Comments on: Overuse of Stretches Could Be Harmful to Horses

By: me

me — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:08:53 +0000

I don’t think they really need to stretch like people do.

By: Danee

Danee — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:30:19 +0000

Would love to see a bigger study. And they say the horse’s stride remaind the same yet the range of motion in the hind legs changed??? Can someone explain EXACTLY what they were measuring??

By: Kaitlynn

Kaitlynn — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:56:21 +0000

Love this article! I always thought the whole yoga for horses thing was silly. Why not just spend time warming your horse up properly and paying attention to its body language and expression before asking it to work?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:37:25 +0000

Hmmm – very interesting but I think I need a more scientific approach before I’m convinced. Thanks for the article.

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:44:57 +0000

I think stretching is good if it’s done by the horse. I don’t think it helps though if you pull their body parts all over the place. E.g. Instead of pulling the horse’s leg forward as in the photo, have the horse stretch his own leg forward. He’ll stop if it’s too far.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:03:31 +0000

Well, I guess just like exercise, horses need to get used to stretching too. I’ll keep this in mind.