° 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 | F   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                           38 items found. Here is page 2 of 3. Go To Page    «   1   2   3   » Filly   Name given to a young mare under four years old. Links:        Contributors: Jan Firing   Traditional treatment of leg injuries, now dying out in the face of claims of cruelty. The skin is burned with a red-hot iron. Penetration varies from superficial to deep tissue and causes scar tissue to form hardening the area; usually carried out under general or local anaesthesia. Line Firing - lines or bars are burned into the skin surrounding the flexor tendons and continue at intervals for the length of the tendon. Pin/Point Firing - individual pin marks made around joints or over the tendons. In all cases rest is needed after treatment, it can be up to a year depending upon the severity of the injury and whether the horse is required to do fast work. It is open to question whether the firing or rest cures the initial injury. Links:        Contributors: Jan Fistulous Withers   An abscess in the region of the withers. Caused by a wound at the top of the spine. Links:        Contributors: Jan Flank   The side of the body of a horse between the ribs and the hip. Links:        Contributors: Stephanie Minuzzo Flash Noseband   Is a cavesson noseband to which a 'drop' strap is attached. This noseband enables a standing martingale to be used as well. The 'drop' strap fits as per a drop noseband. A Standing Martingale should always be attached to the cavesson part of the noseband never to the 'drop'. Links:        Contributors: Jan Flat   Bones are for protection and/or muscle attachment. For example the bones of the skull which protect the brain and parts of the ears, eyes and nasal passage. Along with the lower jawbone, which also houses the teeth Jumping - the horse does not lower his head and neck or round his back (i.e. jumps like a stag). Links:        Contributors: Jan Flat Walk   A pace demonstrated by the Tennesee Walking Horses. Involves 4 hoof beats. Slower than the Running Walk. Links:        Contributors: Katie Flatworms   Come in two different forms: - Liver fluke and Tapeworm both live in the horse's bowl. Links:        Contributors: Jan flehmen   When a pony curls its lip in response to an unusual taste or smell. Links:        Contributors: Rachael Flehmen Posture   Extending the head and neck and curling the upper lip. Seen in sexually aroused stallions, during colic and in mares in first stage of labour. Links:        Contributors: Jan Flesh Marks   Are areas where the skin has no pigment, i.e. on a dark skinned horse they show as pink skin, often sensitive to sunlight and sunburn. Links:        Contributors: Jan Flexor   Muscle or tendon that flexes a joint. Opposite of extensor. Links:        Contributors: Jan Fluke   A parasite of the liver belonging to the Trematoda group. The fluke worm of sheep and cattle can live in other animals including horses. Links:        Contributors: Jan Foal   A baby male or female horse Links:        Contributors: Megan Fodder   Colloquial term for any type of foodstuff fed to horses. Links:        Contributors: Jan Go To Page    «   1   2   3   » 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.