Girl turns up radio, and horse can't stop dancing to the tunes

A motorist was driving alongside a field. She stopped and with her window down, she enjoyed the musical stylings of Fleetwood Mac. As she sang along, she found a surprising companion to her jam session.
As surprising as it is to see a horse seeming to dance to music, research is telling us music can be good for the soul, even if you are equine. While scientists may not have studied the exact effect Fleetwood Mac has, it seems to be a favorite of at least one horse.
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Serenading a lone horse
As the video begins to play, we hear the Fleetwood Mac song “Dreams.” Victoria Anderson-Gardner and her cousin Morningstar, a pair who were driving back from filming a documentary in Ontario, decided to stop when they saw a horse along the way.
Their goal was to serenade it. They quickly found themselves experiencing something totally different than what they expected.
The jam session
As they turned up the music and began to sing to the horse, they noticed the horse beginning to move with the music.
Soon it seemed as if the horse was dancing along with them. You can hear as they continue to sing a sense of glee at the special moment they shared with the horse.
Victoria said that as soon as they noticed the horse dancing, they “turned the music up even louder!”
Saying goodbye
Towards the end of the video, Victoria is shown calling out to the horse before they drive away.
Reportedly, Victoria was calling out “Baamaapii,” an Ojibwe word meaning “See you later.” Maybe they will meet again one day! One thing is for sure, the relationship between horses and music is becoming scientifically proven.
Horses and music
A surprising fact: horses and humans share similar hearing ranges. Just like humans, certain sounds can trigger positive and negative emotions and behaviors.
Recent studies have found that music can be one of those influential sounds in a horse’s day-to-day life. In one study, 40 Arabian horses, all three-years-old, were played music for five hours a day. Based on their heart rates at rest, saddling, and warm-up walking, as well as their racing performance, the data showed they were positively influenced by listening to music. They even appeared to be more excited when able to gallop.
One reason music works to make humans feel something is it activates multiple areas of the brain, including those associated with movement, planning, attention, and memory. Music can even change our brain chemistry, as there is a release of dopamine - the chemical responsible for the feeling of reward - when we listen to music we like.
Of course, for Victoria and her cousin, this was simply a connection with a beautiful animal. It’s an experience they won’t soon forget and both seem to appreciate how incredible it was to have a dance party with a horse.
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