Field Glasses
Telescopes and other visual aids may be used for spotting arrows, provided they do not represent an obstacle to other competitors.

Foil
Perhaps the best known fencing apparatus, this modern version of the dueling rapier is known as the teaching weapon for the other swords: maximum length is 3 feet, 6 inches, maximum weight is 17 5/8 oz.

Gallop
The fastest gait of the horse, essentially equivalent to running.

Grand Prix Free Style Test
In dressage, the third found of the individual event at the Olympic Games, a composition of Grand Prix movements performed with the riders own choreography  musical accompaniment.

Grand Prix Special
In dressage, the second round of the individual event at the Olympic Games.

Grand Prix Test
See grand prix de dressage.

Harness
Backpack like shoulder straps used for carrying the rifle on the back.

Jump
An obstacle which requires a horse to jump over it.

Jumping
Short for "showjumping", an Olympic equestrian event where each horse must clear a number of obstacles on a set course within a specified time.

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