Is a type of bit which combines the snaffle and curb into one mouthpiece, it can be used with either one or two reins.
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Pelvis
Is made up of two equal halves, which forms a complete circle of bone, which is welded together in the adult horse. It protects the rectum and bladder and provides the passage through which the foal must pass during birth.
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Phalanges
(fetlock joints) Are hinged joints allowing flexion and extension only with no lateral movement.
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Phalanx
First phalanx (long pastern) is a long bone because it has a central marrow.
Second phalanx (short pastern) is partly inside and partly outside the wall of the hoof.
Third phalanx (pedal or coffin bone) occupies only a small portion of the cavity within the hoof.
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Pharynx
Tthroat.
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Piaffe
A very collected trot on the spot asked for in dressage and high school work. The horse's back should be supple, with the hock well engaged, so giving great freedom and lightness to the action of the forehand.
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Piebald
Tthe coat consists of patches of black hair and patches of white. The pattern of these patches will vary tremendously. The mane and tail will usually be coloured according to the colour of the coat at their base of growth. For example, if the horse has a black hair partway down its neck and then white hair, the mane will, correspondingly, be black part way and then white. The horse's skin will be dark under the black hair and pink under the white hair.
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pigeon toed
a condition where the front feet point in slightly
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Pinto
(Skewbald/Piebald) a type with patchy colouring, popular with American Indians for its natural camouflage. Similarly marked horses were drawn on walls of Egyptian tombs 3,000 years ago.
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Pinworms
(Oxyuris equi) live in the intestine wall, colon, and rectum.
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Pirouette
A high school movement in which the horse turns a full circle within his own length.
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Pisiform bone
See accessory carpal.
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Pitchel
Is a sharp-pointed too used by a Farrier to make nail holes in a shoe while the iron is hot.
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plaiting bands
used to secure horses mane and tail plaits. usually for shows and available in many colours according to your horses.
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Plate
Lightweight shoe, normally aluminium fitted to racehorses.
