° 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 | B   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                           224 items found. Here is page 3 of 15. Go To Page    «   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   » Bandages, Tail   For protection when travelling and to keep the hair in place Links:        Contributors: Jan Bank   Solid earthen ramp or wall, which is used as a drop fence. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bar   Of the Mouth - the gum between the incisors and tushes (none in mares) or molars. Name describing any straight mouth snaffle. Of the Foot - running parallel with the frog and forming part of the weight-bearing surface. Bar Shoe - made as an ordinary flat shoe with the ends bent inwards and welded together to form a bar. This design protects the heels from pressure transferring some pressure to the frog. Bar Shoe, Three-quarter - suitable for a bad corn. Of the Stirrup - the metal attachments to the saddle tree to which the stirrup leathers are fastened. They have a spring release at one end. Of the Bit - the part passing through the horse's mouth. Of Harness - to which the leaders' traces are attached; the main bar is hung on the pole hook and two swing bars hang from the main one. The pole hook is called the 'swan-neck' and is also known as Swingletrees and Whiffletrees. Western - the part of the tree that rests along the sides of the horse's spine is called the "bars". The size, shape, and angle of the bars are what determine the fit. The three basic types of tree: Quarterhorse widest and longest bars, accommodating most "stock type", Semi-Quarterhorse narrower bars, conforming to Thoroughbred type Arabian tree shorter bars, fitting shorter backed Arabian type horses. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bardot   A French name denoting the offspring of a pony/horse and female ass. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bards   Covering of armour for the breast and flanks of a war-horse. Also occasionally used for an ornamental covering for a horse. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bare-back Riding   Riding without using a saddle or blanket. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bareback   Riding without a saddle. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barefoot   A horse, which is unshod. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barley   Cereal grain often fed to horses. The straw can be used for bedding but is considered inferior to wheat straw because horses tend to eat it. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barnet Fair (Hertfordshire).   A three-day annual fair for horses ponies and cattle held by Charter granted in 1199 by King John to the abbot of St. Albans. Well-known market for small tradesmen's and costermongers' horses and ponies. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barouche   Large open carriages of family capacity with a high box seat. Used from Regency to early Victorian times with four horses or a pair. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barrage   An alternate name for a jump-off, in which horses with equal scores at the end of a competition compete against each other again. The result can either be decided by the number of faults, timed against the clock or a combination of both. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barrel   The body of the horse, extending from behind the forearms to the quarters. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barren   A mare, which failed to become pregnant during the breeding season. Links:        Contributors: Jan Barrenness   Incapacity to produce young. Links:        Contributors: Jan Go To Page    «   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   » 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.