Where a horse jumps to one side having been frightened by a real or imaginary phenomenon.
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Sickle Hock
Is a conformation fault, see from the side the hocks are too concave - shaped like a sickle.
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Side Reins
Used while training to help keep the horse straight and prevent him from putting his head down to the ground. They are attached at one end to the bit and at the other to the girth or roller buckled around the horse's saddle or belly.
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Side-pass
Western half-pass.
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Sidebones
The hardening (ossification) of the lateral cartilage running over the back of the pedal bones causes sidebones.
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Skepping Out
Stable management term used to describe the removal of droppings from the stable bed by putting them into a skep or skip.
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Skewbald
A for piebald, but with white and any other colour patches. Both skewbald and piebald are often referred to as "coloured" horses.
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Skin
The outer covering of the body. It is 3.8mm thick on average and 6.2mm thick, where the mane and tail begin.
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Skull
See Cranium
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Slow Gait
A 4-beat motion of the legs in which only 1 hoof is touching the ground at any given time. This is a slower version of the Rack gait.
(See also "Rack")
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RingLass
Small Intestine
Is part of the digestive system where protein splitting enzymes are added to reduce the protein to amino acids which the colon can absorb.
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Snaffle
A type of bit the simplest form and the one most frequently used. It consists of a straight of jointed mouthpiece and a ring at either end for the reins.
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snip
a small white marking on the end of the muzzle.
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Snowflake
(See Appaloosa)
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Socks
Font or hind limbs that are white from the coronet upward, with any variations in height as far as the knee or hock.
