Post by THE ADMIN on Jan 1, 2008 3:44:51 GMT -5
•action: the way a horse moves at the various gaits
•aged: a horse over the age of 15 years
•barn-sour: a horse who refuses to leave his stable or barn, or wants to return to the barn when being ridden
•barrel: the horses body behind the shoulder to the loins
•bomb proof: a horse who rarely spooks
•bot fly: an insect that lays its eggs on the legs of horses, where they are ingested to begin a parasitic life cycle in the horses stomach
•brand: an identifying mark made on a horse either by burning the skin and removing the hair, or by using a freezing method that removes pigment from the coat.
•broodmare: a female horse used strictly for breeding
•buck: when a horse jumps upward with an arched back, his head down, forelegs stiffened; hind legs, and sometimes forelegs, lift off the ground
•burro: a small member of the equine family; same as a donkey
•by: fathered by
•capped elbow: scarring or swelling of the elbow
•capped hock: scarring or swelling of the hock
•canter: English discipline term for a three-beated gait; same as a lope or slow gallop
•cob-type: a horse that has conformation similar to a cob – stocky, study and strong, with short legs and rounded barrel
•cold-blooded: a heavy draft horse
•colt: an intact male horse under the age of four years
•dam: the mother of a horse
•dapples: round, self colored markings on a horses coat
•donkey: a small member of the equine family; same as a burro
•dorsal strip: most commonly seen on a dun coat coloring, a dark stripe running from the withers along the spine to the top of the tail. Occasionally seen in conjunction with wither stripes, which are another dark line extending out from the withers on either side, down towards the shoulder.
•feathering: long hair on the lower part of the legs, most often seen in the heavier horse breeds and in some of the highland pony breeds
•filly: a female horse under the age of 4 years
•flea-bitten: a horse with a grey coat coloring that has a quantity of dark hairs distributed thought-out it, giving it a freckled appearance
•flehmen response: when a horse curls back his upper lip in response to a stimulating odor or taste
•foal: a baby horse still at his mothers side
•founder: condition of the foot caused by rotation of coffin bone; also known as laminitis
•gallop: a three-beat gait; the fastest speed a horse can go
•gelding: a castrated male horse
•grade horse: a mixed breed
•hands: the unit of measuring a horse. One hand is equal to 4 inches; horses are measures in hands and inches. So, for example, a horse that stands 15.2 is 15 hands and 2 inches. IT measures from the hooves to the withers.
•in season: term for a mare who is in estrus, or heat
•jog: western term for a slow trot
•lope: western discipline tern for a three beat gait; same as canter or slow gallop
•mare: a female horse over the age of 4 years
•mule: the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey
•nicker: a vocal sign made with a closed mouth. A neigh, given with the mouth open is louder and a different pitch
•piebald: a horse which is black and white in color
•poll: the area of the top of the head that lies between the ears
•pony: a breed of small horse, usually under 14.2 hands in height
•purebred: a breed of horse that produces consistent physical characteristics through generations of unmixed origin
•rearing: to raise up on hind legs
•rogue: a poor-tempered horse
•roman nose: a convex profile to the head, often associated with the heavier breeds.
•sire; the father of a horse
•skewbald: a horse that is white and one other color, usually brown
•stallion: an intact male horse over the age of 4 years
•stud: a stallion that has bred before
•sway-backed or dipped back: when the back dips excessively in the middle; this is most often seen in older horses and ponies
•trot: a two beat gait
•warm blood: a horse with arab or thoroughbred blood, crossed with another blood or bloods
•weanling: a male or female horse who has been weaned from his or her mother but has not yet reached 1 year of age
•weaving: an undesirable vice where the horse stands and rocks itself from side to side
•whicker: a vocal signal, less pronounced than a neigh, made with the mouth slightly opened
•withers: the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse
•yearling: a male or female horse in his or her first year
•aged: a horse over the age of 15 years
•barn-sour: a horse who refuses to leave his stable or barn, or wants to return to the barn when being ridden
•barrel: the horses body behind the shoulder to the loins
•bomb proof: a horse who rarely spooks
•bot fly: an insect that lays its eggs on the legs of horses, where they are ingested to begin a parasitic life cycle in the horses stomach
•brand: an identifying mark made on a horse either by burning the skin and removing the hair, or by using a freezing method that removes pigment from the coat.
•broodmare: a female horse used strictly for breeding
•buck: when a horse jumps upward with an arched back, his head down, forelegs stiffened; hind legs, and sometimes forelegs, lift off the ground
•burro: a small member of the equine family; same as a donkey
•by: fathered by
•capped elbow: scarring or swelling of the elbow
•capped hock: scarring or swelling of the hock
•canter: English discipline term for a three-beated gait; same as a lope or slow gallop
•cob-type: a horse that has conformation similar to a cob – stocky, study and strong, with short legs and rounded barrel
•cold-blooded: a heavy draft horse
•colt: an intact male horse under the age of four years
•dam: the mother of a horse
•dapples: round, self colored markings on a horses coat
•donkey: a small member of the equine family; same as a burro
•dorsal strip: most commonly seen on a dun coat coloring, a dark stripe running from the withers along the spine to the top of the tail. Occasionally seen in conjunction with wither stripes, which are another dark line extending out from the withers on either side, down towards the shoulder.
•feathering: long hair on the lower part of the legs, most often seen in the heavier horse breeds and in some of the highland pony breeds
•filly: a female horse under the age of 4 years
•flea-bitten: a horse with a grey coat coloring that has a quantity of dark hairs distributed thought-out it, giving it a freckled appearance
•flehmen response: when a horse curls back his upper lip in response to a stimulating odor or taste
•foal: a baby horse still at his mothers side
•founder: condition of the foot caused by rotation of coffin bone; also known as laminitis
•gallop: a three-beat gait; the fastest speed a horse can go
•gelding: a castrated male horse
•grade horse: a mixed breed
•hands: the unit of measuring a horse. One hand is equal to 4 inches; horses are measures in hands and inches. So, for example, a horse that stands 15.2 is 15 hands and 2 inches. IT measures from the hooves to the withers.
•in season: term for a mare who is in estrus, or heat
•jog: western term for a slow trot
•lope: western discipline tern for a three beat gait; same as canter or slow gallop
•mare: a female horse over the age of 4 years
•mule: the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey
•nicker: a vocal sign made with a closed mouth. A neigh, given with the mouth open is louder and a different pitch
•piebald: a horse which is black and white in color
•poll: the area of the top of the head that lies between the ears
•pony: a breed of small horse, usually under 14.2 hands in height
•purebred: a breed of horse that produces consistent physical characteristics through generations of unmixed origin
•rearing: to raise up on hind legs
•rogue: a poor-tempered horse
•roman nose: a convex profile to the head, often associated with the heavier breeds.
•sire; the father of a horse
•skewbald: a horse that is white and one other color, usually brown
•stallion: an intact male horse over the age of 4 years
•stud: a stallion that has bred before
•sway-backed or dipped back: when the back dips excessively in the middle; this is most often seen in older horses and ponies
•trot: a two beat gait
•warm blood: a horse with arab or thoroughbred blood, crossed with another blood or bloods
•weanling: a male or female horse who has been weaned from his or her mother but has not yet reached 1 year of age
•weaving: an undesirable vice where the horse stands and rocks itself from side to side
•whicker: a vocal signal, less pronounced than a neigh, made with the mouth slightly opened
•withers: the ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse
•yearling: a male or female horse in his or her first year