Equinality Lexicon
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| back | to place a bet on a horse |
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| back at the knee | foreleg that tends toward a concave shape when looked at from the side; particularly obvious at the knee |
| back hander | a polo stroke in which the player travelling forwards hits the ball backwards in the opposite direction |
| back jockey | the stop skirt of a Western saddle |
| backer | a person who places a bet on a horse |
| badge of honor | an award presented by the F.E.I. to riders competing in Prix des Nations competitions with points given as follows: Bronze-five, Silver-25, Gold-50; Competing in an Olympic Games is counted as competing in five Prix des Nations |
| Badminton | the Badminton Three-Day Horse Trials, held annually since 1949 at the Cotswodl home of the Dukes of Beaufort in GLoucestershire, England |
| bag fox | a fox kept tempeorarily in captivity until it is required for a hunt |
| ballotade | an air above the ground in which the horse half rears, then jumps forward, drawing the hind legs up below the quarters, before landing on all four legs; similar to the Capriole without the kicking action of the hind legs |
| band | a group of horses |
| bang-tail | a horse |
| bareback riding | riding a horse without a saddle or blanket on its back |
| bareme | any of the three tables of rules set by the F.E.I. under which show jumping competitions are judges; Table A for jumping only and Table C for speed |
| barrage | a jump-off, in which horses with equal scores at the end of a competition compete against each other again with the results to be determined by number of faults, time against the clock, or a combination of the two |
| barrel | term used to describe that part of the horse's body which is enclosed by the ribs; the part of the horse's body between the forearms and the loins |
| barrier | (a) the point at which a race starts; (b) in a rodeo arena the barrier behind which the roper or steer wrestler's horse wait until the stock is far enough out of the chute |
| bay | (a) a dark-skinned horse with a dark brown to bright reddish- or yellowish-brown coat, with a black mane and tail and normally black markings on the legs; (b) the noise made by a hound |
| bayo coyote | a dun horse with a black dorsal stripe |
| beaning | disguising an unsoundness in a horse |
| bet down | to put down a bet for a horse in a stable or loose box |
| bell | as rung in show-jumping competitions to signal competitors to start, restart or stop, or to indicate elimination |
| bet | (a) a wager placed on a horse in a race; (b) to make a wager |
| betting | (a) the quotation of the wager prices of horses in a certain race; (b) to place a bet on a horse |
| betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's establishment, not on a racecourse, which takes bets on horseraces, etc. |
| big race | the principal race of the day at any race meeting |
| bit | a device, normally made of metal or rubber, attached to the bridle and placed in the horse's mouth so as to regulate the position of the horse's head and to help control the pace and direction of the horse; it is manipulated by use of the reins |
| bitch fox | the name given to a female fox |
| bitch hound | a female hound |
| bitless bridle | any variety of bridles used without bits, pressure being exerted on the nose and the curb groove instead of the mount; also known as a hackamore |
| black | a horse with a black coat, mane and tail with no other oclor present, except possibly white markings on the face and/or legs |
| black saddler | a saddler who specializes in making items of saddlery for riding horses |
| blacksmith | an artisian whose medium is iron and amongst other things makes horse shoes |
| blemish | any scar left by an injury or wound |
| blind bucker | a horse which bucks indiscriminately, heading into anything, when ridden |
| blinkers | a pair of leather eye-shields fixed to the bridle or on a head covering used to prevent a horse from looking anywhere other than in front of it |
| blood | the amount of blood in a horse's body is made up of approximately one-eighteenth of its total body weight |
| blood horse | the English Thoroughbred |
| bloodstock | Thoroughbred horses, particularly race and stud animals |
| blow a stirrup | to lose a stirrup iron; if this happens in a rodeo contest the rider is disqualified |
| blow away | to send hounds after a fox by blowing a given signal on the hunting horn |
| blow up | (a) a term used in the dressage arean or the show ring when a horse either breaks from the pace at which it is meant to be going or misbehaves generally; (b) (US) to start bucking |
| body brush | a tightly-packed, short bristled brush to remove dust and scurf from a horse's coat |
| bog rider | a cowboy whose job is to rescue cattle which have got trapped in mud or marshland |
| boil over | to start bucking |
| bone | measurement of circumference of the foreleg just below the knee; "good bone" means the measurement is large |
| bookie | an abbreviated term for a bookmaker |
| bookmaker | a professional betting man who is licensed to accept the bets placed by others on horses, etc. |
| boundary rider | station (ranch) worker whose task it is to ride round all the fencing on the huge Australian cattle and sheep properties, to find holes and to repair them |
| boxy feet | when viewed from the front, feet are narrow and nor round in shape |
| bran | a by-product of grain milling, which, when freshly ground and dampened, acts as a mild laxative and aids digestion |
| break | the initial training of a horse for whatever purpose it may be required |
| break down | to lacerate the suspensory ligament or fracture a sesamoid bone, so that the back of the fetlock drops to the ground |
| breastplate | a device usually of leather, attached to the saddle to prevent it from slipping back on the horse |
| breeder | (a) the owner of a mare which gives birth to a foal; (b) the owner of a stud farm where horses are bred |
| breeze in | to win a race very easily |
| bridle | the part of a horse's saddlery or harness which is placed about the head |
| bronco | an unbroken or imperfectly broken wild horse |
| bronco-buster | a person who breaks and trains broncos |
| bronc riding | one of the standard rodeo events; the only piece of tack work by the horse is a wide leather band round its middle, from which a leather handhold protrudes |
| bronc saddle | a saddle used in breaking broncos |
| browband | the part of the bridle which lies across the horse's forehead below the ears |
| brumby | Australian wild horse |
| brumby runner | Australian bush horseman who captures wild horses |
| brush | the tail of a fox |
| brushing | term applied when a horse strikes its fetlock with the shoe on the opposite foot, usually the result of a faulty action |
| buck | a leap into the air by a horse keeping its back reflexed, and coming down with its forelegs stiff and its head held low; term used for over-fresh horses who 'get their backs up' and kick in the air during a ride when a change pace is requested, or the ridder is settling in the saddle |
| buckaroo | (a) a cowboy; (b) a bronco-buster |
| bulldogging | see steer wrestling |
| bullldogging horse | horse used for steer wrestling |
| bull riding | one of the standard events in a rodeo, in which the contestant has to ride a bull equipped only with a rope round its middle, which the rider may hold with only one hand |
| bumper | (a) an amateur race rider; (b) an amateur race |
| Burghley | Burghley Horse Trials, a three-day event held annually in autumn since 1961 at the set of Marquess of Exeter, near Stamford in Lincolnshire, England | bush track | an unofficial race meeting in the United States |
| by | sired by |
| bye-day | an extra meet held by a hunt, usually during the Christmas school holiday or to compensate for days lost through bad weather |
| Byerly Turk | an Arab stallion, one of the three founders of the English Thoroughbred, captured from the Turks at the siege of Budapest by English Captian Byerly and taked back to England; forebear of the Herod line (Herod was foaled in 1758) |
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Equinealities in place since 1997, Section in place 2001, Updated 1/27/2019
