Horses

Horses

Any of various equine mammals, or even certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

Industry: Animals

Add a new term

Contributors in Horses

alice1

Beijing, China

Terms

Blossaries

Followers

Become a Contributors

Horses

Bosal

Animals; Horses

Rawhide noseband used in Western training and showing that works on the principles of balance, weight, and pressure. A hackamore type bridle that the nose piece is knotted under the chin.

Rearing

Animals; Horses

The raising up of a horse onto its hind legs when being led or ridden; a bad habit that should be handled only by a professional.

Traditionally a loop in a rope. With closed veins, such as with an English bridle, bight refers to the ends of the reins. Even though Western reins are often split, their ends are also referred to as ...

Runners

Animals; Horses

Leather loops which slide up and down and are used to keep the straps of a bridle in place.

Gullet

Animals; Horses

Area under the fork, swells, or pommel of the saddle.

Hot-blooded

Animals; Horses

Refers to horses having ancestors that trace to Thoroughbreds or Arabians Characteristics might include fineness of bone, thin skin, fine hair coat, absence of long fetlock hairs, and blood that ...