Croup | | Area of the horse where the saddle sits |
Gaskin | | Just below the ankle |
Hoof | | Just behind the elbows and withers |
Chest | | Joint between the first and second plalanx of each leg |
Ergot | | Upper part of the neck |
Coronet | | Contains the nostril and lips |
Loin | | Just below the cannon |
Ear | | Hindleg joint between tibia and cannon bone |
Knee | | Top of the horse between the ears |
Abdomen | | Lies just below the withers |
Ankle | | Upper inner thigh |
Neck | | Always attentive to what is around them |
Shoulder | | The muscular part of the hind leg above the hock |
Fetlock | | Front part of the horse |
Back | | Positioned just behind the back |
Poll | | A small bone in the horse's hoof |
Barrel | | Part of the back just in front of the base of the tail |
Hock | | Often patted by its rider to love |
Jaw | | The fleshsoft portion of the horse's heel |
Pastern | | The horses leg bends in this area to walk |
Girth | | Area where air enters the body |
Hock | | If the shoe fits |
Nostril | | Place where the riders legs rest while riding |
Frog | | underneath the horse |
Muzzle | | Moves as the horse eats |
Stifle | | A horney growth behind the fetlock joint |
Coffin | | Lies just above the hoof |
Bulbs | | Just below the gaskin |
Crest | | The v-shaped growth on the sole of a horse's hoof |