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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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Tovero

Animals; Horses

A Paint coat pattern that has markings of both the overo and the tobiano

Estrus

Animals; Horses

Heat, reproductive period when mare will accept stallion. Cycle lasts 19 to 26 days., the average being 21 days.

Forelock

Animals; Horses

The hair growing between a horse's ears that falls on the forehead; a horse's "bangs."

Overo

Animals; Horses

A Paint or Pinto coat pattern of spots that are irregular, scattered, or splashy. The horse usually has a large white facial marking as well.

Shafts

Animals; Horses

A pair of poles that fit on either side of a horse in a single harness.

Contracted heels

Animals; Horses

Heels are pulled close together due to the frog shriveling. caused by lack of use or disease.

Horn

Animals; Horses

The highest part of the pommel, of the western saddle, around which the rider can dally a rope.

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