° 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 | G   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                           22 items found. Here is page 1 of 2. Go To Page     1   2   » Gadfly   An insect that lays its eggs on the horse's legs; it is not a parasitic worm although part of the life cycle is spent within the horse's intestines. Links:        Contributors: Jan Gag   Device for holding the horse's mouth open often used in dentistry. A half-moon piece fits onto the front teeth of the upper and lower jaw, with a headpiece to keep it in place. There is a ratchet system to open the horse's mouth and a quick release mechanism to allow the horse's mouth to shut. Bit - which comes in several forms, the principal of this type of bit it to put pressure on the bars, lips and poll of a hard pulling horse. Links:        Contributors: Jan Gait   The sequence of leg movements. Links:        Contributors: Jan Galls   Areas on a horse's body which have been rubbed raw by ill-fitting girths and saddles. Links:        Contributors: Jan Gamgee   Cotton wool encased in gauze Links:        Contributors: Jan Gaskin   (Second Thigh) the part of the hind leg above the hock. Links:        Contributors: Jan Gelding   A castrated male horse. Links:        Contributors: Jan generation interval   Breeding term commonly used within horse breeding programmes and in horse genetics. It is the average age of the parents when their offspring are born. Links:        Contributors: emily Glance off   Another term for a run out. Where instead of clearing the fence the horse jumps to one side. Links:        Contributors: katherine Going   Depending on context, this is used to describe the condition of the ground of the way in which a horse is behaving or performing. The 'correct' way of going' refers to the correct movement and the outline of a horse while being ridden. Links:        Contributors: Jan Grakle (or crossed) noseband   Is used for the same purpose as the drop noseband, but having an additional strap above the bit. It acts over a wider area and is more effective in preventing the horse from crossing his jaw. It is made up of two leather straps that cross over on the bridge of the nose and are either riveted together or crossed through a leather and sheepskin pad. Some horses take more kindly to this type of noseband because the positioning of the straps seems to be more comfortable. When fitting the top strap should always be done up first, then the bottom strap can be tightened as for a drop noseband. Links:        Contributors: Jan Grass Tips   Half-moon shaped shoes, which cover only the toe area of the hoof. Used for horses turned out to grass to prevent the hoof splitting. Links:        Contributors: Jan Greasy Heel   Characterised by slowly enlarging open sores and crusts on the back of the heels and pastern, this condition may spread to the coronet band and even further up. The sores are usually painful. Usually found on horses standing in wet or unsanitary conditions for long periods of time or those with feathers. Links:        Contributors: C. Beauvais Great Saddle   Was originally the saddle used by men in full armour, weighing as much as 60 lb., used in very limited numbers in the armies of the Civil War and as late as 1664. Links:        Contributors: Jan Green   A horse that is ridable but not fully trained. Links:        Contributors: Alan Go To Page     1   2   » 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.