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  • Your Horse

    Seeing clearly

    Nov 11, 2021 4 minutes

    MEET THE EXPERT

    SARAH HUNTER

    MRCVS is an equine vet at Clevedale Vets in North Yorkshire. She graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 2012 and is currently working towards a certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring her local area through riding and running.

    BECAUSE HORSES ARE a prey animal, they have large eyes positioned on the side of the head, which increases the area that they can see so that they can look out for danger more easily. The eyes sit within a bony crater in the skull called the orbit, which contains muscles, nerves and blood vessels that are required for the eye to function.

    The eye has a tough outer layer called the sclera, the

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