Terminology?

I always quarter my horses when the temps drop - I'd be livid if someone whipped my nice warm duvet off of me and suddenly exposed me to cold temperatures!

Terminology has certainly changed - I remember when I was learning to ride 15 years ago, some of the words used then have completely changed meaning.

For example if someone were to say to me that they feed a mix, I'd automatically assume that they meant some kind of coarse mix with molasses, oats etc, but now that terminology has changed and when someone says they feed a mix now, it could mean that they feed a chaff with some elements of a mix already in it (like Bailey's No. 21 Ease and Excel, or Bailey's No.8 Meadowsweet with Turmeric etc) x

@catkin - Chilled water to me is water that has usually been made rather hot, but has had some cold to cool it down slightly, so the water is warmer than usual, which is particularly useful in the colder months? x
 
kerrieberry2 said:
I've had my own horses 25 years and I have no idea what this means
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Quartering is most commonly used with fully clipped horses, and when you groom them, you undo the rug, but don't fully take it off. Instead you fold the front half of the rug over the back half, which is where the term comes from as it looks like a quarter sheet if that makes sense? Then when you need to groom the half that was first covered by the front of the rug you reverse the process, so the rug is folded forwards onto the half you've just groomed x

It is usually done to stop horses getting cold whilst being tacked up etc x

Quartering example.webp
 
Quatering as in grooming in quarters? Not necessarily with water, but I do it regularly. I try to keep my PSSM1 horse's muscles warm as much as I can and only take off the rug from the back end before a quick brush and immediately replacing with the exercise sheet.
 
AppyLover1996 said:
AppyLover1996 said:
Quartering is most commonly used with fully clipped horses, and when you groom them, you undo the rug, but don't fully take it off. Instead you fold the front half of the rug over the back half, which is where the term comes from as it looks like a quarter sheet if that makes sense? It is usually done to stop horses getting cold whilst being tacked up etc x
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ah I see, haha! I'd probably just say, can you leave the rug over his bum so he doesn't get cold! I didn't realise it had its own name! I might say this to my sharer at the weekend, who is 19 and see if she knows what it means :')
 
AppyLover1996 said:
Quartering is most commonly used with fully clipped horses, and when you groom them, you undo the rug, but don't fully take it off. Instead you fold the front half of the rug over the back half, which is where the term comes from as it looks like a quarter sheet if that makes sense? It is usually done to stop horses getting cold whilst being tacked up etc x
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I had no idea what it meant either but I do do that, just didn't realise it had a name!

When I returned to riding after a decades long break I found a lot of terminology had changed, eg halters had become headcollars, shying was known as spooking etc. The young girls on the yard were perplexed by some of the terms I used.
 
Hackback said:
I had no idea what it meant either but I do do that, just didn't realise it had a name!
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Same here. To non riders a quarter of something measns one fourth, not the back half. But new riders know about keeping warm in cold weather and not letting a horse get cold. My riding was cancelled this week due to frozen ground, so it doesnt seem that I will ever again ride on a frosty day. My first yard had no turn out so we rode in freezing weather.
 
One of my older friends always says hay bag instead of hay net! Quartering I am pretty sure I gleaned from here. Have seen people do it but not had a name for it!

Chilled water is water that has been made colder, what the heck are yous on about 😂

I had a very confusing convo a few weeks ago when one of the teens was saying an instructor said to "push the horse sideways to the fence" and it took us in the arena pretending to be said horse for me to realise she meant leg yield out to the track. When you say fence, I hear "jump". She didn't know what a leg yield was. Brutal 😂
 
kerrieberry2 said:
ah I see, haha! I'd probably just say, can you leave the rug over his bum so he doesn't get cold! I didn't realise it had its own name! I might say this to my sharer at the weekend, who is 19 and see if she knows what it means :')
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To be fair, I learnt a fair bit of older terminology from my dear Uncle John (whose sadly no longer with us) - he used to sneak me away to horse riding lessons when he'd babysit me - I have him to thank for my horsey obsession ❤️

I tend to switch between the two phrases, depending on who I'm chatting with at the yard - if it's one of the older ladies on livery I'll use the terminology quartering, but if I'm chatting to someone younger, I'll say what you say about leaving the rug over the horses bum x
 
This is a good thread. I did not previously know what quartering meant, though I am not a native speaker of English, nor do I live in an English speaking country. Still, could be useful.

