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Horses

Any of various equine mammals, or even certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

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gravel

Animals; Horses

An abscess of the hoof wall extending from the white line to the coronet.

temperature

Animals; Horses

Normal adult temperature varies among horses, but will usually range in degrees from 99.5°F to 100.5°F.

cover

Animals; Horses

To breed a mare.

sand colic

Animals; Horses

A digestive disorder that occurs when a horse eats sand or dirt with his feed.

pirouette

Animals; Horses

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 ...

hard trot

Animals; Horses

Slang term referring to all of the mutations of the fox trot or another gait that result in a rough ride for the rider i.e., long trot, cow trot, and square trot.

astride

Animals; Horses

When a rider sits on a horse with one leg on either side of the horse

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