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Knee. The carpal articulation, or proper wrist-joint of 

 the horse ; the joint between the two principal parts of the 

 fore leg. 



Knee-pads. Pads or rolls placed on the flaps of a sad- 

 dle to help prevent the rider's knees from going too far 

 forward. 



Knees, Swollen. A legal unsoundness in a horse. 



Knock. To " take the knock," is to lose more money to 

 the bookmakers than one can pay, and thus to be incapaci- 

 tated from approaching the ring. 



Knock the Knees. A knee-knocker ; a horse which in 

 speeding fast hits the right knee with the inside, or toe, of the 

 left front foot ; or the left knee with the right front foot. In 

 shoeing, the outside of the foot towards the toe should be 

 lowered, with most of the weight on the inside, and the knee- 

 joint should be properly booted. 



Knuckling Over Behind. A stumble with one of 

 the hind feet. The trick can generally be cured by lowering 

 the foot if it be too long, and reducing it under the toe, so as 

 to set the slope of the hoof at an angle of about 55 deg. 

 Until cured it is a legal unsoundness. 



Koomrah. The wild horse of Northern Africa. 



