https://www.horseillustrated.com/equine-emotional-intelligence/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.horseillustrated.com/equine-emotional-intelligence/#comment-430421 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:30:31 +0000 https://www.horseillustrated.com/?p=867068#comment-430421 I used to be a racetrack groom and took care of a thoroughbred named Charlie Miller. Loved him. He would exhibit such pride whenever he won a race: posed for the win photo and pranced all the way to the after-race testing area (“the spit box”). But if he lost by a nose, he was angry. If he lost by a larger margin, he was dejected and he moped until I told him it was ok, he’d get them next time, he was still a great runner. (Of course, the carrots helped. But he always got a carrot with the bran mash after a race.) I have similar stories about other horses, (racehorses and riding horses) but Charlie was the stand-out. So, yes, some horses also feel pride and shame.

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