#5 Movement

c 2000 Richard Klimesh

Published in the November 2000 Issue of Anvil Magazine

Across
2 how a horse travels: way of _________ (5)
5 adds traction and protects nail heads (6)
8 heel extension used for support (7)
9 a natural four-beat gait (4)
10 almost imperceptibly lame (3)
14 phase of the stride when the limb contacts the ground and begins to receive the body's weight (7)
15 ground covering three-beat gait, English (6)
16 curved toe calk (4)
17 metal extension that aids the nails (4)
18 the phase of a stride when the limb moves through the air and straightens out in preparation for landing (5)
19 indicates which forelimb reaches farther forward in the canter or lope (4)
20 connects heels of a shoe (3)
22 another name for calk (4)
23 when a horse attempts to hit the handler, equipment or another horse with a front foot (8)
24 when the foot swings inward but often lands outside the normal track: _________ in (4)
Down
1 a sharp calk (7)
3 the horse's hind feet step on or ahead of the front prints: _________ track (4)
4 one only one side (10)
5 British term for calk (6)
6 the phase of a stride when the fetlock rises to an angle similar to resting (6)
7 two-beat diagonal gait (4)
9 movement associated with narrow chest and toed-out conformation; can result in interfering (7)
11 when the toe of a hind hoof or shoe strikes the sole or shoe of a front hoof on the same side (7)
12 oval shoe (6)
13 winter hazard (11)
18 the shoe is too small: _________ shod (5)
19 Western canter (4)
21 jumping calk (3)
25 head movement that indicates lameness (3)

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