Fittings and fixtures in horse stables may cause injuries to horses when trapped and there is a great risk of an accident to animal and handler when releasing a horse. The risk of injuries to horses and handlers must be minimised by correct structural design and appropriate choice of building material. The physical load of horse kicks were measured in order to obtain data for the design of safe horse fittings and fixtures. To record the forces exerted by horse kicks a measuring wall and a computerised measuring system were constructed and used in single horse boxes. For reference, the characteristics of the measuring system were determined by a drop hammer test. Through regression analysis a linear relation was found between the field recorded impact values from horse kicks obtained by the measuring system and drop hammer impact values. The drop hammer method can thus be used to test fittings. Impacts recorded in the field tests were rapid, often shorter than 0.03 s and 90% had a maximum value below 1924 N. The greatest impact force and impulse caused by a horse kick were 8722 N and 131 N s respectively, with no statistical difference between provoked and unprovoked kicks. Considering the data obtained and allowing a certain safety margin, the impact resistance of horse fixtures and fittings in single horse boxes, to be used for horses of up to 700 kg mass, should be at least equivalent to 150 Ns exerted by a horse shoe at 45°.
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机译：马horse中的配件和固定装置在被困时可能对马造成伤害，放开马时，动物和处理者有发生事故的巨大风险。必须通过正确的结构设计和适当的建筑材料选择，将对马匹和操纵者造成伤害的风险降至最低。为了获得安全的马具和固定装置的设计数据，对马蹄的物理负载进行了测量。为了记录马脚施加的力，测量墙和计算机化的测量系统被构建并用于单个马箱中。作为参考，通过落锤试验确定测量系统的特性。通过回归分析，在现场记录的测量系统测得的马蹄冲击值与落锤冲击值之间发现了线性关系。落锤法因此可以用于测试配件。现场测试中记录到的冲击是快速的，通常短于0.03 s，并且90％的最大值在1924 N以下。最大的冲击力和踢力分别为8722 N和131 N s，两者之间无统计学差异。挑衅和无端的踢考虑到获得的数据并具有一定的安全余量，用于重量不超过700 kg的马匹的单个马具箱中的马具和配件的抗冲击性至少应等于马蹄在150牛顿时施加的150 Ns。 45°。
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