What does ‘pecking’ in XC terms mean?

[JoBo]

Sorry to be so naïve but what does pecking mean in XC terms. My instructor did explain the other day but still not 100% sure.

Thanks in advance,
Jo

 

[kirkton]

If a horse pecks on landing they lose balance on landing and it looks like they are 'pecking' the ground like a chicken as their front legs buckle and their nose gets very close to the ground.

 

[Starman]

Those times when you think you're headed for the floor on landing - head disappears and they 'kiss the pitch' as my old boss used to say.

 

[JoBo]

See I was told Bodey did this but I don’t think he did, I think I would know, person was talking out of their backside I think! Thank you for your replies.

 

[Starman]

The cob in your pictures? I think if he lost his balance, you'd know about it!

 

[connie1288]

Sometimes i would call a slight trip a peck on landing!

 

[Starman]

Really? i'd call that a 'slight trip'.

 

[JoBo]

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The cob in your pictures? I think if he lost his balance, you'd know about it!

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Yes and defiantly, there is a lot there to unbalance!

 

[OldGit]

My cob "pecked on landing" out hunting, I rolled for about 50 feet!

 

[JoBo]

Sorry I shouldn’t laugh, but I did! So if Bodey does ‘peck’, I will know about it basically!

 

[Jul]

Whether it's a slight stumble, loss of balance or a 'nosedive' you'd know about it, yes! Always on landing.

 

[OldGit]

Yeah but ibuprofen really helps

 

[Starman]

washed down with a bottle of whisky preferably

 

[only_me]

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Is a "peck" not just when the horse stumbles on landing?

 

[OldGit]

I think if you're still in the plate it's just a stumble, if you're trying to justify the ibuprofen and whisky then that's definitley a "peck on landing"!!!