Equestrian words, in the order you need them
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Words
- Athlete
- Horse
- Arena
- Tack
- Gait
- Dressage
- Test
- Freestyle
- Movement
- Collection
- Marks and percentage
- Grand Prix, Special and Freestyle
- Piaffe
- Passage
- Half pass
- Flying change
- Impulsion
- Collective marks
- Error of course
- Technical faults
- Dressage ties
- Show jumping
- Obstacle
- Fault
- Clear round
- Refusal
- Jump-off
- Course walk
- Knock-down
- Disobedience
- Fall
- Elimination
- Related distance
- Combination
- Rub
- Time allowed
- Table C
- Table A and Table C
- Water jump
- Eventing
- Cross-country
- Optimum time
- Final classification
- Dressage test (eventing)
- Run-out and missed flag
- Frangible device
- Eventing team
- Eventing jumping test
- Judges
- Penalty points
- Time fault
- Horse inspection
- Dressage arena letters
Rules
- What is dressage, and what are the horse and rider doing?
- How big is a dressage arena, and what are the letters for?
- What happens between the bell and the start of a dressage test?
- How are dressage movements marked?
- How is a dressage percentage worked out?
- What happens if a dressage rider goes wrong or forgets the test?
- What small penalties are there in dressage apart from riding mistakes?
- What gets a horse and rider eliminated from a dressage test?
- How is the dressage freestyle to music judged?
- How do the team and individual competitions work at a dressage championship?
- Who judges dressage, and can a judge's marks be corrected?
- What do dressage riders have to wear, and what equipment is allowed on the horse?
- How old must a dressage horse and rider be, and who is allowed to ride the horse at a show?
- What is eventing, and how is it scored?
- What do "long format", "short format" and the stars mean in eventing?
- How is the dressage scored in eventing?
- How does the show jumping work in eventing?
- How is the overall result worked out in eventing, and how are ties broken?
- What is the "trot-up" in eventing, and when can a horse be withdrawn by the officials?
- What is the cross-country in eventing, and what are the fences like?
- How do time penalties work on the cross-country?
- What does a refusal cost on the cross-country?
- What happens if a horse jumps a narrow fence but knocks the flag or goes half outside it?
- What is a frangible fence, and why is there a penalty for breaking one?
- What happens if a rider or horse falls on the cross-country?
- What is "dangerous riding" in eventing, and what is the penalty?
- How does a cross-country round start, and what happens if a rider is held up on the course?
- How does show jumping work, and how is it scored?
- What counts as knocking a fence down in show jumping?
- What happens when a horse refuses a fence?
- How do time penalties work in show jumping?
- What do the bell and the red and white flags mean in show jumping?
- What happens if a rider jumps the wrong fence or misses one out?
- What happens if a rider or horse falls in show jumping?
- What gets a rider eliminated in show jumping?
- What kinds of fences are there in show jumping, and how big can they be?
- How is the water jump judged in show jumping?
- What is a jump-off in show jumping?
- What is Table C in show jumping?
- How does team show jumping work?
- What must show jumpers wear, and what help are they allowed in the arena?