What is the conformational fault when an equine has a severe overbite?
What is Parrot Mouth
100
What is the common head shape of the Arabian horse?
What is Concave or Dished
100
What is the ideal slope of a horses shoulder?
What is 45 degrees
100
What is the term coined to cream, dun, champagne, and silver color horses?
What is Dilution
100
What is the tuber calcis?
What is the hock bone
200
What teeth are present at birth?
What is 1st incisors (or centrals)
200
Name the scientific term associated with the confirmation fault "knock knees"
What is Valgus
200
Name the rear leg confirmation faults for too much or too little angle in the hock joints.
Hint: Two answers
What is Sickle Hock and Post Legged
200
What event is believed to have caused coat color variation?
What is Domestication
200
What muscle covers the ribs?
What is Intercostal Muscles
300
Which teeth are often removed because of interference with the bit?
What is Wolf Teeth
300
A confirmation fault known for being thick over the topline and in bad cases, falls over.
Hint: think of Jessica
What is Cresty Neck
300
A horse that travels "base narrow" could have what confirmation fault?
What is Pigeon Toed
300
Which breed of horse is known for having ears that curve inward?
What is Marwari
300
What muscles cover the withers?
What is Trapezius
400
What appears at the gum margin of the upper corner incisor at about 10 years of age and continues to extend down the tooth, eventually disappearing after 30 years?
What is the Galvayne's Groove
400
What is the common term for a horse whose withers are lower than their hindquarters?
What is Downhill
400
What is the condition when a horse has enflamed metacarpals?
What is Splints
400
White hairs on a horses withers could be a result of what physical feature?
What is pressure points on high withers
400
The inflammation or degeneration of what bone in the hoof would cause lameness?
What is Navicular Bone
500
At what age do the permanent 1st molars appear?
What is 9-12 months
500
What is the scientific term coined for the arabians short back (due to varied number of ribs)
What is Polymorphic
500
Name the two main confirmation faults of the back
What is Sway Back (concave) and Broach Back (convex)
500
An equine with low lung capacity could result from what physical feature?
What is a narrow chest
500
What joint connects the skull to the cervical vertebrae?