Anatomy
This is the highest point on a horse and used when measuring height.
What is the withers?
The rider traditionally sits in this piece of tack.
What is the saddle?
This is the most important nutrient for a horse.
What is water?
This person is responsible for trimming a horse's hooves.
What is a farrier?
This is the side you traditionally mount a horse from.
What is the left or near side?
This joint is located between the cannon bone and the pastern.
What is the fetlock?
These straps are connected to the bit and are held in the riders hands.
What are the reins?
This should make up the majority of a horse's diet.
What is forage?
This tool is used to clean out a horse's hoof.
What is a hoof pick?
The trot has this many beats.
What is 2?
This bone runs between the knee/hock and the fetlock.
What is the cannon bone?
This piece of tack keeps the saddle from sliding around the horse's belly.
What is the girth or cinch?
This is a common type of forage for horses.
What is hay or pasture?
This range is a normal adult horse temperature.
What is 99-101.5?
A castrated male horse is called this.
What is a gelding?
This part of the leg is located between the fetlock and the hoof.
What is the pastern?
This piece of tack goes in the horse's mouth.
What is the bit?
Why should feed changes be made gradually?
To prevent digestive upset or colic
What does TPR stand for?
Temperature, Pulse, Respiration
An adult female horse is called this.
What is a mare?
These are the bony areas on each side of the cannon bone.
What are splint bones?
This piece of equipment is used to keep the saddle from sliding backward.
What is the breast collar?
This nutrient is primarily used to build and repair body tissue.
What is protein?
An owner is pressing its fingers into a horse's gums. What are they evaluating?
CRT or Capillary refill time
A canter has this many beats.
What is 3?