° 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 | L   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                           30 items found. Here is page 2 of 2. Go To Page    «   1   2  List   A black stripe along the horse/ponies back from the withers to the tail. Links:        Contributors: Jan Liver   is the largest gland in the body and is capable of over 100 different functions; it weighs approx. 5kgs. In an adult horse and lies in the abdomen between the diaphragm, stomach and intestines. It is divided into three lobes right, left and middle. It is supplied by arteries, veins nerves and lymph channels and has a bile duct, which carries the bile to the intestines. Links:        Contributors: Jan Liver Marks (Oil Spots)   Are darker spots, which may be found on chestnuts. Links:        Contributors: Jan Livery (Stables)   A riding school or specialist yard where an owner may keep his horse for a fee. Links:        Contributors: Jan Lockjaw   See Tetanus Links:        Contributors: Jan Loins   Are between the back of the saddle to the start of the quarters, they are considered to be the 'weakest' part of the horse. Links:        Contributors: Jan Long   Bones are the largest type of bone in the horse's body; and have a roughly cylindrical shaft. The function of long bones is as a lever to support and aid the movement of the horse. Long bones grow at their ends from the 'growth plate' (epiphyses) where cartilage gradually gives way to bone. The membrane surrounding the bone (periosteum) also makes bone from cells increasing the circumference of the bone, during the horse's youth and during fittening programmes. Long Pastern (First Phalanx) is a long bone because it has a central marrow. This bone is angled between the cannon bone and the short pastern bone and acts as part of the shock absorbing mechanism of the legs. Long Reins - webbing reins attached to the bit of a horse's bridle and used in training/schooling. Links:        Contributors: Jan Long and Short Sides   Are turns used to identify the difference between the side of a rectangular manege or school. Links:        Contributors: Jan Loose-Box   The area should be not less than 3 metres (10 feet) square to accommodate the horse comfortably. The door should be 1.30 metre (4 feet) wide and in two halves. It should also the light, well ventilated and properly drained. Links:        Contributors: Jan Lope   A Western style Canter. More collected than Canter but still following the same pattern of foot falls. Links:        Contributors: Katie Louse   A skin parasite that either sucks blood or bits the horse causing irritation and loss of hair. Found under the mane just behind the horse's ears or under the forelock (anywhere with longish hair and that is warm and protected) where tiny white eggs may be seen attached to the base of each hair. Eggs laid hatch in 20 days. Links:        Contributors: Jan Lunge   The act of training a horse by directing him around in a circle while on a long 'lunge' rein, which is attached to a cavesson. Schooled horses may be lunged as a form of exercise or during the course of teaching a novice rider. Links:        Contributors: Jan Lunge Rein   Is a webbing rein approx. 40' long, which is attached to a lunge cavesson. It enables the horse to be schooled or exercised in circles around the handler without being ridden. Links:        Contributors: Jan Lungworms   (Dictyocaulus arnfieldi) a nematode parasite, living in the lungs and bronchi of lungs. Links:        Contributors: Jan Lusitano   Breed of horse from Portugal. Very ancient and pure breed, notable for agility, intelligence and tractability. 15.2 - 16.2hh, all solid colours. For further information see www.lusitano.co.uk Links:        Contributors: Katherine Allcott 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.