University of Florida researchers are looking to collaborate with horse owners on a study about arthritis pain.

Horses in Paris showed signs of pain and stress, she said, through “gaping mouths to try to escape bit pain, tail swishing, very tense eyes with the white sclera showing, ...

"Not only can it cause pain along their spine because from how narrow it is, but there was a rub happening on this horse," Hovey explained. Now there are new saddles and some new horses.