Parts/Skeleton
The long hair growing from the top of a horse's neck
What is the mane?
A white marking on a horse's forehead
What is a star?
A simple four beat gait that all horses are capable of
What is a walk?
A discipline that can be either English or Western and is judged by how easy the horse looks to ride
What is pleasure?
The most popular horse breed in the US
What is the American Quarter Horse?
The point on a horse's shoulder that you measure a horse's height to
What are the withers?
A white marking on a horse's leg(s) that extends over the hock or knee
What is a stocking?
A nonsymmetrical three beat gait with one diagonal pair and a lead front foot
What is the canter?
A timed English discipline completed in an arena judged on speed, fences cleared, and poles hit. Also an Olympic equine event.
What is show jumping?
The oldest recorded purebred breed
What is the Arabian?
The P3 bone in the hoof
What is the coffin bone?
A pinto pattern that extends over a horse's top line but has jagged edges
What is a tovero?
A lateral two beat gait
What is the pace?
A timed English discipline done in a field on a preplanned trail, judged on speed and fences cleared. An Olympic equine event. Safety vest and helmet required due to extreme risk of injury
What is cross country?
The draft horse breed used for Budweiser wagons following the end of probation in the 1900s
What is the Clydesdale?
The vertebrae in a horse's tail
What are the coccygeal vertebrae?
A double dilution of the bay or black color
What is perlino?
The secondary names for a rack that is used with Paso Fino Horses
What is the largo?
A western discipline done to a patten
What is reining?
A wild breed of horse native to the plains of western America. Established by escaped Spanish horses.
What is the Mustang?
What is the rear flank?
A unique coloring that only occurs when one fraternal twin absorbs the other in the womb.
What is Chimera?
A four beat gait with a broken trot known for its two distinctive Vs
What is the fox trot?
A croquet like sport done on horseback
What is polo?
A breed of wild horse that is the closest modern breed to an ancient horse still alive
What is the Przewalski horse?