Tack
A piece of tack that sits on the horse's back. This piece of tack, in particular, is more traditional, smaller, and minimalist.
What is an English saddle?
Kentucky Derby
Preakness Stakes
Belmont
What are the three races that make up the American Triple Crown?
Hunt seat equitation/ hunters over fences
Show jumping
Fox hunting
Dressage
What are examples of English disciplines?
Paralysis of the left arytenoid cartilage.
What is roaring/laryngeal hemiplegia?
Part of the hoof that absorbs concussion and helps with circulation when the horse is WTC etc.
What is the digital cushion?
A piece of tack that sits on the horse's back. This piece of tack, in particular, is bulkier, utilitarian, and modern.
What is a western saddle?
2,000 Guineas
Epsom Derby
St. Lager Stakes
What are the three races that make up the English Triple Crown?
2 rider/ horse team (header and heeler) that work together to secure the head and feet of a steer.
What is team roping?
EIPH - pulmonary capillaries rupture and leak into the alveolar sacs and will present as a nosebleed
What is exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage?
Part of the hoof that is highly sensitive; it connects the external wall to the coffin bone.
What is the laminae or corium?
A piece of metal that sits in the horse's mouth where the reins attach DIRECTLY to it.
What is a snaffle bit?
A sport where horses jump over obstacles or fences on a race track
What is a steeplechase?
A horse and rider complete one of 10 approved patterns that include flying changes, 360 degree turns, sliding stops, small slow circles, and large fast circles.
What is reining?
RER - recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis
PSSM - polysaccharide storage myopathy
HYPP - Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
What are the myopathies?
The systematic anatomical angles/tendons/muscles that work together to allow the horse to be on their feet for 23 hours a day.
What is the stay apparatus?
A piece of metal that sits in the horse's mouth where the reins attach to the shank.
What is a curb bit?
Standardbreds hooked up to sulkies and pace for a mile.
What is harness racing?
Where a team tries to separate a cow from its herd and guide it into another corral.
What is cutting and penning?
Specialized collection of olfactory calls that are exposed with the flehmen response.
What is the organ of Jacobson or the vomeronasal organ?
Inflammation/ degeneration of the distal sesamoid bone.
What is navicular disease?
A piece of leather tack that sits on the horse's head that brings the bit, reins, and optional flash, throat latch, nose band, and brow band together.
What is a bridle?
A type of racing where the horses can get up to 55mph running for .25 of a mile.
What is quarter horse racing?
A discipline that judges the horses' way of going, rideability, temperament, and manners.
What is western pleasure?
DDFT
SDFT
What are the extensor tendons?
Ossification of the lateral cartilages of the coffin bone.
What is sidebone?