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What is a bit?
A Mouthpiece, of made of metal but may be made of rubber or other man made material and held in place by the bridle, by which the rider conveys instructions to the horse.
100
What is a bay horse?
It is a Coat color - deep reddish brown with black mane and tail.
100
What is a blood stock?
A Thoroughbred horses bred for racing.
100
What does buck mean.(Verb)
A leap in the air with the head lowered and the back arched.
100
What is a canter?
Three beated gait of the horse in which one hind leg strides first (the leading leg), followed by the opposite diagonal pair and finally the opposite foreleg. Called the lope in Western riding.
200
What is a colt?
A Uncastrated male horse up to four years of age. Male foals are called "colt foals".
200
What is a dam?
A horse's female parent.
200
What does dressage mean? There is 2 meanings either one will work.
(i) The art of training the horse so that he is totally obedient and responsive to the rider, as well as supple and agile in his performance. (ii)Competitive sport which, by a series of set tests, seeks to judge the horse's natural movement and level of training against an ideal.
200
What is a colic?
A General term describing abdominal pain in the horse. Ranges in severity from mild to life-threatening.
200
What is the frog?
Triangular, rubber pad on the sole of the foot which acts as a shock absorber.
300
What is a gaited horse?
Horses which move at paces other than the walk, trot and canter - such as the Saddlebred, the Paso Fino and the Icelandic.
300
What is a gelding?
A Castrated male horse,or a horse for breeding.
300
What is a girith? (There is 2 meanings.)
(i) The circumference of the body measured from behind the withers around the barrel. (ii) Means by which an English saddle is secured to the horse, which attaches to the saddle on one side, running under the barrel just behind the legs to the other side. Called a cinch in Western Riding.
300
What is a sire?
A horse's male parent,or father.
400
What are tapeworms?
internal equine parasite.
400
What is a yearling?
Colt or filly between one and two years of age.
400
What does albino mean?
A Term used to indicate lack of pigment. True albino horses have pink skin, white hair coat and pink eyes.
400
What is a blood horse?
A Thoroughbred horse.
400
What does blood stock mean?
A Thoroughbred horse bred for racing.
500
What is a bone?
The measurement around the leg, just below the knee or hock.
500
What is knock-kneed?
The Conformation fault in which the knees point in toward each other.
500
What is off-side?
The right hand side of the horse.
500
What does hands mean?
A Unit of measure used to describe a horse. One hand equals 4 inches, partial measurements being described as 14.1, 14.2, 14.3.
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What is a steeplechase?
a horse race run on a racecourse having ditches,hedges, hurdles and water jumps as a course.