shaped, Balding, three-fold, string, dressage, elastic end
What are types of girths?
100
You should ALWAYS wear these two things whenever you are on your pony.
What is an approved helmet and boots with a heel?
100
Just behind the ears, on the horse's topline.
What is the poll?
100
A horse that does this can wear a tight strap around his throat to prevent this.
What is cribbing?
100
hay net filled with hay, water bucket and your own water, equine first aid kit, halter, lead, muck basket, rake, and broom, utility kit, and tack and grooming kit.
What are things to take along in your trailer?
200
The frame of the saddle, usually made of wood, fiberglass, or plastic.
What is the saddle tree?
200
Leather knee straps worn with jodhpurs.
What are garters?
200
Between the stifle and the hock, on the horse's hind leg.
Where is the gaskin?
200
You can paint your fences or barn walls with a bad tasting substance to discourage this.
What is wood chewing?
200
An optional piece to protect the pony's tail in the trailer.
What is a tail bandage or tail guard?
300
Metal rings attached to the flaps on the front of the saddle, to which certain pieces of equipment such as a breastplate can be attached.
What are D rings?
300
Neat and tidy. Should be braided, done up in a bun, or put up under the helmet with or without a net.
How should you wear your hair for informal or formal?
300
The top of the tail.
Where is the dock?
300
Putting down a rubber stall mat may keep the pony from digging holes, even if he still does this.
What is pawing?
300
Used on ponies in the trailer who throw their heads up and could bump themselves.
What is a head protector or head bumper?
400
It is part of the saddle that is always kept in the open position so if a rider should fall and start to be dragged, the stirrup leather can release from the saddle.
What is the stirrup bar?
400
Solid black, solid navy blue, or dark grey hunt coat with no stripes or patterns woven into the fabric.
What are formal coat colors?
400
The part between the knee and the fetlock joint on the front leg.
What is the cannon bone?
400
A pony sways from side to side, swinging his head and shifting from one foot to another. Often seen in nervous ponies.
What is weaving?
400
NEVER tie this way in the trailer. It can cause your pony to pull back and panic or even to flip over backwards.
What is tying a pony's head when the tail bar or back door is open behind him?
500
galloping, brushing, tendon, splint, ankle, fetlock, and sports medicine
What are types of horse protective boots?
500
Type of tall boots with laces.
What are field boots?
500
Often this part of a stallion's neck is very developed.
What is the crest?
500
Let him look out the window, see other horses, have stall toys like a rubber ball, and give plenty of time in the pasture.
What are ways to keep your pony happy and interested and prevent stable vices?
500
A type of trailer back without a ramp where the pony steps into the stall.