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Presenters: Sarah Matlock

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Equine Sciences Instructor | Behavior & Welfare

Sarah Matlock

Sarah Matlock brings her equine behavior and welfare expertise to the Midwest Horse Fair Nutrena Lecture Rooms! Sarah works to improve the relationship between humans and horses by promoting evidence-based practices that best support the horse’s learning style and innate needs.

Sarah is an Assistant Professor in Colorado State University’s (CSU) Equine Sciences program. Since 2017, she has been tasked with building an Equine Behavior Program at CSU, which includes an applied equine behavior course, and undergraduate and graduate research opportunities. In 2023, Sarah co-created the Applied Animal Behavior and Learning Lab (AABL), an interdisciplinary, interspecies behavior lab at CSU. Their mission is to improve human-animal interactions by helping others to better understand the emotional and physical needs of animals (i.e., horses) and how compromising those needs affects the human-animal bond. Sarah's previous work includes low-stress methods for gentling Mustangs, validation of an applied equine behavior-tracking tool for tracking management and training-related behaviors, and early identification of stress in equine-assisted service horses. Sarah is passionate about advancing education and research in equine behavior, specifically as it relates to the well-being of domestic horses.

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