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| The age of a horse is computed from the first of January in the given year, regardless of their actual date of birth. |
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| A white face including the eyes and nostrils. |
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| A mare that is not in foal. |
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| Standing with front or rear feet close together but the legs remain vertical. |
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| A tan or red-brown coat with black points. |
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| A broad white marking on the forehead excluding the eyes and nostrils. |
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| A wide, flat, soft fibered grooming brush with a strap across the back. |
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1. A habit of a horse eating too fast.
2. An animal breaking out of control or trying to run away. |
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| A mark used as a means of identification. |
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| To teach a horse to accept direction and control. |
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| A race workout where the horse is running at a controlled speed, but not at full speed. |
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| A mare kept for breeding purposes. |
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| A slow three-beat gait in which the two diagonal legs are paired, which produce a single beat compared to the other unpaired legs. |
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| Reference to a horse falling or lying so close to a barrier that it cannot get up without assistance. |
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1. A deep red/brown coat (can be brown or liver) with similarly colored points.
2. Flattened oval masses of horn on the medial surface of forelimbs and the hocks of horses. |
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| The distal phalanx (phalanx 3) which forms the bone of the foot. |
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| GI discomfort or disease; the signs of which include looking at or kicking the abdomen, rolling, and lying down. |
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| A young stallion no more than three years of age, or four in a thoroughbred. |
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| A kick directed out beside the horse, the way a cow kicks. |
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| The dorsal part of the neck. |
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| A stallion with one or both testicles retained in the abdomen. |
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| A flat toothed device used like a brush for grooming horses. |
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| A grooming brush of stiff whisk fibers. |
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| Small spots, patches, or dots of contrasting color or shade to the background color. |
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| A marking on the incisor teeth of horses, used in judging their age. It first appears on the lower-central and intermediate incisors at about 8 years of age. |
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1. The solid portion of the tail.
2. To remove a part of the solid portion of the tail. |
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| The small mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmar or plantar aspect of the fetlock joint. |
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| The right side of a horse. |
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| Long hairs that grow at the back of the pastern or fetlock. |
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| The connection between the cannon and pastern bones; the metacarpo- and metatarso-phalangeal joints. |
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| A young female horse no more than three years of age, or four in thoroughbreds. |
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| Filing off the sharp edges of the teeth. |
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| A young horse of either sex that has not been weaned. |
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| Front, as in the forelimbs. |
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| The lock of hair falling forward over the face. |
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| A triangular shaped elastic formation between the bars in the sole of the horse's hoof. |
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| The rhythmic movement of the feet and legs; can be natural or acquired. |
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| A fast, four beat gait where the feet strike the ground separately, for example: left-rear, right-rear, left-front, then right-front. |
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| An even color over body with grey points. FLEA-BITTEN GREY: A grey with small spots of darker hair throughout coat. |
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| 4 inches (10.16cm). A measurement of height to the withers. |
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| A pointed instrument in various shapes used to pick dirt and stones from the grooves in the sole of the foot. |
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| The horny covering of the digit of ungulates; in the horse comprising the wall, sole, and frog. The wall is divided into toe, quarters, and heel. |
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| Female of the ass family. |
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| A slow warm-up exercise of several miles the wrong way around the track. |
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| Layman's term referring to the carpus. |
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| The western adaptation of a slow canter, where the head is carried low. |
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| Exercising a horse in a circle. |
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| A mare that has never been bred. |
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| A comb used to groom the mane. |
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| A mature female four years or older, five or older in thoroughbreds. |
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| The left side of a horse. |
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| A horse that is timid when a needle is administered. |
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| A fast, two beat gait in which the front and hind feet on the same side strike at the same time. |
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| The part of the leg between the fetlock and the coronary band of the hoof. |
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| The top of the head; the occiput; or back of the skull. |
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| An equine under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
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| The lateral and medial sides of the hoof. |
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| A concave hook shaped tool used to scrape liquid from the body. |
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| A white mark between the nostrils or on the lip. |
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| A horse free from injury or lameness. |
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| A male horse four years or older, five or older in a thoroughbred. |
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| Any white mark on the forehead at or above a line running from eye to eye. |
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| Made of the femorotibial and femoropatellar joints. |
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| White color that extends from the coronet to the carpus (knee). If it includes the carpus it is a Full Stocking. |
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| Accumulation of edema fluid in the lower limbs due to a lack of exercise. |
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| The distance covered by one foot in motion. |
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| A narrow white marking that extends from about the line of the eyes to the nostrils. |
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| A stallion kept for breeding. |
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| Equipment used in riding and driving. |
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| Refers to the horse's suitability for the job it is to perform. |
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1. Narrow strap of the bridle which goes under the horse's throat and secures the bridle to the head.
2. The region of the neck where (1) lies. |
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| A natural and rapid gait where the diagonal front and hind foot strike simultaneously. |
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| A restraint device which is placed around the upper lip. |
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| Habitual abnormal behavior of a destructive nature. |
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| A natural, slow, four beat gait. |
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| A horse between one and two years of age. |
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