holistic horse · 15. November 2025

The number of horses suffering from Cushing’s disease, Equine Recurrent Uveitis, insulin resistance, or chronic laminitis is steadily increasing. All of these conditions share a common factor: they are closely linked to stress and the stress hormone cortisol. If you want to safeguard your horse’s long-term health, it is crucial to understand how cortisol works, what chronic stress does to the equine body – and most importantly, how to reduce cortisol in horses.