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Equestrian
Terms of or pertaining to the sport of horseback riding.
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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, they must remount or ...
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 usually no higher ...
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.
flying change
Sports; Equestrian
This is when the horse changes its canter and alter its lead leg at every fourth, third, second and finally single stride. Really, pretty amazing.
