Horse Whorls & Brain Development

Hi Everyone. I would like to hear what you think about whorls and brain development in horses and if it applies to your horse or not. I have only recently discovered this interesting topic. They say that horses with high facial whorls are more spooky and fearful than horses with low facial whorls. My mare has a middle to high level facial whorl, and she is not very spooky. Could also be because I have been spending a lot of time desensitizing her. She also learns very quickly. They say with early training in a gentle way you can "mask" it if you have a foal that is spooked easily. There are also theories about whorls on the body and where they are situated and if they are balanced or not. My mare has a lot of whirls on her body(15). They are all balanced or in the center like the ones on her chest and windpipe.

Here is a good article about whorls. It has a lot of disctiptions and a lot of meanings added to the whorls both modern and past beliefs of certain whorls
http://www.foxpointfarm.com/swirlology---the-study-of-whorls-and-swirls-in-horses.html


This Is My Mare


Here is a facial chart of whorl positions and the site I got it from. You can read more there if you want to.


https://www.elsevier.com/connect/how-a-horse-trainer-got-to-publish-research-with-temple-grandin

Tell me what you think of this theory.

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