There are many ways to define equine intelligence, and lack thereof. Here, a dressage barn in Kentucky attempts to rate their horses depending on how they manage to find carrots under a 5-gallon bucket. I know I have one horse who would tip the bucket immediately, eat, stand it back up, and tip it again; another who would destroy the bucket entirely (“HA! Silly humans, I’ll teach YOU to mess with my food!”); and one who would probably ignore the bucket and just stare at me until the treats magically appeared. Because that’s what I am… a random treat dispenser.
