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    The Equine Brain

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    1. In a 500kg horse, the brain weighs around 600g or 1.2g per kg bodyweight. This is comparable to other hoofed mammals of a similar size but much smaller than that in people (~17g per kg bodyweight).
    2. The main difference between a human and an equine brain is the frontal lobe which involves thinking, forecasting and planning. This is much smaller in horses than in people. The horse uses this area for voluntary activity rather than for “thought”.
    3. The horse’s brain is divided into three sections - the fore-brain, the mid . . .

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    Dr David Marlin is a physiologist and biochemist who has worked in academia, research and professional sport. He has worked in the equestrian and veterinary world and in human sport, healthcare, medicine and exercise science. In 1989 David obtained his PhD from the UK’s leading sports university, Loughborough University following a four-year study on the responses of Thoroughbred racehorses to exercise and training, undertaken at the renowned Animal Health Trust in Newmarket. You can read David's full biography in the Our Website section.

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