Sharply pointed piece of iron projecting downward from a shoe to keep a draft animal from slipping on ice or packed snow. camped out. Lying in such a position, usually too close to a wall or fence, that the horse cannot get its legs underneath itself to stand. The raised pad of hairless skin on the inner surface of a horse's leg. A C-shaped piece of hardware with a removable bolt running through it, used to repair a chain, connect two chains together or, when attached to a sled or other implement, to provide a place to hitch a team. A horse's hoof that is abnormally upright.
Body build. congenital.
Present at birth, usually referring to abnormalities that may or may not be inherited. Soft tissue around the top of a horse's hoof from which the hoof grows. A conformational defect in which the legs bend inward at the hocks, resulting in hocks that are close together. A kick to the side, as opposed to the back. A prominent and thick top portion of the neck from which a horse's mane grows.