Colors
Describe the tail and mane color of a Palomino
Which gait is a 4 beat movement?
Walk
Bays always have what color manes and tails
Black
When you mount from the left side. Why does your left foot go in the stirrup?
If you put your right foot in you will be backwards.
If you put your left foot in you will be facing forward
Monocular vision -
seeing a different area with
each eye.
Name 5 variations to
the basic coat colors:
dun
grey
palomino
paint (pinto)
roan
Which gait is a 3 beat movement
Canter
In reference to the horses head. Name 5 Face markings
Star—
Snip—
Stripe—
Blaze—
Bald Face—
How far can a horse run into the woods
Halfway. After that it's running out of the woods
Binocular Vision -
seeing the same thing with
both eyes at once. This gives good depth perception
Name the five basic horse coat colors are:
Bay
Black
Brown
Chestnut
White
Which gait is a 2 beat movement
trot
What is a wider face marking? Blaze or stripe
blaze
What is shaped like a horse, often as big or bigger than a horse, but doesn't weigh anything?
A horses shadow
True or False
It takes time for a horse to adjust its eyesight to a dark stall, a dark trailer, a dark building, etc.
White markings on the legs may occur with which basic coat color pattern?
any basic coat color pattern.
Define Gallop
Gallop - a fast three-beat gait.
An appaloosa horse may have a variety of spotting patterns, but it must have at least three other coloring characteristics:
Mottling of the skin around the nostrils, muzzle.
Striped hoofs: alternate vertical stripes of white
and dark.
White around the eyes.
A cowboy went to and stayed in an inn on Friday. He stayed there 2 nights and left on Friday. How is this possible?
The horse's name is Friday
True or False
A horse has a hard time focusing clearly on objects, but it is very good at detecting movement
The seat
Pinto & Paint—Paint and pinto horses have
four color patterns. Name them
Piebald, Skewbald, Tobiano, Overo
Define Halt
Halt - same as Stop. NO movement of horses legs
Duns always have a "what down their back?"
stripe down the back.
A horse is tied to a 30 foot rope. A haystack lies 40 feet away, but the horse is able to
eat it. How is this possible?
Alternate Solution #1
The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything.
Alternate Solution #2
The haystack is only 10 feet away from where the other end of the rope is tied, and the horse is 30 feet away on the other side.
Name the natural cues that do not need special equipment like whips or spurs:
1. Hands
2. Legs
3. Seat or weight
4. Voice