Faults
Short and thick neck which causes difficulty in stretching or lowing the head
What is a "Bull Neck"
Point between the horse's ears
What is "the poll"?
Short thick bone between the knee and the fetlock
What is the "Cannon Bone"?
These gaits have 4 beats
What is "the walk" and "the gallop"?
This conformation fault causes a horse to "wing out"
What is Pigeon Toed?
The top teeth of the horse extend beyond the lower teeth in a severe overbite
What is a "Parrot Mouth"?
Portion of muscle along the back in front of the croup
What is the "Loin"?
The horse's shoulder
What is the "Scapula"?
The feet swing inwards while moving
What is "Paddling"?
Upright pasterns result in
What is "Arthritis"/"Ringbone"/"Short choppy gait"?
The legs are closer together at the feet than at the chest, inside the plumb line.
Small hard bump of hoof remnants on the underside of the fetlock, left there through evolution
What is the "ergot"?
Bones around the horse's barrel that protect internal organs
What is the "ribs"?
Each foot swings toward the opposite leg and can cause interference
What is "Winging-In"?
Number of Splint bones in a horse's leg
What is "Two"?
Most of the foreleg is in front of the plumb line, with the leg out in front of the horse. (Side View)
What is "Camped Out in Front"
The jaw of a horse
What is "Mandible"?
Also known as the carpal bone
What is the "Knee"?
Horse reaches too far forward with the hind foot and clips the back of the front foot
What is "overreaching"?
This conformation fault is in the hind legs and causes the hocks to be very close together and the toes to point out
What is "Cow Hocked"?
The knee looks slightly bent, putting the lower leg too far under the horse.(Side View)
What is "Knee-sprung"(Over at the Knee)?
Portion of the hind leg located between the hock and stifle
What is the "Gaskin"?
Triangle shaped bone deep within the horse's hoof
What is the "Navicular Bone"?
Correct movement of the horse in all gaits where the hind hoof steps into the print of the front foot
What is "Tracking up"?
Visible signs of lameness
What is "Head Bobbing"," Tripping", "Not wanting to move"?