A short summary of the main points

Horse movement

The horse’s movement is provided by 256 muscles, each of which is attached to the bones of the skeleton by two or more tendons. The horse’s legs are made up of 78 kinds of bones.
Each horse’s entire motor complex works in a unique way according to its constitution and proprioception.
So each horse’s movement is as unique as a fingerprint, a retina or the electrical impulses of the human brain

The modern world makes it possible to use computing resources that were unavailable just a few years ago. We have the ability to recognise anything: a fingerprint, a person’s face, areas of fields infested with pests. These methods are based on the work of artificial intelligence and huge amounts of BigData.
In our project we collect data with the utmost precision on the minute details of a horse’s limb trajectory, thereby obtaining the individual pattern of each animal’s gait. Every change can be analysed and conclusions drawn about an imminent physiological problem.

There are over 58 million horses in the world (according to FAOSTAT). One third of them (about 20 million) are used for riding, equestrian sports and horse racing. The most common and serious problems of riding horses are limb problems.
These problems usually manifest themselves as lameness. The lame horse is permanently or permanently unable to participate in training and competition.
Depending on the cause of the lameness, treatment can be long and not always effective.
In most cases the lameness does not manifest itself immediately. The body physiologically tries to compensate for the problem: discomfort and pain in the leg causes the horse to reduce the load on the limb, change the hoof path, etc. This has an immediate effect on the horse’s movement, but it is almost impossible to notice these changes in the early stages.