The incidence of stereotypic behaviours was investigated when the number of meals of concentrate was increased (while maintaining the same daily intake). Thirty horses that performed stereotypic behaviour were selected for this study. Their behaviour was recorded during their morning and afternoon concentrate feeds. The stereotypic behaviours were more commonly observed in the afternoon than morning, and appeared to be due to the lower availability of high fibre forage during the afternoon meal. In another component of this study, nine horses were fed their normal ration of concentrate divided between two, four and six equally sized meals. Their behaviour was compared with seven control horses, which received two meals per day. The results indicated that as the number of meals increased, there was a decrease in oral stereotypies, but weaving and nodding increased prior to feeding. The control horses increased weaving, nodding and oral stereotypies as their yard-mates received more meals. Overall, both treatment and control horses showed an increase in the incidence of stereotypies as the number of meals increased. The authors concluded that increasing meal frequency by dividing concentrate ration into a number of smaller meals might decrease oral stereotypies, but pre-feeding stereotypies might persist. Also, stereotypic behaviour may increase in horses receiving a lower frequency of meals, but have visual contact with horses that are receiving more meals per day.