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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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quality

Animals; Horses

Overall degree of merit flat bone and clean joints, refined features and fine skin and hair coat.

drag

Animals; Horses

To hang back. Also, at the end of a column of riders, to "ride drag" or be a "drag rider."

paddock

Animals; Horses

A small pasture.

sidebone

Animals; Horses

Inflammation followed by an ossification of the lateral cartilages of the foot.

oxytocin

Animals; Horses

The portion of the posterior pituitary hormone which causes milk letdown and contraction of the uterus during foaling.

show jumping

Animals; Horses

A timed event in which the English horse-and-rider pair must negotiate a course of fences without knocking any part of them down.

pinworms

Animals; Horses

Oxyuris equi; parasites.

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