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Leading equine specialist veterinary clinicians, research scientists and practitioners shared their knowledge at the Saddle Research Trust's 4th International Conference. Online access to the conference is still available.
Sponsored by: A recent study has used a horse behavior scale to identify high-level event horses at risk of poor cross-country performance. Drs. Sue Dyson and Andrea Ellis completed two studies: one was a preliminary study that used 35 horses competing on the second day of dressage at the 2018 Burghley CCI 4*. The main study used 70 horses warming up for dressage at the 2019 Badminton CCI 5* horse trials and 67 horses warming up for dressage at the 2019 Burghley horse trials. Each horse was observed for between 10 and 12 minutes by Dr. Sue Dyson while they warmed up. She then she ap...
Share Researchers looked at pain behaviors in a study of eventing horses at Badminton and Burghley in 2018. (File image © Mike Bain) Researchers successfully identified a subset of elite eventing horses at increased risk of a poor cross-country performance, after applying a ridden horse behaviour scale. The study, reported in the journal Equine Veterinary Education, began with a pilot study on a convenience sample of 35 horses competing on the second day of dressage at the Burghley CCI 4* (now 5*) event in 2018. The main study a year later involved 70 horses warming up for the dressage phas...