Tag: Glossary of Judging Terms

UNEVEN - An irregularity in walk or trot in which the front or hind pair of legs does not move symmetrically, the right leg...

ENGAGEMENT - Increased flexion in joints of the hind legs during the weight-bearing (stance) phase of the stride, lowering the croup relative to the...

LATERAL - 1) To the side, as in flexion, bend, suppleness, or direction of movement.2) Impurity of the gait in which the lateral pairs...

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...

TOPLINE - Profile from the poll to the tail along the top of the crest of the neck and along the spine. The horse...

FREEDOM - The reach, scope and lack of constriction in the horse’s movement. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

TEMPO - Rate of repetition of the strides as may be measured by a metronome. Tempo is measured by counting the number of times...

POLL - The highest point of the horse’s skull (the occipital crest). In common dressage usage, however, “flexion at the poll” refers to the...

TRACKING UP - The hind feet step into the prints of the forefeet. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

ROUNDNESS - 1. The convexity of the profile of the horse’s topline, which is accompanied by concavity of the underline of the neck. 2....