Saddlebred - Breed originated in the United States. Developed as an easy-riding, general purpose horse historically for plantation use. Used today as a show horse. Can be three- or five-gaited.
School movements - A series of known and predefined exercises in the menage.
Seat and hands - A term that refers to the ability of a rider to sit in the saddle with grace and control the mount.
Self carriage - When the horse is able to carry itself in balance through the various school movements without any support from the rein.
Senior horse - Any horse five years old or older.
Short-coupled - Describes a horse having a short distance (not more than four-fingers width) between the last rib and the point of the hip.
Shoulder-in - Work on three tracks. The horse's forehand is brought in off the track so that the outside hind leg creates one track, the outside foreleg and inside hind leg (diagonal pair) create the second track and the inside foreleg creates the third track.
Skewbald - Coat color other than black, such as bay, brown or chestnut, combined with white of the Pinto horse.
Slicker - A raincoat made of oiled canvas or plastic.
Slobber chains - Light weight chains attached between the shanks of a curb bit. or straps Sometimes it is a solid metal bar called a slobber bar.
Smooth mouth - Refers to the smooth, biting surface of the upper and lower teeth after the cups have disappeared at 12 years of age.
Sound - A term that means the horse is physically fit and shows no signs of weakness or illness which interfere with its usefulness.
Splitear headstall - A western headstall with a slot for only one ear to go through.
Spoon - The port mouthpiece for exerting pressure on the mouth which rises from the center of the mouthpiece of a curb bit, much like the port of the Weymouth curb bit. The spoon may vary from less than an inch to 2 or more inches in length.
Stallion - A mature, uncastrated male horse.
Stud - Usually refers to a horse-breeding farm or ranch; has been corrupted in common usage to mean stallion.
Stylish - To have a pleasing, graceful, alert general appearance.
Suppleness - The ability of the horse to bend and flex its entire body.
Sway-back - A concave or sagging back that forms an inward arc.
Stable / Stall - A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals. There are many different types of stables in use today such as the American barn which is a large barn with a door each end and individual stalls inside or free standing stables with the classic top and bottom opening doors.
Straightness - This is when the spine is parallel to the straight line or long side of the menage.
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