To hurl onto a horse without using stirrps or mouting block, in one quick motion.
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Christine Bermanseder
Verderers
The persons appoointed to protect the rights and privileges of commoners, i.e. New Forest Verderers. (Also, see Agisters).
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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.
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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.
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Jan
Vices
Objectionable habits, usually unpleasant behaviour. There are four vices to be declare when selling a horse:
Wind sucking
Crib-biting
Weaving
Shivering.
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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.
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Jan
Volte
A circle of 3m (10ft) executed at a given point in the school.
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Jan
Vomiting
Rare in horses, indicating a rupture of the stomach, grass sickness and/or impending death.
