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Riding the Transylvania Trail in Romania
Explore the Transylvania Region Im Lucy, and Ive just returned from an incredible riding holiday in Romania. If youre looking for a riding adventure that combines spectacular scenery, fit and forward-going horses, and genuine hospitality, a ride at Equus Silvania should be high on your list. From rolling hills and snow-capped mountains to villages that []The post Riding the Transylvania Trail in Romania appeared first on In The Saddle - Personally Inspected Riding Holidays Worldwide.

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Equine Voice: The worlds first horse behaviour and welfare app grounded entirely in peer-reviewed ethological science
Most horse management practice still lags behind the science. Equine Voice a new app by equine behaviourist Nicky Ross bridges that gap, giving everyday horse owners the same observational rigour as a trained behaviourist, grounded in the Five Domains Model and the Teleonome framework.The post Equine Voice: The worlds first horse behaviour and welfare app grounded entirely in peer-reviewed ethological science appeared first on Horses and People.

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What structured horse observation actually reveals, and why most of us miss it
Most of us notice things about our horses. But noticing is only the beginning of observation and observation without a framework is just watching. Equine behaviourist Nicky Ross explores how structured tools, grounded in welfare science, change what we can see, hear, and understand.The post What structured horse observation actually reveals, and why most of us miss it appeared first on Horses and People.

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What Kind of Horse Person Are You And What Does That Mean for Your Horse?
Ask a farrier what's wrong with your horse and the answer starts in the feet. Ask a nutritionist and it starts in the feed bucket. It's funny because it's true and it's true because it's biology. This article explores how your experience and expertise shape what you detect in your horse, what you miss, and why a whole-horse welfare assessment process changes everything.The post What Kind of Horse Person Are You And What Does That Mean for Your Horse? appeared first on Horses and People.

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Advance your passion: MSc Equine Science at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh's MSc Equine Science is a flexible, online postgraduate programme designed for graduates and professionals ready to turn their passion for horses into evidence-based expertise from elite sport to welfare and policy.The post Advance your passion: MSc Equine Science at the University of Edinburgh appeared first on Horses and People.

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The inaugural Ants Big Five Safari (at Ants River Lodge)
In January 2026 we were thrilled to be given the opportunity to put together a select group of riders to join the very first Ants Big Five Safari riding out from Ants River Lodge. A holiday at Ants Hill, Ants Nest or Bushwillow offers the opportunity to ride with a remarkable diversity of plains game []The post The inaugural Ants Big Five Safari (at Ants River Lodge) appeared first on In The Saddle - Personally Inspected Riding Holidays Worldwide.

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The Price of the Podium: How Commercial Incentives Shape Horse Welfare in Elite Sport
When commercial success drives equestrian sport, welfare science reveals how breeding decisions, training systems, and competition incentives shape the horse's lived experience across nutrition, environment, health, behaviour, and mental state. The post The Price of the Podium: How Commercial Incentives Shape Horse Welfare in Elite Sport appeared first on Horses and People.

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Bits Bite: The Plight of Sport Horses
In this provocative poetic essay, James Garnham the pen name of Professor Emeritus David Mellor indicts a sport that has inflicted bit-induced pain on horses for millennia, traces the science that finally made those signs visible, and challenges governing bodies and elite competitors who continue to obstruct meaningful reform.The post Bits Bite: The Plight of Sport Horses appeared first on Horses and People.

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Whats it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds
We assess animal welfare by measuring stress hormones, counting behaviours, and checking for disease. But what's missing is a way to evaluate these data from the animals' lived experience. A new framework the teleonome offers a biological north star for welfare science, grounded in each species' own evolutionary logic.The post Whats it like to be a bat? Scientists develop new solution to the puzzle of animal minds appeared first on Horses and People.

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From Telos to Teleonome: A New Way to Understand Horse Welfare
You've seen it. The horse pacing the fence line, wearing a track in the ground. The one who calls out, again and again, when stabled alone. We call these problems. But most of us have a quieter sense that something else is going on. That quieter sense is correct and now there's a word for what it's pointing at.The post From Telos to Teleonome: A New Way to Understand Horse Welfare appeared first on Horses and People.

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