CTRI Study Guide Practice - Glossary
Terms - Equine Terminology 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Answers | 100%
Solved
balanced seat - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔That position of the mounted rider that
requires the minimum of muscular effort to remain in the saddle and that
interferes least with the horse's movement and equilibrium.
bight of the reins - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The part of the reins passing between
thumb and fingers and out the top of the hand.
blemish - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A defect that hurts an equine's appearance but
does not hurt its working ability (e.g., a scar).
bolting - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An animal breaking out of control or trying to run
away.
, broke - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Tamed and trained to a particular function, as
halter-broke. 2. To leave or alter gait (e.g., the trotter broke stride).
canter/lope - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A three-beat gait in which the first and third
beats are made by two legs striking the ground independently and the
second beat is made by two limbs striking the ground simultaneously. In
the left lead, the sequence of beats is (1) right hind leg, (2) left hind leg and
right foreleg, and (3) left foreleg. The reverse applies for the right lead.
cavesson - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Headstall with a noseband (often quite large)
used for exercising and training horses.
change of lead - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Change of leading leg at the canter.
cinch - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Girth of a Western Saddle.
cold-backed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Describes a horse that humps its back and
does not settle down until the saddle has been on a few minutes. Some
"cold-backed" horses will merely tuck their tails and arch their backs when
first mounted, but others will take a few crow hops until warmed up.
collected gait - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Remaining on the bit, the horse moves
forward with its neck raised and arched as a result of energetic impulsion.
Terms - Equine Terminology 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Answers | 100%
Solved
balanced seat - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔That position of the mounted rider that
requires the minimum of muscular effort to remain in the saddle and that
interferes least with the horse's movement and equilibrium.
bight of the reins - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The part of the reins passing between
thumb and fingers and out the top of the hand.
blemish - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A defect that hurts an equine's appearance but
does not hurt its working ability (e.g., a scar).
bolting - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔An animal breaking out of control or trying to run
away.
, broke - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Tamed and trained to a particular function, as
halter-broke. 2. To leave or alter gait (e.g., the trotter broke stride).
canter/lope - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A three-beat gait in which the first and third
beats are made by two legs striking the ground independently and the
second beat is made by two limbs striking the ground simultaneously. In
the left lead, the sequence of beats is (1) right hind leg, (2) left hind leg and
right foreleg, and (3) left foreleg. The reverse applies for the right lead.
cavesson - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Headstall with a noseband (often quite large)
used for exercising and training horses.
change of lead - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Change of leading leg at the canter.
cinch - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Girth of a Western Saddle.
cold-backed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Describes a horse that humps its back and
does not settle down until the saddle has been on a few minutes. Some
"cold-backed" horses will merely tuck their tails and arch their backs when
first mounted, but others will take a few crow hops until warmed up.
collected gait - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Remaining on the bit, the horse moves
forward with its neck raised and arched as a result of energetic impulsion.
