"Horses are powerful but fragile and they tell us how they are feeling by their body language," Hernlund says. "By watching their gait we can see, for example, if they are offloading pain," she says.

Horses can tell the difference between dominant and submissive body postures in humans, even when the humans are not familiar to them, according to a new University of Sussex-led study.

Horses can read our body language even when they don't know us. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 11 / 171103155208.htm. University of Sussex.

A University of Sussex study found that horses can tell the difference between dominant and submissive body postures in humans and are more likely to approach submissive people.

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"Horses are often thought to be good at reading human body language based on anecdotal evidence such as the 'Clever Hans effect'," said Amy Smith, co-lead author of the study from Sussex.