All Current Publications
Document Type
Factsheet
Publisher
Utah State University Extension
Publication Date
11-2019
Abstract
Horse enthusiasts are often concerned about their horse’s health, appearance and performance. A major key to accomplishing these three goals is to keep your horse at a desirable body condition, or degree of fat cover. However, being able to accurately evaluate a horse to tell if they are over or underweight has been a subjective practice for many years. As with all aspects of horse ownership, horse owners have different opinions on what is an ideal body weight for an individual horse. Also, because horses come in all shapes and sizes, many horse owners are not able to objectively evaluate the body condition of their horse. This fact sheet describes the Henneke Body Condition Scoring system
Recommended Citation
Hoopes, Karl; Thacker, Eric; and Greenhalgh, Linden, "Body Condition Scoring for Horses" (2019). All Current Publications. Paper 2060.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2060