A slang name for the North American bred light draft horses used in France and Flanders during the First World War in large numbers.
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Yard of Tin/Three Feet of Tin
An old term for the horn used by guards on the old Royal Mail Coaches.
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Yawing
The action of a horse which when ridden, fights with its head to reach outward and downwards.
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Yearling
A colt or filly between one and two years old.
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Yeld
An old Scottish term applied to brood mares or ewes, which are barren.
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Yew
(Taxus baccata) is the most poisonous tree in the British Isles and even small amounts are fatal. Yew trees grow especially well on chalk. They resist pollution well and can flourish in the shade of taller trees, but little will grow in the shade they themselves cast. The bark is poisonous and so is the cut or dropped foliage. The scarlet berries are harmless, but the seeds are poisonous.
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Yorkshire Boot
A protective boot or covering for the fetlock to prevent injury to a horse liable to brush. Made from a piece of Kersey horse clothing, 30cm by 23cm, (12" by 9"). It is wrapped around the fetlock and tied above the joint with a tape, the half above the tape being folded down over the tape to form a double protective layer over the joint itself.
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Yorkshire Coach Horse
Originated in the East Riding of Yorkshire. For many years, it was indistinguishable from the Cleveland Bay, but for over 150 years had a separate existence. In 1790 the Yorkshire Coach Horse emerged, as the demand for a bigger and more flashy type increased, due to the great number of elegant vehicles appearing in the fashionable parts of London, and for this purpose the Thoroughbred was used on the Cleveland Bay. At varying times, an infusion of Arab and Barb blood was used on the Yorkshire cart mares. During the middle and latter part of the 19th Century, the demand for this horse was enormous. In latter years, it owed much of its improvement to the introduction of big Hackney blood. Standing about 16.2hh; the body is long on comparatively short legs, giving the horse the appearance of being close to the ground. The girth is deep, and the feet are somewhat big and broad. The predominating colour is bay or brown. The whole appearance still gives an indication of the Cleveland Bay ancestry.