, he got one at the age of seven. Within just three months of training, he became a champion in the hunter-jumper category. His trainer knew Joseph had something special.