Hippotherapy is a specialized therapy treatment strategy that uses the horse’s movement to influence the patient/client in a various number of ways. 1 Hippo is derived from the Greek word “hippos” which means horse. Hippotherapy is conducted by a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or speech language pathologist as part of a patient/client’s intervention. During hippotherapy, functional...

Historical horse racing records show that a dramatic improvement in horse racing times (5-7%) was directly correlated with the adoption of the “Martini glass” Jockey posture, and this crouched posture is thought to decouple movements of the horse and rider, as demonstrated by kinematic observations [6]. That is, the jockey uses their legs to move relative to the horse in such as manner as to ca...

Rodeos are public events at which stockpeople face tests of their ability to manage cattle and horses, some of which relate directly to rangeland cattle husbandry. One of these is calf roping, in which a calf released from a chute is pursued by a horse and rider, who lassoes, lifts and drops the calf to the ground and finally ties it around the legs. Measurements were made of behavior and stres...

Horse riding and horse-related interactions are inherently dangerous. When they occur on public roads, the risk profile of equestrian activities is complicated by interactions with other road users. Research has identified speed, proximity, visibility, conspicuity and mutual misunderstanding as factors contributing to accidents and near misses. However, little is known about their significance ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the motor ability of forelimb according to on- or off-riding during cadences (walk and trot) of horse. Horses and rider selected as subject consisted of total 37 heads of Jeju native horse and 1 female rider. The variables analyzed composed of 1 stride length, 1 step length, elapsed time of stance, elapsed time of swing, elapsed time of 1 step, and forwa...

Whereas in former times horses were reserved primarily for people involved in agriculture, elite equestrians or the military, nowadays equestrian sport has become an activity for people with a wide variety of backgrounds. However, as more and more people become involved with equestrian sport today, the knowledge concerning animal husbandry in general is diminishing due to an alienation from agr...

The objective was to describe the incidence of failure to finish a race in flat-racing Thoroughbreds in New Zealand as these are summary indicators of falls, injuries and poor performance. Retrospective data on six complete flat racing seasons (n = 188,615 race starts) of all Thoroughbred flat race starts from 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2011 were obtained. The incidence of failure to finish event...