Manege (manège) used to be a common word for a riding arena (I don't know what you actually call it) here. Now I have managed to confuse a few young folks by mentioning it, as 'riding house' is much more commonly used. A bit unfortunate when specific words such as these two die out, I think.
 
I grew up at a yard with an indoor school (arena/ ménage) as well as two outdoors so consequently always refer to the ménage as “the outdoor school” even though sadly none of my recent yards have had an indoor school available. I can call it other things if someone looks confused at me but that’s my default.

When I’m doing flat work it’s flat work (ie no jumping) but someone recently said they were going to do “dressage”. They were only riding very normally around the ménage (outdoor school 😁) but to them it’s called dressage???

I do quartering in cold weather but not sure if I knew that terminology if someone told me to do it. It might have been somewhere in my brain from years ago as I definitely understand it whilst looking at this thread.
 
Korg said:
This is a good thread. I did not previously know what quartering meant, though I am not a native speaker of English, nor do I live in an English speaking country. Still, could be useful.

Manege (manège) used to be a common word for a riding arena (I don't know what you actually call it) here. Now I have managed to confuse a few young folks by mentioning it, as 'riding house' is much more commonly used. A bit unfortunate when specific words such as these two die out, I think.
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My childhood instructor always said manege! Pronounciation likely butchered tho.

School. Sandschool. Arena. "The outdoor" and "the indoor". None terribly good words!
 
I used to do some NVQ assessing and there were still some yards that used older terms. Usually run by ladies of a certain age in headscarf’s…

Strapping and thatching.

One woman used to call TB’s bloodsticks. I was never sure whether that was colloquial or old fashioned and she scared me too much to ask 😂.

I used to love going to her yard as it had loads of old equipment they still used. Old leather speedy cut boots, jute rugs.
 
Sealine said:
I always quarter rugs when grooming or tacking up in the winter regardless of whether the horse is clipped. I'm of an age when all yards were run by a fierce woman in a headscarf. I seem to recall being shouted at frequently but boy did I learn alot from them.
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Those yards were always pristine (if a little run down) and all the students always passed.
Which was a good job as I would not have liked to face the YO to explain why 🤣 they’d failed.
 
Ceifer said:
I used to do some NVQ assessing and there were still some yards that used older terms. Usually run by ladies of a certain age in headscarf’s…

Strapping and thatching.

One woman used to call TB’s bloodsticks. I was never sure whether that was colloquial or old fashioned and she scared me too much to ask 😂.

I used to love going to her yard as it had loads of old equipment they still used. Old leather speedy cut boots, jute rugs.
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I still strap and quarter! I come from a dynasty of horsey ladies in headscarfs however 🤭
 
Ceifer said:
Those yards were always pristine (if a little run down) and all the students always passed.
Which was a good job as I would not have liked to face the YO to explain why 🤣 they’d failed.
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Did you know my old YO 🤣?

Horses quartered and strapped to within an inch of their lives. Working pupils learned a huge amount if they stayed the course.
 
Sealine said:
I always quarter rugs when grooming or tacking up in the winter regardless of whether the horse is clipped. I'm of an age when all yards were run by a fierce woman in a headscarf. I seem to recall being shouted at frequently but boy did I learn alot from them.
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Me too! They saw nothing wrong with a 10yo heaving a huge, wet jute rug onto a pony with a good thatch of straw to dry it off. None of the ponies were clipped so we all had to learn. Held in place by an elastic surcingle (& you get odd looks asking for one of those these days)
 
I remember a cabbage leaf poultice being brewed up at a yard - random things which stick in the mind from years ago, and the most shouty one wasn't a headscarf lady but an ex military instructor who really really shouted at someone who most clipped heels in a lesson.
 
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