1600m race time may be a moderate predictor of offspring success under similar conditions for horses that have raced in Hong Kong (heritability 0.52). Researchers from the University of New...
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A study by French researchers revealed that elite endurance riders used increasing amounts of sitting canter and had increasing mean heart rates throughout the phases of an endurance race. This is...
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Just like candy makes kids hyper, feeding horses high starch feeds (feeds high in sugar), may make them more reactive. To be clear sugar for horses isn’t quite the same...
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Researchers from Michigan State University have shown that trot poles have multiple benefits, including activating and strengthening flexor muscles and improving visuomotor coordination. A horse’s field vision is such that they cannot...
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Riding the horse behind the vertical with a narrower poll angle mainly activates ventral neck muscles that the horse would not naturally use to carry its head. Riding with a more...
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