Understanding Horse Excitement: Tail Signals & Myths

Question

is she excited hello sir, is this filly excited. i got this doubt because my grandfather who owned racehorses told that a horse with a bushy tail is really excited in the run. is it so?

Answer
hi ---there are a lot of WIVESTALES out there that people use when making excuses for horse and their odd problems etc. it may be true that a bushy tailed horse is very excited in the race, but i never thought about it that way. horses do raise their tails and blow out the nose when they are excited or startled. thanks ED HESS

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