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Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour

Inna photographer/Shutterstock Roberta Blake, Anglia Ruskin University Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are…

byRoberta Blake

February 11, 2026