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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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fall

Sports; Equestrian

A fall is called when the horse touches either its shoulders or hindquarters to the ground or an obstacle that is on the ground. When a rider has fallen but their horse has not, ...

fault

Sports; Equestrian

This is a unit used in scoring jumping competitions and it is equal to each point a rider has deducted against him for having an error marked against them.

fence

Sports; Equestrian

One of the obstacles used in jumping competitions. They can't be higher than 5.57 feet (1.7 meters), or 6.56 feet (2 meters) in width. In the three-day event, a fence obstacle is ...

flags

Sports; Equestrian

Flags are used to mark jumps. There are two colors of flags, red and white. When jumping the red flag must be on the riders right and the white flag must be on their left.