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the horse's ankle, wearing a hairy sock and doing all the work you never thank it for.
means the joint above a horse's hoof, roughly where its ankle would be, marking the bend between cannon bone and pastern.
from from old english/germanic root related to feotor, tied to the fetter placed around that exact spot on a horse's leg, plus locke referring to the tuft of hair that grows there.
not a kneeanatomically closer to an ankle than a knee
the hairthe tuft itself is also called a fetlock
absorbs shockcan hyperextend nearly to the ground at a gallop
vet hotspotcommon site for strains and swelling in racehorses