When the hoof is rasped so that the toe is cut short.
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Bullfinch
A thick high hedge fence, which cannot be jumped over, but must be jumped through the thin top.
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Bulnois Cab
A two-wheeled London hackney cab which preceded the Hanson Cab.
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Bumping
A jockey is guilty of bumping in a race when he collides, deliberately or otherwise, with a competitor in such a way as to interfere adversely with the other jockey’s chances in the race.
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Burro
A donkey.
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Bursa
A sac or cavity filled with fluid (synovial) at places where friction is likely to occur, i.e. in a leg joint.
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Bursae
Blind sacs, containing fluid and acting as pads. They are caused through strain or overwork etc., they are liable to become distended and permanent. Examples: Wind-galls, capped elbow/hock etc.
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Bursal Enlargements
Soft visible swellings in the leg joints.
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Butcher
An old term for a rider with excessively heavy and rough hands, also termed ‘Mutton-fisted’.
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Butcher-Boots
An old term for plain black high boots without tops.
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Buttercups
Poisonous plant and can be found is several varieties, varying widely in size and habit of growth, but all have similar golden flowers and all are poisonous, but dried in hay are harmless.
Celery-Leafed (Ranunculus sceleratus) grows on mud, in ditches or near the edge of lowland ponds and streams. All parts of the plant produce blistering and sores when they touch the skin.
Corn (R.arvensis) once common on lime-rich soils in England but has become less frequent due to the widespread use of weed-killers.
Meadow (R.acris) is the tallest common buttercups, growing up to l metre (3feet) tall.
Bulbous (R.bulbosus) is usually found on dry, lime rich grassland. Creeping (R. repens) spreads rapidly by over-ground runners in many locations even flood plane meadows.
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Buxton Bit
This usually describes a long bent cheek harness bit with a ‘distance’ bar at the bottom of the cheek. There are many different variations of this bit.
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Buzkashi
(From buz = a goat and kashidan = to pull).
A rudimentary form of Rugby football on horseback. Its origin appears to be unknown, bit it survives today in Central Asia where it may well have originated. It can also be seen being played in Afghanistan. Teams, each of which may exceed 25 in number play it, and several teams may play at the same time.
The riders carry a whip with a short wooden handle with which they may hit an opponent but not his pony. The ground is unlimited in size, and rocks and precipitous hills are looked upon with favour.
Two single goal-posts lie about half a mile apart from each other; round each is drawn a circle of about fifty yards in diameter.
The ‘ball’ is an goatskin, and the object of the game is to pick it off the ground without dismounting, tuck it under the knee, gallop round the far goal post and back to the circle.
The game starts with the ‘ball’ thrown into scrum as in Rugby. Umpires decide which is the winning side.
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Byerley Turk
Imported to England in 1689 and made an immense contribution to English Thoroughbreds. He was the Arab charger of Captain Robert Byerley of the Carabineers and ridden in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
