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Re: [RC] Spooky horses - Eye Test? - Truman PrevattKaren Ellis wrote:corner. She ducks and dekes at most everything when she is the lead horse or on her own - from a distance - once we get close up and she can see it, she is fine. Behind another horse - she couldn't care less.Sounds more like an issue with self confidence or confidence in the rider than something physical. Most vet schools have an ophthalmologist on staff. You might try there. I did read in a book on equine genetics a passage on "spookness" and if it were an inherted trait. The comments in this reference is there is not direct proof that spookness it is inherted, but spookness seems to be correlated with how wide apart the eyes are set. The farther apart the eyes the more spooky a horse seems to be. Truman -- "The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." Niels Bohr -- Nobel Laureate, Physics =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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