Horse Colors
White to dark gray hairs on black skin, sometimes dappled with lighter spots.
What is a gray?
A thick white stripe down the face from forehead to upper lip.
What is a blaze?
Dried grass. It is the most common feed aside from pasture.
What is hay?
The rider stands up and sits down in time with the two beats of the trot.
What is posting?
This horse is great for Rodeo and Ranch Work, but it excels at the quarter mile at top speeds of around 50 mph.
What is a Quarter Horse?
Brown horse with a black mane and tail.
What is a Bay?
A white spot on the muzzle.
What is a Snip?
One of the most common types of grain.
What are oats?
What is Western?
A tall and muscular breed that is often hailed as the fastest breed in the world. It is actually the second fastest, its top speeds being 38-43 mph.
What is the Thoroughbred?
A light to dark golden coat with a creamy-white mane and tail.
What is a Palomino?
A thick blaze covering the whole face.
What is a Bald Face? or
What is a White Face?
A grain or plant compressed into a smaller space.
What is a Concentrate?
A position used while jumping.
What is Two-Point?
The oldest pure breed. Its most common color is gray.
What is the Arabian?
A black coat with white patches of hair.
What is a piebald?
A white leg extending up to the Cannon bone, between the Fetlock and the Knee or Hock.
What is a Sock?
A bluish-green hay with a "Velcro" feel.
What is Orchard hay?
A sturrup with a rubber band on the outside
What is a Peacock?
It is a desert horse from Turkmenistan. It is "lean as a greyhound", has plenty of endurance, and has a glossy shine to its coat.
What is the Akhal-Teke?
An apricot-brown coat with a same or slightly darker mane and tail.
What is an Apricot Dun?
Dark spots on any white leg.
Ermine Markings
A type of colic caused by dehydration or not chewing the food.
What is Impaction Colic?
A material used to pad some girths.
What is Fleece?
This draft breed is commonly roan and is named after a town in the UK.
What is a Clydesdale?