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BEACONS - Structures, such as barrels, striped poles or flags, which mark the courses for riders. With the lack of white painted inner and outer rails, point-topoints and hunt meets must carefully mark the bounds of the different courses with visible indicators.
The timber, hurdle and flat courses will be marked with different colors of flags. At some points on some courses, all three may converge for a portion of the course.
BLINKERS - Blinkers are worn on some horses which need further help keeping their concentration.
The blinkers help a horse keep his attention focused forward on his business. The shades on the sides of his eyes force him to pay attention only to what is coming up rather than what is past.
BOXED-IN - A rider can find himself in a precarious position if he tries to find racing room where none exists. He is said to be boxed-in if he is between horses, trapped on the rail or in a pack of runners to the outside.
BREAST COLLAR — (Also breast plate, yoke, martingale.) A strap of leather around the horse’s chest to keep the saddle in place is a breast collar. Horses, especially herring-gutted ones, tend to
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