Calcutt & Sons - We are one of the oldest Saddlery businesses in the country, established by Joan Calcutt over 60 years ago. We have built up a reputation for our expert and friendly advice and can generally meet all requirements for Hunting, Hacking, Eventing, Polo and Showing.
Calf-kneed - Opposite of buck-kneed. Knees angled backward.
Canter - The canter consists of a series of bounds. In the correct canter three hoof beats should be heard.
Cast - When a horse lies down or rolls to close to a wall, so it is impossible or difficult for it to get up without assistance.
Coarse - Used to express a lack of quality or a rough, harsh appearance.
Coggins test - An agar gel-immunal diffusion test to determine equine infectious anemia (known as swamp fever).
Colic - Various conditions of the digestive tract in which abdominal pain is the chief symptom.
Collected - Controlled gait, a correct, coordinated action.
Collection - There is no short definition of collection. It is however the goal that all dressage riders aim for.
Colt - A young, male horse under four years of age.
Conformation - The build of a horse — the structure, form and symmetrical arrangements of physical parts ... see horse conformation.
Contracted heels - : Occurs most often in the fore feet, characterized by a drawing or contracting of the heels.
Cribbing - Biting or setting teeth against the manger or some other object, arching the neck and gulping or swallowing air into the stomach, not the lungs.
Crossbreed - The result of breeding two different breeds of horse to produce an individual that possesses the characteristics of both breeds. As in warmblood x thoroughbred or part bred arab.
Cryptorchid - A male horse whose testicles have not descended into the scrotum.
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