05/02/2025
🌹🐎 Whether you pick your favorite Derby horse to win, place or show, here are THREE FUN FACTS about horses’ vision 🐎🌹
1. They have monocular vision that allows the left eye and the right eye to work independently and see different views. Binocular vision allows the horse to use both eyes together to see directly ahead. These different views allow horses to have a panoramic view of 350 degrees.
2. Horses have small blind spots directly in front of and behind their bodies. These blind spots are due to the location of the eyes and often explains why horses tend to spook or startle when approached from behind. A horse may also have difficulty seeing an object, such as a treat, placed directly under their nose. They must use other senses, like smell and touch, to find objects in this area.
3. A horse’s eyes are very good at detecting movement, even at far distances. However, a clear picture is only possible until about 200 feet away. Objects farther than this distance may appear blurry to horses compared to people.
