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STIFF/STIFFNESS - Inability (as opposed to unwillingness) to flex the joints or stretch the musculature to the degree and in the way required to...

PHASE- Limb Phases are part of the cycle of limb movement. • Stance phase: foot on the ground• Swing phase: foot moving through the air Support...

BEHIND THE LEG - Slow to react to the leg, or sluggish or unwilling to move energetically forward, especially while accepting the contact/connection.  Full glossary:...

FREE WALK - A pace in which the horse freely lowers and stretches out its head and neck, and shows the natural longitudinal oscillation...

HOLLOW BACK - Sagging or depressed back caused by slackness of the back and belly muscles (passive) or by sustained contraction of the back...

UNLEVEL - An irregularity in which the front or hind pair of legs does not move symmetrically, the right leg making a different height...

SUSPENSION - The moment or phase of the trot, canter or passage in which the horse has no feet on the ground. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

ABDUCT - To move a limb away from the horse’s midline. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

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SLACK - 1)Used in reference to the reins: without contact.  2) Used in reference to the condition of the musculature (e.g. “slack loin”). Full glossary:...