Have you ever wondered about the research horses used in equine science studies? Horse Lover’s Math has had posts based on the results of research projects; Do Horses Like Music?, How Much Weight Can Horses Comfortably Carry?, Research Continues on Wild Horses of Shackelford Island and more. But what about the lives of the horses themselves?…
Many of us are taught that the ideal shoulder angle for a horse is 45 degrees. Senior high school student Morgan O’Sullivan decided to see if that was true. While in the tenth grade in the agriculture program at Middletown High School, Connecticut, Morgan thought it was strange during a horse judging class in school, that…
How do horses respond to different human voices? When we are grooming a horse and talking softly, does the horse understand what we are communicating? Do they pick up on the way our voice sounds and not just our words? Most horse owners will tell you that their horses know when they’re being scolded or…
When learning how to bridle a horse and properly fit a noseband we are taught how to recognize the proper noseband pressure. The noseband should be buckled at a point that allows two fingers’ width between it and the front of the horse’s face. This allows the horse to open her mouth slightly and…
Most of us have heard about, or experienced, a horse misbehaving when being ridden. Up until recently we didn’t know how frequent these problems in riding horses are—nor how often riders use special tack and equipment to help control them. Jo S. Hockenhull, PhD, of the School of Veterinary Science at the University of Bristol,…