Coaching - sometimes called a team whip, though the coaching term is 'crop'. It is made of holly and the total length is more than that of the normal driving whip. The stick is shorter that of a driving whip, but the thong is long enough to reach the leaders on the hocks.
Hunting - often incorrectly called a crop, this is made of steel, cane or fibreglass, with a thong and a silk or cord lash attached to the top end, and, and the lower end a horn or resin handle for opening gates.
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Whip Hand
(Under the Whip) a term signifying the right side horse of a pair or team. The right side is generally said to be under the whip, as it is in the better position to be reached easily by the whip and can therefore by kept up to work if required. It is customary to put the sluggish horses on the right side.
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Whip Reel
A circular wooden block attached to a wall and used to hang driving whips of the quill top variety.
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whipped-in
Refers to hunting horses which have been used by the huntsmaster. Basically means that the horse has been made to run with the hounds for long periods of time.
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Whirlicote
Was a form of transportation for women riders, which preceded the sidesaddle. Stow's Commentaries record that 'Richard II, being threatened by the rebels of Kent, rode from the Tower of London to the Miles End, and with him his mother, because she was sick and weak, in a whirlicote'. This is described as an ugly vehicle of four boards put together in a clumsy manner. In the following year Richard married Anne of Bohemia, who introduced riding upon side-saddle, and so 'was riding in those whirlicotes forsaken, except at coronations and such spectacles.'
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Whisperer
A horse-whisperer, one who corrects problem horses.
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White
*Face when the white covers the forehead and front of the face, extending laterally towards the mouth, it is described as a white face. The extension may be irregular (photo Frizby?)*Horse the name applied to the figure of a horse on a hillside, which is formed by the removal of the turf to show the underlying chalk. There are several of these to be seen in England, the most famous being at Uffington, Berkshire. It is traditionally supposed that this commemorates Alfred the Great's victory at Ashdown in AD 871. *Legs an old rhyme, of which there are many versions, on white-legged horses:Four white legs, keep him not a day,Three white legs, send him far away,Two white legs, give him to a friend,One white leg, keep him to the end.*Line the band of soft horn secreted by the papillae and found on the lower border of the sensitive laminae, this is the bond of union between the wall and the sole, and its presence indicates the amount of wall the farrier has in which to place the nails. *Striped Hooves these are usually accompanied by white leg markings.*Hair (Scar Markings) appears in a horse/pony after an injury, they can have many causes. Scars will leave hairless areas or patches of white hair. (Photo?)
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White Face
When white hair covers the forehead and front of the face, extending towards the mouth in an irregular shape, it is described as a white face.
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White Hair
(Scar Markings) appears in a horse/pony after an injury, they can have many causes. Scars will leave hairless areas or patches of white hair.
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White Legs (White markings on the legs).
There is an old rhyme, of which there are many versions:
Four white legs keep him not a day,
Three white legs send him far away,
Two white legs give him to a friend,
One white leg, keep him to the end.
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White Line
The band of soft horn secreted by the papillae and found on the lower border of the sensitive laminae, this is the bond of union between the wall and the sole, and its presence indicates the amount of wall the farrier has in which to place the nails.
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Whiteworm
(roundworm) a parasitic nematode. (See worms).
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Whorls
Areas of hair formed around a central spot. They look like small wheels and are especially common on the head, neck, chest, and flanks.
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WHP Working Hunter Pony
A showing class where the pony is ridden over a set of natural looking jumps in a flowing and forwards style. The horse is judged on how he jumps the course with the judge looking for confidence and good style.
After the jumping, the horse and rider do a ridden show on the flat to show the pony's paces before doing an inhand assessment.
Typical WHP's are native crosses so that they look substancial, but not too solid.
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Wid
An old dealer's term, little used now, indicating that a horse is unsound in wind.
