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Horses

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

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Navicular bone

Animals; Horses

The small flat bone within the back portion of each coffin joint ("caudal heel") with attachments to the flexor tendon.

Founder

Animals; Horses

Another word for laminitis, a serious disease affecting a horse's hooves and often caused by a horse's eating too much grain or green pasture.

Grand prix

Animals; Horses

Top calibre classes in dressage and show jumping, often offering large cash prizes.

Equestrian

Animals; Horses

A term relating to horsemen and women or horsemanship; a rider.

Antitoxin

Animals; Horses

A substance that acts against specific toxins. it produced by the body and carried in the bloodstream.

Fiador

Animals; Horses

Knotted rope throatlatch, used in conjunction with a basal, browband headstall, and horsehair reins. The knots of the fiador are the hackamore, the fiador, and the sheet bend.

Sheath

Animals; Horses

The skin folds that encase a horse's penis.

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