Do women and men ride differently? Horses cannot tell the difference
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 13:01
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have analyzed how horses are affected by the sex of their riders. Various parameters of stress were determined in horses and their riders when they covered an obstacle course. The results were surprising: the level of stress on a horse is independent of whether a man or a woman is in the saddle. Furthermore, the stress responses of male and female riders are essentially the same.