Gait
a 4 beat gait
what is walk?
a brown horse with black mane, tail and legs
what is buckskin
a thin band of white above a horse’s hoof.
What is coronet?
area where the head meets the neck, right behind the ears.
what is the poll
this class only judges conformation
What is halter?
a two beat gait
what is trot/ jog?
a golden yellow body with white mane and tail
what is a star, stripe, snip?
the area that begins at the hip and stretches the length of the sacral vertebrae, ending at where the tail begins
what is the croup?
western class judging pattern, rider, and rail work
what is western horsemanship
what is canter/lope?
a horse with a red to brown body with a red mane and tail
white marking wider than a stripe and thinner than a bald face, not including the horse’s eyes.
what is a blaze
the connecting area between the fetlock joint and the coronet
what is the pastern?
what is hunter hack
what is gallop?
what is a dun
leg marking that includes the pastern but doesn’t cover the fetlock
what is a pastern
large, bending joint on the hind leg, below the gaskin muscle and above cannon bone.
what is the hock
judging conformation with rail work can be english or western
what is TN walking horse
This four-beat gait has the same footfall order as a flat walk but is significantly faster.
what is a running walk?
A brown body with black legs, nose, mane and tail
What is Bay
the face marking covering most of the face, possibly covering the eyes.
What is a bald face
the area just above the shoulder blades and are the highest point in a horse’s back.
what are the withers?
western or english class judging rider, pattern and obstacles
what is trail?