Equinophobia (Fear of Horses) Equinophobia is a fear of horses. A scary experience with a horse — such as falling off a horse, or being stepped on, kicked or bitten by a horse — may cause this phobia. Why am I so afraid of horses? People are scared of horses Read more…
It’s true they do have an amazing ability to sleep standing up. But they do also sleep lying down. If you’re a horse, you need to be able to do both. Animal behaviour expert Dr Susan Hazel explains why. Do horses naturally sleep standing up? Because horses are big animals, Read more…
Of the 37% of beef products tested positive for horse DNA, Tesco’s Everyday Value Beef Burgers tested at 29.1%. All other reported brands had less than 0.3% horse DNA. These products originated from Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods in Ireland and Dalepak Hambleton food processing plant in the United Kingdom. Read more…
Horse riding in Japan can be expensive, though there are a few cheaper and free options which include a brief guided lap. Of course, there are also real opportunities for horse riding in Japan. Can you ride a horse on the road in Japan? Traces of the past can still Read more…
Horses buck, and if you’ve ridden a few, the chances are that you’ve been thrown, I know I have, more times than I care to count. But do you know why horses buck? Horses buck when energetic and playful, mad, annoyed, or in pain; they also kick up their heels Read more…
A lot of horses yawn during a bodywork session. It typically happens after coming across an area of tension and/or restriction. It is a way of calming and taking a deep breath. It is a behaviour that in contexts such as this often means more than we normally think it Read more…
Horses are thought to have about 300 million olfactory receptors, which is considerably higher than humans (five or six million olfactory receptors). How sensitive is a horses nose? The horse’s range of smell is more acute than that of humans but less sensitive than that of dogs. Horses use their Read more…
Soring is the unethical and illegal1 practice of deliberately inflicting pain to exaggerate the leg motion of horses to gain an unfair advantage in the show ring. The chest-high stride achieved by soring is known in the industry as the “big lick”. What does it mean to sore a horse? Read more…
An extremely well-developed sense of direction permits the horse to find its way back to its stables even at night or after a prolonged absence. The visual memory of the horse prompts it to shy repeatedly from an object or place where it had earlier experienced fear. Do horses have Read more…
Equinophobia (Fear of Horses) Equinophobia is a fear of horses. A scary experience with a horse — such as falling off a horse, or being stepped on, kicked or bitten by a horse — may cause this phobia. You may also have a fear of donkeys, mules and ponies. What Read more…