Fitness
What is 2?
What is coffin or pedal bone?
Normal heart rate for a horse at rest
What is 36-42 BPM?
What is a snaffle?
PPE stands for this
What is personal protective equipment?
The type of surface best to begin fittening a horse
What is road?
The duodenum, jejuneum, and ilium are part of this system.
What is the digestive system?
Sweating, rolling, refusing to eat, and looking at the stomach are all signs of this.
What is colic?
These are worn on a horse's legs when lungeing
What are brushing boots?
Ensuring the health, safety and welfare of the horse and recognising key indicators to assess quality of life for the horse are part of this person's responsibilities
What is the assistant groom?
salt water surgical spirits can be used to prevent these
What are girth sores and galls?
This organ is about the size of a rugby ball
What is the stomach?
This type of wound is caused by a sharp object
What is a puncture?
This device prevents a saddle from slipping back.
What is a martingale?
Name one daily routine yard check
Working too long and too soon in soft, heavy uneven ground can lead to this
What is tendon/ligament injury?
There are 18 of these in total, 10 true and 8 false.
What are the ribs?
Tubbing is commonly used for this type of injury.
What is a stone bruise or abcess?
Examples are flash, drop and grackle
What is a noseband?
In the event of an accident you should do this
What is fill out an accident report form and report the accident to a responsible person?
The process of preparing a fit horse to be turned out for a break is called
What is roughing off?
The correct term for the bones in the neck, upper and lower back, pelvis and tail
What is the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal vertebrae?
A horse with a laceration may require this vaccination
What is tetanus?
These are used to help the horse work on the contact when lungeing
What are side reins?
This is done to determine the hazards and dangers in a yard.
What is a risk assessment? Or health and safety statement?