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In the state of Tamil Nadu, Poikkal kuthirai aattam (Tamil: பொய்க்கால் குதிரை ஆட்டம், which stands for false-leg horse dance) is a folk dance similar to Kachchhi Ghodi. The differences lie in the props used.
The horse has transferred its center of gravity towards the hind quarters. Its hind legs are then raised and lowered almost in the same place in the canter rhythm. A pirouette is a two-track lateral movement asked of a horse in dressage , in which the animal makes a circle with its front end around a smaller circle made by the hind end.
The capriole is a movement where the horse leaps into the air and pulls his fore legs in towards his chest at the height of elevation, while kicking out with his hind legs. The levade' is a movement where the horse is balanced on its haunches at a 45° angle from the ground. It requires great control and balance, and is very strenuous.
The turn of the haunches is a lateral movement performed at the halt and walk, used in horse training. [1] It requires the horse, while bent in the direction of the turn, to move his forehand around his hindquarters so that he makes a very small circle with the inside foreleg. [2] The horse should pivot around a hind-leg, as seen in the spin.
In the capriole (meaning leap of a goat), the horse jumps from a raised position of the forehand straight up into the air, kicks out with the hind legs, and lands more or less on all four legs at the same time. It requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly, and is considered the most difficult of all the airs above the ground.
A rearing horse handled by a person on the ground. A highly trained horse performing the Pesade, a carefully controlled classical dressage movement where the horse raises its forehand off the ground for a brief period. Rearing occurs when a horse or other equine "stands up" on its hind legs with the forelegs off the ground. Rearing may be ...
The walk is a four-beat gait that averages about 7 kilometres per hour (4.3 mph). When walking, a horse's legs follow this sequence: left hind leg, left front leg, right hind leg, right front leg, in a regular 1-2-3-4 beat. At the walk, the horse will alternate between having three or two feet on the ground.
The tarsal joint of the equine hind leg, located midway between the horse's body and the ground. [8]: 244 Anatomically corresponds to a human's ankle and heel, but in horses is located much farther from the ground. Prehistoric cave painting of a horse from the Lascaux caves horse 1. Wild Horse: Equus ferus. a.