<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of the study was to estimate the horses’ susceptibility to the initial natural training by one mark regarding both the time of training and the heart rate, as well as to verify whether the time of internalizing a task and the heart rate are strictly correlated. the material included 69 thoroughbred, purebred arabian and angloarabian horses. three-day training consisted of consecutive stages-tasks: the concentration on the trainer, desensitizing, preparation for saddling, and saddling. The individual training times and heart rates were classified into three kinds of sections: low, intermediate, and high. the breeds were scored on a three-point scale according to the number of representatives in a section. pearson’s correlations for particular tasks were found between the data in the training time sections and the heart rate. the estimate resulting from the study demonstrates that thoroughbreds are the most susceptible to the natural training. purebred arabians rank second and angloarabians rank lowest. the angloarabians need more time to internalize the training tasks. the short time of internalizing a task by the horse is negatively correlated with the heart rate. however, in horses which need a longer time for the training, the hr is often heightened as well. that suggests the training time should be adjusted to the level of emotional arousal in a horse.</p></abstract>

The objective of the study was to estimate the horses’ susceptibility to the initial natural training by one mark regarding both the time of training and the heart rate, as well as to verify whether the time of internalizing a task and the heart rate are strictly correlated. the material included 69 thoroughbred, purebred arabian and angloarabian horses. three-day training consisted of consecutive stages-tasks: the concentration on the trainer, desensitizing, preparation for saddling, and saddling. The individual training times and heart rates were classified into three kinds of sections: low, intermediate, and high. the breeds were scored on a three-point scale according to the number of representatives in a section. pearson’s correlations for particular tasks were found between the data in the training time sections and the heart rate. the estimate resulting from the study demonstrates that thoroughbreds are the most susceptible to the natural training. purebred arabians rank second and angloarabians rank lowest. the angloarabians need more time to internalize the training tasks. the short time of internalizing a task by the horse is negatively correlated with the heart rate. however, in horses which need a longer time for the training, the hr is often heightened as well. that suggests the training time should be adjusted to the level of emotional arousal in a horse.

Which Horses are Most Susceptible to the Initial Natural Training?

Department of Horse Breeding and Use, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland

Annals of Animal Science

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The objective of the study was to estimate the horses’ susceptibility to the initial natural training by one mark regarding both the time of training and the...

Which Horses are Most Susceptible to the Initial Natural Training?

Published Online: Jul 29, 2014

Page range: 637 - 648

Received: Aug 07, 2013

Accepted: Dec 20, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0022

Keywords
horse, training time, heart rate, natural training method

© 2014 Iwona Janczarek et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Which Horses are Most Susceptible to the Initial Natural Training?

Published Online: Jul 29, 2014

Page range: 637 - 648

Received: Aug 07, 2013

Accepted: Dec 20, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0022

Keywordshorse, training time, heart rate, natural training method

© 2014 Iwona Janczarek et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
horse, training time, heart rate, natural training method