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Why Are Horses Frisky When It’s Cold?

Feb 01, 2026 |

By Robin Foster

| The Horse Magazine

Lively running, bucking, and other fresh behavior burns calories and isn’t a strategy horses use to stay warm when it’s cold out. | Photo: iStock When turned out on a brisk winter day, does your horse race around the paddock, bucking and kicking up her heels? Or after a spell of rainy weather, is she spirited on the trails and hard to stop? People often declare: “My horse is frisky because it’s cold out!” But how is a horse’s behavior really affected by the weather?

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