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#31: capriole

7/10/2015

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yes, horse feet are hooves
yet its phenomenal feat
is the capriole
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A search for images of horses performing the capriole made me want to pronounce it "capri-olé!" but it's kap-ree-ohl. Quick video here. 

Horses own the word "magnificent." At horse shows around the world, in movies, in stories, they are stars in their own right. 

As I thought about this I remembered where horses show up at their most magnificent: in service in organizations like Horses for Healing, The Way of the Horse and Hope Therapy. Horses have amazing powers to heal. 

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:
  1. a caper or leap.
  2. Manège. a movement in which the horse jumps up with its forelegs well drawn in, kicks out with its hind legs in a horizontal position in the air, and then lands again on the same spot.
  3. to execute a capriole.
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