| Term | Definition |
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| Walk | Slow, natural, flat footed, four beat gait |
| Trot | Rapid two beat diagonal gait where one forefoot and the opposite hindfoot take off and strike the ground at the same time |
| Canter | An easy, rhythmical, three beat gait with a slight diagonal movement either right or left |
| Gait | The rhythmic characteristic movement of a horse's feet and legs in motion |
| Pace | A fast 2 beat gait where the front and hind feet on the same side start and stop at the same time |
| Action | What is the term for how a horse moves it's feet and legs at each gait |
| Stepping pace | A slow lateral four beat gait where each of the four feet hit the ground at separate intervals |
| Running Walk | The natural slow four beat gait of the Tennessee Walking Horse where each foot takes off and lands at separate intervals |
| Under pinning | The term for the feet and legs of the horse |
| Extended trot | A two beat lateral gait that is faster and stronger than a normal trot performed with a lengthened stride more powerful and reaching |
| Side pass | Maneuver in which the horse has lateral movement and very little forward movement |
| Crowhop | Term for mild bucking motions |
| Coon Footed | Term for a horse with long, sloping pasterns and low fetlocks |
| 15th vertebrae | Where is the horse's center of motion |
| Bandy legs | Term for a horse who is pigeon toed on the hind legs with the hocks turned outward |
| Pigeon toed | Term for when the toes are turned in and the heels pointing outward |
| Splay footed | Term for when a horse's toes are turned out and the heels point inward |
| Contracted heels | Term for when a horse is close at the heels |
| Shin hitting | Term for hitting the cannon or shin of the hind leg with the toe of the front foot |
| Paddling | Term for how a pigeon toed horse travels, throwing the front feet outward while in flight |
| Winging in | Term for how a splay footed horse travels |
| Winding | Twisting of the striding leg around the supporting leg in such a manner that the horse appears to be tight rope walking |
| Bushing | Term for slight interferance |
| Striking | Term for severe interferance resulting in an open wound |
| Forging | Hitting of the sole or shoe of the forefoot with the toe of the hind foot on the same side |
| Cross firing | Hitting the forefoot with the opposite hind foot, confined to pacers |
| Scalping | Hitting the hind leg at the coronet with the toe of the forefoot |
| Rolling | Excessive lateral shoulder movement |
| Dwelling | A noticable pause in the flight of the foot |
| Trappy | Term for a horse with short, quick, high and often choppy stides |
| Pounding | Heavy contact with the ground that causes excessive concussion |
| Stride | Term for the distance and/or time from when the horse's foot leaves the ground until that foot strikes the ground again |
| Stringhalt | What action defect is most easily detected when the horse is backing |
| Daisy cutter | Term for a horse that seems to just skim the surface of the ground |
| Sickle hocked | When viewed from the side, the most common fault of the horse's hind legs |
| Interfering | Striking of the inside of one leg at the fetlock/cannon with the insie of the hoof of the opposite leg |
| Bowlegged | Term to describe a horse that stands wide at the knees and close at the front feet |
| Knock-down hip | Term describes a fracture to the point of the horse's hip |
| Post legged | Conformation fault when there is too little angle at the hock or too straight |
| Lateral gait | Movement of the legs in pairs on the same side, like the pace |
| Fox trot | Gait described as a brisk walk with the front feet and trotting on the back |
| Gait defect | Any deviation in the natural stride or rhythm of the gait |
| Slow gait | The slow 4 beat gait similar to the rack of 5 gaited saddle horses, each foot is held momentarily in mid air before being brought down |
| Speedy cutting | Any type of limb interference at the fast gaits |
| Bench kneed | Term for when the cannon bone is not centered in the knees when viewed from the front |
| Bowed tendon | Unsoundness described as an enlargement of the flexor tendons at the back of the front cannon bone |
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