Thursday, 23 February 2012





















Terminology

Colt - potro

Dressage - doma

Equine - equino

Farm - granja or cortijo - prounced cortee ho

Foal - potro

Gelding - caballo castrado

Horse - caballo

Horse breeder - criador de caballos

Horse rider - jinete - pronounced hin etty

Horse riding - equitacion

Horse shoe - herradura

Horse show - concurso hipico

Horse woman - amazona

Mare - yegua

PRE - pura raza española, or pure bred Spanish, and refers to those horses with documented history in the official stud book.

Purebred - de pura sangre or pura raza

Stable - establo

Stallion - semental

Stud farm - yeguada or caballeriza

Stud book - registro genealogico de caballos

Stud horse - caballo padre

Stud mare - yegua de cria

Thoroughbred - de pura sangre or pura raza

Vet - veterinario