| Term | Definition |
| Amateur | One who rides or drives for the love of the sport and not as a profession or for profit. |
| Appointments | Correct saddles, bridles, harnesses, vehicles, and equipment, standardized by custom and used with different types of horses. |
| Bike | The modern racing sulky with two bicycle-type wheels to which a roadster horse is driven at trotting or pacing gaits, though only the trot is acceptable at most horse shows. |
| Canter | A three-beat gait; a slow, collected gallop, natural to the American Saddlebred. |
| CH | The prefix CH added to a horse's name indicates the animal has been certified an official Champion by the American Saddlebred Horse Association. CH means "champion" and becomes an actual part of the horse's registered name after 15 points have been earned in recognized competition. This is a part of ASHA's Saddlebred Record program, established to identify successful breeding combinations. |
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