Jump into the wonderful world of horse care with these tips to keep your equine friend happy, healthy, and ready for your adventures together. Caring for a horse is not just a thrilling adventure, ...

Bits date as far back as when people first began riding horses, about 2000 B.C., according to William Taylor, who has a doctorate in anthropology and is the author of “Hoof Beats: How Horses ...

Bits come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, styles and designs, and what suits one horse won’t work as well for another. With ...

Is rein tension associated with horse behaviour and mouth injuries in harness racing trotters? – Pilot study . Applied Animal Behaviour Science , 2024; 277: 106356 DOI: 10.1016/J.APPLANIM.2024. ...

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike bit at a guide pony after winning Saturday's race, prompting the outrider to punch the horse's face. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️ ...

How draw reins work. The basic principle of draw reins for horses is that they feel pressure on the bit ring and this changes the contact and/or the position of the horse’s head and neck.

A tourist fell to the ground a few moments after a King's Guard horse bit her on her arm outside the Household Cavalry Museum in Whitehall, London.. The female tourist, who has not been identified ...

Teaching an off-track Thoroughbred to accept and respond to seat contact takes time, but transitioning between the full seat ...

A horse in the King's Guard for King Charles III bit a tourist in London over the weekend, a hazard of the ever popular tourism spot near Buckingham Palace.

By The Way A new breed of horse girls gets its first U.S. championships. Hobby horses aren’t real, but the competition is: More than 100 gallopers gathered with their trusty steeds-on-a-stick.

Eight horses and their drivers were recruited for the study. With the drivers driving their horses on a racetrack at walk and trot, the researchers measured rein tension and recorded video of the ...

A more experienced horse rider would go for the stirrups and hop right up. I am not that. So they brought over a step stool to assist. Naturally, I tossed my leg over, grabbed onto the reins ...