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| PLEASE NOTE: IF THERE IS NOT A DEFINITION HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE,OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DEFINITION TO A WORD THAT ISN'T HERE, PLEASE MAIL ME. ACTION: The movement of the horse in locomotion. ABOVE THE BIT: When the horse holds his head above the rider's hand, reducing the control. This is seen in the akhal-teke's natural carriage of the head. AIDS: Signals made by the rider and/or driver to the horse, telling it to go, slow, stop, ect. AGED: A horse older than seven AGING: Telling a horse's age by looking at the teeth. BACK AT THE KNEE: A conformation fault where the the forelegs curve back before the knee.(often called calf/buck knee) BACK-BREEDING: Same as inbreeding,breeding back to a specific individual to maintain specific character. BARREL: Between the forearms and the loins. BLOODHORSE: The breed called the Thoughrabred. BLOODSTOCK: Thoughrabred stock bred for racing. BOSAL: A type of braided western noseband. BOW-HOCKS: Opposite of cow-hocks.(see BACK AT THE KNEE) BREAKING: Early taining, introducing the horse to the purpose that it was bred for. BROOD-MARE: A female horse used to produce foals. BUCK: As seen at rodeos as an attempt to put the rider off. The horse arches his back and throws his two back feet in the air. CANNON BONE: Part of the forelog between the knee and the fetlock. CAPPED HOCKS: Swollen hocks, caused after an injury to the area. CAPRIOLE: As seen done by the lippizanner horses of the famous Vienna school. Also known as the goat leap. The horse leaps in the air,and tucks all it's feet close to his body. CARRIAGE HORSE: Light, elegant horse used to pull any sort of carriage. CART HORSE: Cold-blooded, large draft horse. CHESTNUT: (a)a color of horse; see color confusion page. (b) small horney wart like blemish on the inside of a horse's legs. COLD-BLOODED: The generic name for European draft(heavy) horses. COLT: An uncastrated male horse up to the age of four. CONFORMATION: The overall structure and stance of the horse. CROSSBREEDING: The breeding(mating) of different breeds of horses. CURB-BIT: A bit(mouthpeice, part of the bridle) fitted with cheeks and a chain operating with levers on the lower jaw. Often used with a snaffle. DAM: A horse's mother. DEEP-GOING: Wet, soft ground that is difficult to work the horse in. DEPTH OF GIRTH: The measurement of CONFORMATION from wither to elbow. DESERT HORSE: A horse that was bred and/or originated int he harsh dry conditions of the desert, in Arabia, ect. DIPPED BACK: An unusually hollow back that usually comes with age. The back has a dipped appearance. DISHED FACE: A concave head profile. (see Breed info page A-arabian horse) DOCK: The part of the tail where the hair begins to grow. The top, made of muscle, skin and bones. Not a part of the hair itself. DOCKING: Amputation of the tail and part of the dock for fashion's skae. A cruel and unfortunately traditional practice with some breeds, illegal in some places. DORSAL STRIPE: A strip of black, dun or brown hair that goes down the length of the horse's back. Seen in only some colors of horses. (see color confusion page.) DRAFT: A term used to describe any horse pulling a cart. Usually associated with heavy breeds. DRY: Used to describe the appearence of DESERT HORSES. An absence of fat tissue so veins and tendons are visibly prominant, easily seen. EEL-STRIP: See DORSAL STRIPE ERGOT: The horney growth on the back of the fetlock joint. EXTENSION: The lengthening of stride, the pace goes faster. FEATHERING: Long hair by the feet. Abudant in heavy horse breeds. FILLY: A female horse under the age of four. FIVE-GAITED:Horses have four gaits, but some horses, either naturally or not, have a fifth gait, a four beat prancing movement. FOAL: A baby horse up to the age of one. FOREARM: The upper part of the foreleg, above the knee. FOREHAND: The horse's head, forelegs, chest withers and neck. FORELOCK: The part of the mane that hangs between the ears of the horse, on the forehead. FROG: The rubbery growth in the center of the hoof, that absorbs most of the impact. GASKIN: The second thigh that goes from the hock to the flank. GELDING: A stallion with his testicles surgically removed so that he becomes more placid and so he cannot breed. GIRTH: (a) The part of equipment for riding, attaches to both sides of the saddle, gripping the horse's stomach so that the saddle stays in place. (b) The circumfrance of the area of the horse between the withers and the barrel. GOOSE-RUMPED: A prounounced muscular development on the croup. Sometimes called the jumper's bum. HACK: (a)A type of light riding horse. (b) a light ride (c) an english style trail ride. HAND: The way to measure a horse. A hand is 4 inches. HOT:(a) A very excited horse is said to be hot. (b) after a workout when the horse is sweating and/or hot is called hot and must be cooled down. HOT-BLOODED: The term describing arabians, thoughrabreds and barbs. HYBRID:A cross between a horse and/or an ass or zebra. LIGHT HORSE: A horse that is not a pony or heavy horse that is suitable for riding or other types of work. (note: a pony is under 14.3 HH any larger and it is a horse.) LIGHT OF BONE: Bone below the knee that is not strong enough to support much strain. Very bad thing. LOINS: The area that lies just behind where the saddle would be. LOPE: A slow western canter. MARE: A female horse four or over. NICK: (a) A term used to describe the hopes that a mating will produce good offspring. (b) The basic messing up of muscles under the horse's tail to give it an unaturally high tail. PACK-HORSE: A horse used to carry large amounts of goods on it's back. PIGEON TOED: A conformation fault where the front feet turn inward towards eachother. POINTS: (a)a color thing, where in a bay for example, the legs, muzzle, ears ect are black.(b) External features regarding the horse's conformation. PUREBRED: Horse of pure unmixed breeding. RACEHORSE: A horse bred specifically for racing. ROACHED MANE: A mane that has shaved to a mohawk. ROADSTER: A type of driving, where the horse must extend his trot. ROMAN NOSE: The horse's nose is arched, so that it is not straight but sloped all the way down to the nose. SADDLE HORSE: A riding horse SICKLE HOCKS: Weak bent hocks that look sickle in shape. STALLION: An uncastrated male horse of four years old more. TACK: A word for saddlery. TEASER: A substitue stallion, used across a fence to see if a mare is ready yet to breed. THROAT LATCH: A leather strap on the bridal that attaches loosly under the horse's throat. TYPE: A term that describes what horse fulfills a particular purpose, but is not a particular breed. ie, cob, hunter,hack. WARMBLOOD: In general, a partbred horse the result of a cross between an arab and/or thoughrobred with other breeds. ZEBRA STRIPES: Striped markings on a horse's forearms and sometimes on the backlegs, too. |
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