Breeds
The term for large, heavy-boned work horses that usually weigh 2000 pounds & stand 17-18 hands tall.
What is a Draft Horse?
These 3 main colors of horses provide the basis for many other coat colors.
What is bay, black, & chestnut?
This term is used to describe a horse's face that bows out instead of being flat.
What is Roman nosed?
This term is another name for the jumping position.
What is the two-point position?
This term is used to describe a horse that dishes or wings in.
What is splay footed?
This breed of horse originated in Kentucky.
What is the American Saddlebred?
This facial marking has a patch of white hairs on the muzzle that may include white on the lips.
What is a snip?
What is buck knee?
This is the automatic beginning score for a reining pattern.
What is 70?
This term describes a short, quick, choppy stride.
What is trappy?
APHA stands for this breed association.
What is the American Paint Horse Association?
This pigment is responsible for the for the color of the skin, hair, and eyes of a horse.
What is melanin?
This common conformation fault of the hind limb puts strain on the plantar ligament leading to a curb.
What is sickle hock?
These 3 Thoroughbred races make up the Triple Crown.
What is the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, & Belmont Stakes?
What is overreaching?
Identify this breed: head is short & broad with large nostrils & short, foxy ears; its disposition is calm, muscling is short, compact & powerful which gives it the ability to gain speed quickly.
What is the American Quarter Horse?
In this type of spotted coat pattern the white rises from the bottom side of the horse & the legs are white with clearly defined edges between the colored & white areas. There is also extensive white on the face.
What is splashed white?
This is the most critical conformational factor in the balance of the horse.
What is the slope of the shoulder?
What is dressage?
Referring to gaits, this term is used to describe the period when all 4 feet are off the ground.
What is the period of suspension?
This breed can be traced through archeological records to England over 60,000 years ago, making it a contemporary of the Prezwalski's Horse.
What is the Exmoor Pony?
This color is very light red or light copper dun with a darker mane, tail, & lower legs & a red dorsal stripe.
What is clay bank dun?
This term describes the relationship of the horse's body parts to their performance.
What is form to function?
In reference to driving, this term is used to describe the middle team in a 6 horse hitch.
What is swing team?
What is the slow gait and rack?