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Caballera
  A Spanish word of Horseman.
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Caballo
  A Spanish word for a horse.
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Cabriolet
  A high, single horse, two-wheeled, hooded vehicle for two people. It has a rear platform for the Tiger (pygmy groom) to stand on. Fashionable in the early Victorian era.
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Cacolet
  A chair or stretcher fitted one on each side of a packsaddle to take wounded men in the sitting or lying position.
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Cadence
  A horse going with rhythm and impulsion, producing 'elastic' steps.
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Cadenettes
  (See Poitou Ass)
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Cadre Noir
  Selected group of horsemen of the Cavalry School, Saumur, France, who practise High School riding in accordance with the classical French tradition.
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Caecum
  Part of the digestive system; the caecum is a blind sac, the bacteria here breaks down the cellulose part of plants (grass, hay etc.), converting it into fatty acids, which are absorbed and passed to the liver.
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Caesarean Section
  Surgical removal of a foal, performed under general anaesthesia. The horse's abdomen is opened and the foal removed.
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Calf Knee
  An old term for ‘Back at the Knee’, the forelegs of a horse when viewed from the side, tend to concavity below the knees.
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Calkin
  A raised and squared thickening of the metal of the hind shoe at the outer edge of the heel, which gives increased grip. A similar effect is produced on the inside heel by thickening the metal into a wedge shape (wedge heel) which is less likely to cause brushing than a calkin.
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Calkins, Caulkins, Caulks
  A fixed protrusion from the heel of a horse’s shoe either to lift the heels off the ground in connection with faulty conformation or as an aid to the harness horse in holding a heavy load on cobbled or muddy hilly roads.
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Caltrop
  An iron ball armed with four sharp prongs, thrown on the ground to impede the advance of cavalry.
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Camarillo
  A type of albino horse with pink skin and black eyes. They are found in California and the colour is dominant even when mated to a bay.
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Cambridge Mouth
  A name given to a bit roughed on one side only and slightly ported.

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