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| ADC - | Assistant District Commissioner |
| Bay - | A brown horse with black mane and tail
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| Bit - | What the horse wears in his mouth - attached to the bridle |
| Canter - | A 3 beat gait. The 3rd gear of the horse.
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| CEF - | Canadian Equestrian Federation
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| Chestnut - | A brown horse with a lighter mane and tail |
| Colic - | Not a happy story! A very nasty ailment caused by feeding ponies what they shouldn't eat… (refer to 'treats' and 'vet' below!) |
| CPC - | Canadian Pony Club
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| Cross Country - | The art of galloping through a path or field and jumping anything that gets in the way.
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| Diagonal - | When a rider is doing rising trot, they are on the correct diagonal if they go up at the same time as the inside hind leg
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| DC - | District Commissioner
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| Dressage - | Figure skating on horseback. This is when horse and rider perform a set pattern on the flat.
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| English Riders - | This is what we are. We use small (rather than larger 'Western')saddles. We don't 'drive' the horses. Neither are we jockeys (Kentucky Derby).
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| Escape Artist - | Why we make sure that all stall doors and paddock latches are securely fastened and that ponies on cross ties are supervised.
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| Eventing - | A sport which combines Dressage, Cross-Country, and Stadium in the ultimate test of horse and rider.
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| Farrier - | He puts the shoes on our horses.
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| Feed - | Twice a day - hay, grain, vitamin supplements -- Yummy! |
| Flat work - | A lesson that doesn't involve jumping |
| FPC - | Fredericton Pony Club. That's us!
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| Girth - | Goes around the pony's tummy -- holds the saddle on (always good to check that it's tight before you get on!)
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| Gymkahana - | Games on horseback -- lots of fun!
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| Hack - | as in "Going on a hack" -- a trail ride through the park |
| Lead - | When a horse is cantering, the front leg that stretches farther in front |
| Lead Line - | What we always use to ensure that ponies safely move from one area to another (see 'escape artist' above) |
| Lunge Line - | aka longe line. This is essentially a long rope attached to the horse's bridle which allows the instructor to control a horse from the middle of the circle as the horse goes around her.
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| Meds - | Medications that the animals sometimes have to take…. 'Yeech' |
| NBEA - | New Brunswick Equestrian Association
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| Over Fences - | Jumping obstacles |
| Parents - | Those lucky souls who drive their kids to pony club, open their wallets regularly and get to wash slightly aromatic shirts and breeches…..salt of the earth!
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| Refuses - | What a pony sometimes does when jumping….. "You want me to jump that?………I don't think so…..!" |
| Rising Trot - | aka Posting Trot. This is when the rider rises and sits to the rythym of the trot.
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| Shod - | Horseshoes have been attached to the animal's feet |
| Tack - | Saddles, Bridles, Bandages, etc. |
| Treats - | Very Important!!!!!! Carrots or apples (cut up) - not chips or gummi bears... |
| Trot - | A two beat gait. The 2nd gear of the horse.
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| Vaulting - | Gymnastics on horseback. The fastest way to impress your friends |
| Vet - | Provincial equine veterinarian - sometimes needed in a hurry!
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