How Horses See: Facts and Fallacies about Equine Vision
If we could see the world through the eyes of a horse, what would it look like? Most of us have probably wondered about this at some time – especially when our horses spook at something we can’t see, or something the horse has already seen and apparently accepted when going the other way. Unfortunately, many of the “facts” we have been told about equine vision are anything but factual, and there has been little in the way of hard evidence to dispel the myths, assumptions, anecdotes and old wives’ tales that permeate the horse world. The good news is that there are now a number of scientists working to unravel the mysteries of the equine eye, and their research is giving us a better understanding of how our horses see the world. A leading researcher in this field is Brian Timney, PhD, of the University of Western Ontario. A professor of psychology and associate dean in the faculty of social sciences, Timney has been studying vision for more than twenty years. With the help of