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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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pleasure

Animals; Horses

Rail class designed to showcase smooth movers.

broke

Animals; Horses

Trained and reliable.

flat foot walk

Animals; Horses

A true flat foot walk is a four-beat gait in which each foot is picked up and set down in an even cadence. The rear end movement should be smooth and close to the ground without any snap or pop. Each ...

cavesson

Animals; Horses

Leather noseband (customarily used with the English snaffle bridle) which encourages the horse to keep its mouth closed; a longeing cavesson is a leather or nylon headstall with a weighted noseband ...

off billet

Animals; Horses

The strap (or straps) on the off side that buckle one end of the girth in place.

fly back

Animals; Horses

A bad habit in which a horse will suddenly pull back, often resulting in a broken halter or tie.

pastern

Animals; Horses

Area and joint between fetlock and hoof.

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