Tag: Glossary of Judging Terms
Word of the Week – Engagement
ENGAGEMENT - Increased flexion in joints of the hind legs during the weight-bearing (stance) phase of the stride, lowering the croup relative to the...
Word of the Week – Lateral
LATERAL - 1) To the side, as in flexion, bend, suppleness, or direction of movement.2) Impurity of the gait in which the lateral pairs...
Word of the Week – Behind The Vertical
BEHIND THE VERTICAL - With the horse’s face viewed in profile, the front of the horse’s nose falls behind a vertical line dropped from...
Word of the Week – Topline
TOPLINE - Profile from the poll to the tail along the top of the crest of the neck and along the spine. The horse...
Word of the Week – Freedom
FREEDOM - The reach, scope and lack of constriction in the horse’s movement.
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Word of the Week – Tempo
TEMPO - Rate of repetition of the strides as may be measured by a metronome.
Tempo is measured by counting the number of times...
Word of the Week – Poll
POLL - The highest point of the horse’s skull (the occipital crest). In common dressage usage, however, “flexion at the poll” refers to the...
Word of the Week – Tracking Up
TRACKING UP - The hind feet step into the prints of the forefeet.
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Word of the Week – Roundness
ROUNDNESS - 1. The convexity of the profile of the horse’s topline, which is accompanied by concavity of the underline of the neck. 2....
Word of the Week – Lift
LIFT - Applied in piaffe and passage to address the height to which the forelegs are raised.
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