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Record 1 2005-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Not tracking up : This is when the hind legs of the horse are idle and they do not reach the imprint left by the fore leg which they should do, except in the collected paces.

OBS

If the rear foot of a horse sets down squarely on the track of the same side front foot as it is set down, the horse is said to be capping.

Key term(s)
  • track true

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Se dit du cheval dont l'empreinte du postérieur couvre celle de l'antérieur lorsqu'il marche ou trotte.

Key term(s)
  • se couvrir

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 2 1985-12-18

English

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

Two tracks can be executed at any gait and is an oblique movement at a somewhat less than 45 degree angle to the direction of the general movement. During it the outside fore leg and the outside hind leg move ahead of and across the inside legs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

[...] marche oblique vers l'avant et de côté, sous un angle moyen compris entre la direction à laquelle il fait face et une oblique à 45 degrés.

CONT

[...] dans tout travail sur deux pistes, le cheval est obligé de croiser ses membres deux à deux.

Spanish

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