| futurity | A show class or event for young horses that requires entering long (often years) before the actual event. |
| lateral (1) | A sideways movement. also, lateral aids, such as outside rein and outside leg. |
| straight bit | A simple bar bit with no breaks, joints, or projections. |
| loose rein | A slack rein. |
| rowel | A small wheel with points, attached to the shank of a spur. |
| pre-potent | A stallion that passes on more than the usual number of traits. |
| check rein | A strap that fastens to the bit to keep the horse`s head up. |
| bull pen | A training corral, also called a "round" pen. |
| grullo | A type of dun with a smoky or mouse-colored body, and usually having a black mane, tail, lower legs, and dorsal stripe. |
| complete ration | A usually pelleted ration, containing all the necessary nutrients except water. |
| liver chestnut (n. and adj.) | A very dark red chestnut color, with mane, tail, and legs the same color as the body or flaxen. |
| equine influenza | A viral disease affecting the respiratory tract of the horse. |
| equine encephalomyelitis | A viral disease causing inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. |
| equine viral arteritis | A viral disease of the horse, usually mild but often causing abortion in the mare. |
| lead shank | A webbing or leather strap with short length of chain and a snap, used to lead a horse. |
| stock horse | A western-style horse of the quarter horse type. |
| spasmodic colic | Acute intermittent colic as digestive tract spasms (usually involves small intestine). |
| retained placenta | Afterbirth that has not been expelled in first three hours after foaling. |
| nonpro | An amateur or nonprofessional by specific definition from each association such as nrha, ncha, and ahsa. |
| standardbred | An american breed of horse developed for harness racing. |
| hard keeper | An animal that requires more than the usual amount of food to stay in good condition. |
| long trot | An extended jog or trot. or in the giated equine, a slang used to refer to the gait of a horse that is being pushed or over ridden in the fox trot. a horse that is long trotting will have some fly... |
| four-beat lope | An incorrect lope, where the horse strikes the ground in a broken rhythm. |
| green or green-broke | An inexperienced horse or rider, relatively speaking. in hunter classes, the horse can be any age and is rated according to awards won in past performances. |
| ruminant | Animal with four-chambered stomach (cow, sheep, goat, deer). |
| headstalls | Another name for bridles. |
| suitability | - Appropriateness for a particular purpose and/or a type or size of rider.
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| ring bone | Arthritis of coffin joint and/or pastern joint causing excessive bone growth. |
| a.i | Artificial insemination, the mechanical introduction of semen into the genital tract of the female. |
| triple bar | Ascending staircase jump consisting of three bars that add spread and increase in height. |
| strangles | Bacterial respiratory disease caused by streptococcus equii causing swollen abscessed glands. |
| bell boots | Bell-shaped rubber covering that fits over the horse`s foot and hoof to protect from injury. |
| medium gait | Between collected and extended. |
| snaffle, snaffle bit | Bit with a solid or jointed mouthpiece that has no shanks and works on principles of direct pressure only. |
| corpus hemorrhagicum | Blood clot that fills pit on ovary immediately after ovulation. |
| rompun | Brand of xylazine, an analgesic sedative mixture used as a painkiller, pre-anesthetic, etc. |
| hand breeding | Breeding a mare to a stallion under controlled conditions. |
| disunited | Cantering or loping on different leads front and hind. |
| sutured | Caslick operation having been performed. |
| simple lead change | Change from one lead to another with a walk, trot, or halt in between. |
| change of leg or lead | Change of the leading legs at the canter or lope. |
| latigo | Cinch strap on a western saddle. |
| pirouette | Circle executed on two tracks with the radius equal to the length of the horse, with the forehand moving around the haunches and maintaining the exact rhythm and sequence of footfalls of the gait ... |
| paint (2) | Coat pattern on any breed of horse that is similar to that on a paint horse. |
| gas colic | Colic caused by excessive amounts of gas in the stomach and/or intestines. |
| age (of the horse) | Computed from january 1 of the year in which the horse is foaled. |
| legging up | Conditioning a horse`s muscle tone by gradually increasing his work. |
| breeding class | Conformation class. |
| halter class | Conformation class. |
| sheet cotton | Cotton pressed into thin sheets, used under leg wraps. |
| trappy | Course with sharp turns. |
| countercanter | Deliberately asking the horse to canter on the lead opposite the direction of movement. for example, in a circle to the right, requesting a countercanter would result in a canter left lead. |
| head shy | Description of a horse who shies away from having his head touched. |
| d.m.s.o | Dimethyl sulfoxide, a solvent whichis an organic chemical that readily passes through the skin. anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and analgesic. |
| potomac fever | Disease caused by a rickettsia (ehrlichia equi), with acute projectile diarrhea, laminitis, and usually death: its means of spread from animal to animal has not been determined. |
| e.e.e | Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, viral disease of horses affecting the brain. |
| sleeping sickness | Encephalomyelitis. |
| e.i.a | Equine infectious anemia, known as swamp fever. equine infectious anemia is a disease which is caused by a virus. it can be spread by 3 principle means. through blood sucking flys or insects. in-u... |
| swamp fever | Equine infectious anemia. |
| e.v.a | Equine viral arteritis. |
| swells | Exterior projection of the fork of a western saddle. |
| stud, stud farm | Farm where mares are bred. |
| sweet feed | Feed containing molasses. |
| equestrienne | Female rider or performer. |
| ensilage (silage) | Fodder such as corn or grass preserved by storing without air in a silo. |
| side pass | Full pass: moving the horse sideways, with no forward movement, crossing one leg over another. often used in trail classes. |
| texas gate | Gate of barbed wire. |
| cavalletti | Ground rail suspended between two wooden xs designed to provide three different heights for working horses. a very small jump. |
| renvers | Haunches-out. the opposite movement to travers, with the tail instead of the head to the wall. |
| sored | Having physical evidence of inhumane training practices. |
| piaffe(r) | Highly collected and cadenced trot in place. |
| haunches | Hindquarters. |
| shoulder-in | Horse is slightly bent around the inside leg of the rider, and his inside legs pass and cross in front of the outside legs. |
| shoer | Horse shoer, farrier. |
| nose clamp | Humane twitch. |
| working gait | In dressage, a gait that is regular and unconstrained, energetic but calm, with even, elastic steps. |
| teasing | In heat. |
