Horses are somewhat lazy animals. They are easily overfed. This gives them danger of obesity. If your horse has little work to do, food to eat at all times, and a small living area with no space to run, it has a bigger risk of getting overweight. In humans, it is a lot easier to recognize obesity than in horses, who are naturally big and wide. Some might see obesity in horses as nothing more than being fat, but obese horses are at as much risk...

Have you ever wondered where your horse’s speedy genes came from? It’s pretty amazing how fast the thoroughbred horses can run, but nobody exactly knows why. Until now. You probably wouldn’t think that thoroughbred horse legends like Secretariat, Man O’ War, Seabiscuit, and Seattle Slew are all related. And the knowledge is all thanks to a team of people at Emmeline Hill of University College Dublin, who evaluated the...