° 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 5 of 15. Go To Page    «   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   » Beaufort, 10th Duke of (Born 1900)   Master of the Horse to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. The Beaufort Hunt is a family pack, which has never been out of the possession of a member of the family since its foundation. Links:        Contributors: James Beberbeck   The Beberbeck Stud existed for 100 years before the First World War, but was subsequently bought by the Polish Government. The name originated from a region in Germany of the same name; famed for excellent natural conditions for breeding horses. Local mares were crossed with Arabs and later with Thoroughbred horses. They looked like a heavier type of Thoroughbred and proved a very useful cavalry horse. They were of good conformation, deep girth and with plenty of bone, they stood over 16hh and also make good light carthorses. Links:        Contributors: Nicola Becher, Captain Martin Henry   Captain Becher server with Wellington in the Peninsular War and made his first steeplechase appearance in cap and jacket in 1823. He was the greatest steeplechase rider of his day. In first Grand National at Aintree in 1839, Captain Becher rode ‘Conrad.’ At the fence with double rails and large ditch dammed on the far side, the horse hit the rails and the Captain went over its head. The brook is called ‘Becher’s to this day. Links:        Contributors: Talin Bed-Eating   A noxious and to some extent harmful habit acquired by some horses. It is a vice. The use of a muzzle at non-feeding times or inedible bedding is suggested. Links:        Contributors: Vanessa Bedded Down   Implies that the horse’s bed is ‘set’ and comfortable for the night. Links:        Contributors: Tania Bedding   Covering for the stable floor, to allow the horse to lie down and rest, encourage him to stale, provide warmth, prevent him becoming cast and to prevent him jarring his feet during long hours spent standing on a hard surface. Commonly straw, wood shaving or shredded paper. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bedford Cord   A very hard wearing material used in the making of breeches and trousers. The rounded cord effect is produced in the weave with sunken lines, which run lengthways. For exceptionally hard wear, cotton thread is introduced into the warp. Bedford Cords, however, are made in all wool all worsted and all cotton or a combination of any of them. Originally made in Bedford. (I am not sure whether this material is still available.) Links:        Contributors: Liz Beetewk   An original breed of heavy Russian horse bred on the banks of the Beetewk river, where Peter the Great put Dutch stallions to local mares, the progeny being put to Orlov Trotting Stallions. They have great strength and will pull over three tons (imperial). They have good action; high spirits great obedience and they are docile. They make valuable agricultural horses and no foreign heavy breed can compete with them under Russian conditions. Links:        Contributors: Jodie Behind the Bit   When a horse appears to be in pain or frightened of the bit and cannot take the pressure on the bars of the mouth. He is liable to shake the bit and his head and is said to be ‘behind the bit’. Links:        Contributors: Scottie Belching   The expulsion of gas through the mouth. It is uncommon in horses due to the strong sphincter muscle at the gullet's entrance to the stomach. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bell boot   A boot that goes around the front coronet and hoof to help protect against injuries from the hind hooves (overreaching). They are in a bell-shape. Also called overreach boots Links:        Contributors: Alyssa Bell-Mare   Usually a steady and reliable old mare, who has a bell, hung around her neck. She acts as a signal and guide to other horses in the herd. Links:        Contributors: Tilly Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)   A plant poisonous to horses. Links:        Contributors: Jan Bellerophon   A prince of Corinth in Greek mythology who tamed the winged horse, Pegasus. He rode Pegasus to destroy the dragon-like monster, the Chimera. Success encouraged him to try to fly to Olympia to live with the gods, but Zeus angered by this mortal’s ambition, sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus, and Bellerophon, was unseated and fell to earth crippled and blinded. Links:        Contributors: Belle Bellyband (Harness).   In single harness it is usually made of one long piece of, which is double sewn leather, forming both a bellyband and backband. It slides through the pad or harness saddle. In double harness, it is attached to the pad. Links:        Contributors: Gill 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. 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