Glossary

Breed - Different kinds of animals such as horses.

Colstrum - Milk from a mother's body to a baby mammal.

Farrier - A person who puts horse shoes on horses.

Colt - A teenager male horse.

Feather - Little or long hair like things around horses feet.

Filly - A teenager female horse.

Foal - A baby horse.

Gait - How ever fast or slow the horse is going .

Groom - To clean, bathe and brush with special tools.

Hand - It measures how high the horse is.

Herd - horses all in one bunch.

Hurdle - A small or high obstacle which horses jump over.

Mammal - Animals that have backbones and are warm blooded.

Mare - An adult female horse.

Stallion - An adult male horse.

Mount - To "climb" on to the saddle of a horse.

Steeple Race - A race where horses jump over hurdles to finish the race

Tack - Things you will need to ride and to care for your horse see Horse Care

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