° Mustang ° Prepare Haynet ° Plait a Mane ° Land per Horse ° Prepare Haynet New Rider Newsletter your E-mail Address Subscribe Un-Subscribe Main Site Search     Copyright © New Rider 2003   All material on the Newrider.com website is copyrighted. Express written permission must be obtained to use anything you find here.	Location:   Dictionary | listing.html | A   Equine Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z                           91 items found. Here is page 6 of 7. Go To Page    «   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   » Ascarids   (Parascaris equorum) Live in the liver, lungs, and small intestines. They are commonly known as Roundworms. Links:        Contributors: Jan Ascot Gold Cup   First competed for in 1807. The race is run over a course of 21/2 miles at the Royal Ascot Meeting in June. The original Cup was stolen before the race in June 1907 and never found. Links:        Contributors: Jan Asinus Isabellinus   the Isabella Quagga. A wild ass of a pale yellow colour, which existed in large herds in South Africa over 100 years ago but is now extinct. (Also, see Quagga). Links:        Contributors: Jan Aspirate   Pull back slightly on a syringe plunger to draw fluid back into the chamber (Used to check whether the needle has entered a blood vessel). Links:        Contributors: Jan Ass   (Asinus) A member of the Equidae family, similar to a donkey. They are usually about 12hh; grey or dun with a pale belly and a dark dorsal stripe between the short dark mane and dark tufted tail. They have lone ears and boxy hooves. Links:        Contributors: Jan Astride   When a rider sits on a horse with one leg on either side to the horse. Links:        Contributors: Jan At Grass   A term applied to a horse/pony that has been turned out into a paddock or field, for exercise if stabled, for the summer to rest. Links:        Contributors: Jan Atlas   The first vertebra and with the Axis, differ from the remainder of the spine, in that the canal through which the spinal column passes is larger than in the rest of the spine, as a precaution against damage because these two vertebrae have the greatest movement. Links:        Contributors: Jan Atropa Belladonna   See Nightshade. Links:        Contributors: Jan Australian Loose Ring Snaffle   a check snaffle with loose rings. Links:        Contributors: Jan Australian Nose Band   A rubber device which keeps the bit well up in a race horse's mouth, with pressure upon the nose at the same time as pressure comes on the bars of the mouth. Links:        Contributors: Jan Austria, Elizabeth, Empress of   (1837 - 1897) An accomplished horsewoman, she studied equitation seriously and had lessons in the Spanish Riding School of Vienna. She hunted with great enthusiasm in England and Ireland between 1876-1882, when her skill, courage, and elegance created a minor sensation. She is remembered for her remark to her pilot, Captain 'Bay' Middleton, "I don't mind the falls, but, remember, I will not scratch my face". Links:        Contributors: Jan Autonomic Nervous System   An arrangement of nerves regulating actions within the horse's body. They can be split into two parts: Voluntary - the horse can decide whether or not to move a leg or swish his tail. Involuntary - is found in the digestive tract, the bladder, the arteries and the uterus, the horse cannot wilfully control the actions of this type of muscle. Links:        Contributors: Jan Axial Skeleton   Atlas Vertebra Axis Vertebra Cervical vertebrae (7) Coccygeal vertebrae (15 - 20) Cranium Facial Bone Incisors Mandible Molar Teeth Nasal Bone Occipital Bone Orbit of eye Ribs (18) Sacral vertebrae (5) Sternum Lumber vertebrae (6) Thoracic vertebrae (18) Tushes Links:        Contributors: Jan Axis   The second vertebrae. (See Atlas). Links:        Contributors: Jan Go To Page    «   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   » A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z                           Find a word Back to Dictionary home page. Suggest or Add to an Entry     Your Name Your Email This will not be displayed but could be useful if we need to contact you about a definition. Word Definition   Add your definition here as clearly as you can. If you know some useful web pages that help explain the word further please make a note of the web addresses in the definition.	Purchase Order Software Easy to use Purchase Order Software for simple but powerful management of your purchasing.     Bramley Cottage Holiday cottage for let in South Devon. Dunsters Equine Free classifieds adverts site for horses for sale, property and equipment.