This research is performed to get an insight view in what dressage riders at novice B and L level intended to do with rein riding aids and what kind of rein riding aids they are actually give. The main question of this research is ‘What are the intentions compared to the execution of rein riding aids …

In comparison to feral horses which spend 12-16 hours with feed intake behaviour and travel up to 28 km a day, nowadays management of the horse by humans has shortened its feeding time and introduced unfamiliar feed types, especially cereals containing a large amount of starch, protein concentrates and …

Domesticated horses are often fed in few and big rations, which leads, in total, to a much shorter feeding time than the natural time of 12 to 18 hours per day. In praxis, several methods are used to extent the feeding time of hay uptake. In the present study three methods (4 x 4 cm hay net, hay andstraw …

Horses are non-ruminant animals and their digestive tract is designed to digest fibrous roughage. In the wild they mostly eat grasses supplemented with herbs and parts of shrubs and trees. Generally, they eat mostly young, nutritious grasses which are short. Topics which will be discussed are obesities, …