Equinality Lexicon
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| unentered | said of a hound which has not completed a cub hunting season |
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| unraced | a horse which has not yet taken part in a race |
| unseated | a rider who has in some way been put out of the saddle |
| unsound | a horse which has any defect which makes it unable to function properly |
| unwind | to start to buck |
| upper aids | means of transmitting instruction to the horse by using hands to control pace, speed and direction by acting, resisting or yielding |
| vixen | a female fox |
| volte | in dressage a full turn on the haunches: the smallest circle a horse is able to execute on either one or two tracks, the radius being equal to the length of the horse |
| walk | a pace of four time in which the hoofs strike the ground in the following sequence: near hing, near fore, off hind, off fore |
| walking horse class | any of various competitions held for Tennessee Walking Horses at horse shows in the USA |
| walkover | a race in which only one horse has been declared to start; to qualify for the prize money the horse has to be saddled, paraded in front of the stand and then has to walk past the winning post |
| wall | (a) an upright show-jumping obstacle made of hollow wooden blocks which are painted and stacked to look like a brick wall; (b) a cross-country obstacle built of brick, concrete blocks, sleepers or stone; such obstacles are usually built as uprights, but dry stone walls may be as wide as a narrow topped bank |
| wall eye | eye with a partial or total lack of pigment in the iris; it is pink or blue-white in appearance |
| wall of the hoof | that part of the hoof which is visible when the floot is placed flat on the ground; it is divided into the toe, the quarters (sides) and the heel |
| warm bloods | breeds that are not as pure and refined as the hot bloods or as large and slow as the cold bloods; these breeds are used for riding, competitions and driving |
| water brush | (a) a brush used to wash the feet and to dampen the mane and tail; (b) in show-jumping, a small sloping brush fence placed in front of a water jump to help a horse take off |
| water jump | a spread show-jumping obstacle consisting of a sunken trough of water with a minimum width of 4.2 m (14 ft) and a length of up to 4.8 m (16 ft); a small brush fence is usually placed on the take off side |
| weaving | a stable vice, caused by boredom when a horse rocks from side to side and loses condition through sleep deprivation |
| weigh in | in certain equestrian sports where a specified weight has to be carried, such as racing, combined training and show jumping, the rider has to be weighed immediately after the completion of the race, or his round in the competition, to ensure the correct weight was carried throughout the event |
| weigh out | in certain equestrian sports where a specified weight has to be carried, such a racing, combined training and show-jumping, the rider has to be weighed before the race or competition to ensure the correct weight is carried |
| weighing room | the place on a racecourse where the jockeys are weighed |
| weight allowance | a weight allownace in racing which may be claimed by a jockey or apprentice who has not ridden a certain number of winners |
| weight cloth | a cloth carried under the saddle of a horse; it is equipped with pockets in which lead weights may be inserted to achieve the correct weight |
| weight for age | a method of handicapping horses in a race by their age, the older horses carrying more weight than the younger horses |
| weights | blocks, normally of lead, placed in the weight cloth and used by the rider who is not heavy enough to make the specified weight for an event |
| whipper-in | the huntsman's assistant with a pack of hounds |
| white flag | a marker used in equestrian sports to mark the left-hand extremity of an obstacle; it is also used to marke a set of track and must always be passed on the right |
| wind a fox | for hounds to smell the scent of a fox |
| windgall | a puffy elastic swelling (synovial distention) of a horse's knee of fetlock joints caused by an over-secretion of synovia, a fluid similar to joint oil; usually cause by working young horses too much on hard going |
| windsucking | a harmful habit in which a horse draws in and swallows air, causing indigestion; usually connected with crib-biting and is caused by boredom |
| wing | one of a pair of upright stands with cups or similar fittings used to support the poles of other suspended parts of a show jumping obstacle |
| win in a canter | to pass the iwnning post first at an easy pace, being so far ahead of the rest of the field |
| winner's enclosure | the place on the racecourse reserved for the first three horses in a race and to which their riders have to return mounted immediately after the end of the race |
| winter horse | a horse which is kept at a home ranch for use during the winter |
| winter out | for a horse to be left out in the field during the winter rather than to be brought into the stable |
| with a stain | a well bred horse but having some common blood |
| withers | the highest part of a horse's back: the area at the base of the neck between the shoulder blades |
| worms | parasites harbored by horses; if present in large numbers, they can cause serious damage, such as colic, loss of condition and even death; there aer many types of worms, but regular dosing of worm medicine and care of grassland usually prevents serious infestation |
| wrangle | to round up, herd and care for horses |
| Xenophon (born c. 430 BC) | Greek cavalry officer and historian, born in Athens, who achieved fame among horsemen for his essays on horsemanship and hunting (first ever written); the most recent publication of his works was as recent as 1893 as The Art of Horsemanship |
| yearling | colt or filly that is over 1 year and under 2 years; for Thoroughbreds, the first birthday is taken as the 1st January |
| young entry | the name given to young hounds before the start of the cub hunting season when they are unentered; during cubbing they are trained to hunt quarry so that by the time the hunting season starts they are entered, usually at about 18 montsh of age |
| zebra marks | stripes on the limbs, neck, withers and/or hindquarters of horses |
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Equinealities in place since 1997, Section in place 2001, Updated 1/27/2019
