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  2. Hitching post - Wikipedia

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    A hitching post is a post to which a horse (or other animal) may be tethered to prevent it from straying. The term can also refer to: The term can also refer to: Look up hitching post in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

  3. Lawn jockey - Wikipedia

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    The lawn ornament, popular in certain parts of the United States and Canada in years past, [1] was a cast replica, usually about half-scale or smaller, generally of a man dressed in jockey's clothing and holding up one hand as though taking the reins of a horse. The hand sometimes carries a metal ring (suitable for hitching a horse in the case ...

  4. Hope v. Pelzer - Wikipedia

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    Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730 (2002), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the defense of qualified immunity, under which government actors may not be sued for actions they take in connection with their offices, did not apply to a lawsuit challenging the Alabama Department of Corrections's use of the "hitching post", a punishment whereby inmates were immobilized ...

  5. Horse trailer - Wikipedia

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    A horse trailer or horse van (also called a horse float in Australia and New Zealand or horsebox in the British Isles) is used to transport horses. There are many different designs, ranging in size from small units capable of holding two or three horses, able to be pulled by a pickup truck or SUV ; to gooseneck designs that carry six to eight ...

  6. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    A gooseneck trailer A type of horse trailer that attaches to a gooseneck hitch, a ball placed in the bed of a pickup truck above the axle, rather than a hitch at the rear of the vehicle. The hitch connects to the underside of a long extension, or "gooseneck", that extends from the front of the trailer.

  7. Breeching (tack) - Wikipedia

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    Harness breeching Breeching on a horse in a light cart Breeching ( / ˈ b r ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ / "britching") is a strap around the haunches of a draft , pack or riding animal . Both under saddle and in harness , breeching engages when an animal slows down or travels downhill and is used to brake or stabilize a load.

  8. Queen Camilla to miss parts of Qatar state visit event due to ...

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    Queen Camilla will be absent from the kickoff of Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's visit to the U.K. due to an ongoing chest infection.

  9. Horse harness - Wikipedia

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    A horse harness is a device that connects a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle or another type of load to pull. There are two main designs of horse harness: (1) the breast collar or breaststrap, and (2) the full collar or collar-and-hames. For pulling heavy loads, a full collar is required because it distributes pressure over a larger area of the ...