° 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   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                           8 items found. Here is page 1 of 1. Vault   To hurl onto a horse without using stirrps or mouting block, in one quick motion. Links:        Contributors: Christine Bermanseder Verderers   The persons appoointed to protect the rights and privileges of commoners, i.e. New Forest Verderers. (Also, see Agisters). Links:        Contributors: Jan Vertebrae   House the spinal column which runs through the centre of the bone from the brain to the base of the tail, passing 'messages' to all parts of the body via the nervous system. Seven cervical make up the bones of the neck, which include both the Atlas and Axis vertebrae. These vertebrae are freely jointed to provide a wide range of movement. 18 thoracic the thoracic spinous processes are larger in the early vertebrae reaching their maximum height at the fourth vertebrae and gradually reducing in size to the fifteenth or sixteenth vertebrae. This is the horse's withers and where the saddle is placed, over generation we (horsemen/women) have bred horses to have a wither to help keep the saddle from sliding round the horse. Wild and some native ponies have no wither. 6 lumber the form the loins. They are in a gap between the end on the ribcage and the pelvis; therefore, muscle and cartilage only support them. 5 sacral go through the pelvis and are fused together, forming a strong base for the pelvis. 15 - 20 coccygeal vertebrae form the bones of the tail (dock), these are freely moving giving a wide range of movement. Links:        Contributors: Jan Vetch   There are about 150 different varieties of vetch, all members of the pea and been family (legumes), used to be grown by farmers as fodder, bearing purple flowers signally or in pairs, at the end of the summer these develop into seed pods. Links:        Contributors: Jan Vices   Objectionable habits, usually unpleasant behaviour. There are four vices to be declare when selling a horse: Wind sucking Crib-biting Weaving Shivering. Links:        Contributors: Jan Voice Box   (larynx) a short tube between the throat and windpipe (oesophagus). It regulates the air intake, protects against inhaling dust, and is the site of the vocal cords. It is composed of three single cartilage's: - cricoid, thyroid and epiglottis and one paired: - arytenoid. Links:        Contributors: Jan Volte   A circle of 3m (10ft) executed at a given point in the school. Links:        Contributors: Jan Vomiting   Rare in horses, indicating a rupture of the stomach, grass sickness and/or impending death. Links:        Contributors: Jan 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.