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HEAD PLACEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

[A head] position close to the vertical allowed by the flexion of the poll and the first two cervical vertebrae.

OBS

It must be obtained by the advance of the entire body toward the head, not the retraction of the head toward the chest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Attitude du cheval dressé, dans laquelle le chanfrein se rapproche de la verticale tandis que la nuque reste son point le plus haut.

Spanish

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