enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Twitch (device) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_(device)

   Simple horse twitch. A twitch is a device that is used to restrain horses during various stressful situations, such as veterinary treatment. [1] It is usually made up of a stick-like handle loop of chain or rope on the end, or a metal ring with a rope loop which is wrapped around the upper lip of the horse and tightened.

3. Calf roping - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calf_roping

   The calf runs out in a straight line. When the calf reaches the end of the rope, that trips the lever, the rope falls off the calf, and the barrier for the horse is released, starting the clock and allowing horse and rider to chase the calf. Chute 9 at Cheyenne Frontier Days for timed events. Timing is critical.

4. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_equestrian_terms

   A "half-hobble" attaches to only one foot, with the other end usually attached to a rope called a picket line. hock The tarsal joint of the equine hind leg, located midway between the horse's body and the ground. [8]: 244 Anatomically corresponds to a human's ankle and heel, but in horses is located much farther from the ground.

5. Team roping - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_roping

   Watch the header (right) rope the horns and pull the steer into position for heeler (left) to rope the hind legs. A taut rope, called the barrier, runs in front of the header's box and is fastened to an easily released rope on the neck of the steer of a designated length, used to ensure that the steer gets a head start. An electronic barrier ...

6. Horse tack - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_tack

   Longeing is the activity of having a horse walk, trot and/or canter in a large circle around the handler at the end of a rope that is 25 to 30 feet (9.1 m) long. It is used for training and exercise. [1]: 194 A neck rope or cordeo is a rope tied around a horse's neck used to guide the horse during bridleless riding or groundwork. [3]

7. Lead (tack) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_(tack)

   A group of horses being led together by a single handler. Leads are used to lead, hold, or tie an animal or string of animals. A horse may be led by a person on the ground, sometimes called "leading in-hand," or may be led by a rider mounted on another horse, a process called "ponying." A "string" of animals refers to animals tied to one ...

8. Steer roping - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steer_roping

   The horse is trained to slow once the rider is completely off the horse and has reached the steer, but to keep the rope taunt while the contestant ties three of the steer's legs together with a piggin string using a half hitch knot [5] [6] colloquially called a hooey.

9. Rosie and Jim - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_and_Jim

   Riding Lesson – 1 June 1999 – Neil learns to ride a horse at Bourne Vale Riding Stables in Birmingham, but is in for a surprise when Rosie accidentally jumps onto the back of his horse. (A separate video made in association with British Waterways was also released in 1999, called Stay Safe Near Water with Rosie and Jim and Duck .