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Equine Dictionary
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A Spanish word of Horseman. |
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| Caballo |
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A Spanish word for a horse. |
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| Cabriolet |
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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 |
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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 |
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A horse going with rhythm and impulsion, producing 'elastic' steps. |
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| Cadenettes |
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(See Poitou Ass) |
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| Cadre Noir |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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An iron ball armed with four sharp prongs, thrown on the ground to impede the advance of cavalry. |
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| Camarillo |
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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 |
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A name given to a bit roughed on one side only and slightly ported.
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