A protective boot sometimes worn by horses, designed to protect their hooves and lower legs. Bell Boots also help keep their shoes on.
Example: The mouth of the bell boot should be just loose enough to fit a finger or two between it and the horse's pastern.
sk: zvonová čižma
bit
noun
A piece of equipment (normally metal) that is placed in a horse’s mouth to give the rider control of the horse.
Example: Also, an inexperienced horse may not have learned the expected responses to bit cues and may not know how to respond appropriately to a more severe bit.
sk: udidlo
blinkers
noun
A small pair of leather screens attached to a horse’s bridle, designed to keep the horse from seeing behind or sideways.
Example: A man intent on action is like a horse in blinkers, he goes straight forward, seeing only the road ahead.
sk: klapky na oči
breastplate
noun
A set of straps used to prevent a horse’s saddle from slipping backward. They pass under the horse’s chest.
Example: Place the 5 point breastplate over the horse's head and position at the base of the neck (in the same way you would a running martingale neckstrap).
sk: náprsník
breeches
noun
Athletically inspired pants a person wears when riding a horse.
Example: He wore a tweed jacket, riding breeches, boots, and a silk scarf at his throat, and he carried a riding crop.
sk: krátke nohavice
bridle
noun
Headgear consisting of buckled straps, including a crown piece, cheek pieces, throatlatch, browband, and noseband, used to control a horse.
Example: A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.
sk: uzda
colt
noun
A colt is a young intact male horse. Any un-neutered male horse is considered a colt until around the age of 4.
Example: A colt you may break, but an old horse you never can.
sk: žriebä
dressage
noun
Dressage is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery.
Example: Michael Barisone was one of the best dressage riders in the country, representing Team USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
sk: drezúra
equestrian
noun
Someone that rides or interacts with horses
Example: She was about the best equestrian he had ever seen.
sk: jazdec
feathers
noun
Feathers refer to the long hairs at the bottom of the horse’s legs, usually seen on draft horses.
Example: Feathered legs tend to have many extraneous, elephant hair-type stragglers that grow up the legs and over the knees and hocks, front and back.
sk: perie
gelding
noun
A gelding is a male horse that has been neutered.
Example: A male horse is a gelding if it was castrated and a stallion if it was not.
sk: valach
girth
noun
A band fastened around a horse’s belly that’s used to secure a saddle.
Example: Put the saddle on the horse, but don't tighten the girth too much right away.
sk: podbrušník
halter
noun
A head collar that fastens around the horse’s head and nose for leading or tethering it.
Example: Galvayning is accomplished by bending the horse's neck round at an angle of thirty-five to forty degrees and tieing the halter to the tail, so that when he attempts to walk forward he holds himself and turns " round and round, almost upon his own ground."
sk: ohlávka
hoof
noun
A hoofed foot especially of a horse.
Example: She was galloping across a field and her horse put a hoof down a rabbit hole. But she stayed well and was one of the toughest horses to set hoof on turf.
sk: kopyto
jockey
noun
A person that rides racehorses.
Example: Jockeys must be brave to ride horses at high speeds in such tight quarters.
sk: žokej
jodhpurs
noun
Modern-day Jodhpurs, also known as Jods, are normally only worn by children and feel the same as breeches. They go over paddock boots and have an elastic strap that goes under the boot.
Example: Determinedly she transferred the small revolver from its holster to a pocket of the jodhpurs she was wearing.
sk: jazdecké nohavice
martingale
noun
A strap or set of straps used to prevent a horse from raising its head too high. It is attached to the reins or to the noseband, part of the bridle.
Example: Martingales are usually attached to the horse one of two ways.
sk: martingal
rein
noun
A long, narrow strap generally used in pairs attached to a horse’s bit and used to guide a horse when riding.
Example: He slapped the horses with the reins and they started out in the direction of the ranch.
sk: uzda
saddle
noun
A rider’s seat, typically made from leather, that is fastened on a horse’s back.
Example: Sam helped her into the saddle and then mounted her horse.
sk: sedlo
stirrup
noun
A loop-shaped device with a flat base attached to both sides of a horse’s saddle and used to support a rider’s foot.
Example: He lowered the stirrup and smiled. Tucking a toe in the stirrup, she swung up into the saddle.