I think that it fair to say that most people on here don't know everything. Most of us are learning as we go along and trying to do our very best to improve our knowledge for the benefit of our horses. So what was the last thing that you learnt about horses?
I have been reading loads about horse physiology and trying to understand how their bodies work. I have been reading an excellent book by Gillian Higgins. There are two things that really stuck in my mind this evening.
1. The pedal bone and the coffin bone are the same thing! I never knew this. A horse on my yard has a coffin bone problem and I thought that it was higher up than the pedal bone.
2. A horse who travels in a lorry for an hour does the equivalent exercise of trotting for 20 minutes. This is because they have to brace and tense their muscles so they don't fall over.
What was the last thing you learnt?
I have been reading loads about horse physiology and trying to understand how their bodies work. I have been reading an excellent book by Gillian Higgins. There are two things that really stuck in my mind this evening.
1. The pedal bone and the coffin bone are the same thing! I never knew this. A horse on my yard has a coffin bone problem and I thought that it was higher up than the pedal bone.
2. A horse who travels in a lorry for an hour does the equivalent exercise of trotting for 20 minutes. This is because they have to brace and tense their muscles so they don't fall over.
What was the last thing you learnt?