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Horse Health & Well-Being

Body Condition Scoring: Sorting the Fat from the Type

When body condition scoring, breed traits must be taken into account - especially when scoring sturdier types, like cobs, draughts, Iberian or native pony...

Horse Training

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Horse People & Culture

Rewilding Horses is no Easy Enterprise

What are our obligations in terms of managing the welfare of rewilded horses? Conservationists are reintroducing horses (and cattle) to areas they once roamed wild...

News

Hendra Vaccine Effective Against New Variant

Researchers have completed the analysis of the new Hendra virus variant which was detected by routine testing from a horse who died in 2015...

Equitation Science

No Research is Perfect, That’s the Point!

Part 1 of the Science Critique 101 series. We live in an era of information saturation. In my own time, I have gone from Encyclopedia...

The Shoulder-in: More Than Dressage Gymnastics

Recent scientific findings support what many students of Classical dressage principles have known all along: The shoulder-in exercise is not only good for the...

The Science on Choosing and Training a Show Jumper

If you want your jumping horse to be a successful and “happy athlete,” choose - and train - that horse wisely. But what is...

Equitation Science Conference: Free Registration Announced

Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, the 2021 Equitation Science Conference is now offering free (yes FREE!) conference registration for all. This means that you will be able...

Welfare Education Displays Work Say Researchers

Sharing science-based knowledge about animal behaviour and animal welfare with the general public isn’t always easy—especially since social media often spreads misleading information. But...

Human Mindset

When Decisions Matter

How to make decisions when they matter We are often faced with having to make decisions that affect our lives. Some of the decisions we...

Horse Welfare

Perceptions of Sport Horse Welfare Issues: New Study

There are growing concerns about the welfare of horses from within and outside sport and these concerns are threatening horse sports' social license to...
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