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With owner consent, the following data were collected from 19 horses undergoing open castration and 21 horses where a difficult recovery was anticipated: age, bodyweight, procedure, anaesthetic protocol, time required for proper positioning in the Equi-lift\u00ae, time to extubation, time to standing, number of attempts to stand, number of stimuli, behaviour during recumbency\/first attempts, and overall impression. Horses were 1\u201324 years old, with a bodyweight of 483.5 \u00b1 106.8 kg. The median time to properly position a horse into the system was 6 min (range: 1\u201315 min). The recovery duration was 42 min (range: 21\u2013181 min), with a median of 4 attempts (range: 1\u201312 attempts) and 1 stimulus (range: 0\u201310) before fully standing. Recovery was calm in most horses (32\/40) and moderate (with signs of anxiety and\/or excitation) in 3\/40 horses. In five horses, the use of this technique was discontinued. 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