(1) A gait fault which results in the interference of lateral limbs at the canter or gallop. (2) High scalping by trotters. (3) Used to denote knee hitting in some texts circa 1900.... ↪ Read more

Shoeing a specific specialized breed or type of horse.... ↪ Read more

[from the Old French espavent]: Any swelling or abnormal growth in or on the hock. A "bog spavin" is a soft swelling on the medial and/or dorsal surface of the hock. A "blood spavin" is an enlarged vein, and a harmless blemish. A "bone spavin" is an exostosis on any of the tarsal bones. Large bone... ↪ Read more

Describes a horse who is not lame, and has no conditions or defects likely to lead to lameness in the future.... ↪ Read more

The bottom aspect of the horse's hoof.... ↪ Read more

A combination hoofpick and hammer often carried aboard coaches. Used to break up and remove packed snow and ice from the horse's hooves.... ↪ Read more

smithy:(1) The building or shop in which a blacksmith or farrier works and keeps his tools. (2) Incorrectly used as a synonym for the blacksmith or horseshoer, which is a bit like calling an auto mechanic a garage.... ↪ Read more

A sloping pastern is one that is lower than 50 degrees.... ↪ Read more

Sloping hooves are those with a low angle to the ground, usually 50 degrees or less.... ↪ Read more

A flat horseshoe with nothing on it.... ↪ Read more

A horse's paternal ancestor (father).... ↪ Read more

A grave case of founder in which laminitis has destroyed so many of the laminae that the bone column is no longer suspended and begins to sink within the hoof.... ↪ Read more