Parts of a Horse
Safety
Extra
Riding
Mystery
100

What is the triangle looking thing in a horses hoof called?

Frog

100
What should you ALWAYS wear when you go riding?
A helmet
100
What are the two styles of riding called?
English and Western
100
In what direction should your heels be facing?
Down
100
What is the name of the Hercules horse in the the Walt Disney Movie, Hercules?
Pegasus
200
Where is the pole located on a horse?
In between the ears.
200
What should you wear when you go cross-country riding?
A cross-country vest
200
Which saddle has a horn at the front?
Western
200
What is the name of the position when you go over a jump called?
2-point
200

Point where a horse’s monocular vision doesn’t reach – a horse has two such places, directly in front of his head and directly behind his tail.

Blind Spot

300

What is the bone in the horse's tail called?

Dock

300
Where should you never stand when you are with a horse?
Behind it
300

What is an equine bellyache?

Colic

300
What are the four aids in riding?
Seat, voice, leg, hand
300
What is a baby female horse called?
A filly
400

What is the hard little thing on the inside of horses leg?

Chestnut

400
Where do you put your leg when you are on your horse, adjusting your stirrups?

Swing it back so your leg is still around your horse.

400

What is the name of the person who works with horses' hooves?

A farrier

400

When trying to change diagonal, should you sit for an even number of beats or an odd number of beats?

If you sit an odd number of beats when you post, you will stay on the same one. If you sit an even number of beats, you will rise with the opposite shoulder.

400

Is the frog a part of a horses' circulatory system? - Circulatory systems are organs that help circulate blood through the body

YES! 

500

Name 5 parts on the horses back leg

Stifle, Hock, Gaskin, Cannon bone, fetlock, pastern

500
Why should you never run around a horse?
The horse might get startled
500

What is the name of the infection that infects the hoof called?

Thrush

500

When tightening your girth from the saddle, should you move your foot forward or back? Why?

At the halt, with reins in one hand and both feet in the stirrups, lift your left leg and rest it over the knee roll of the saddle, so that you can raise the saddle fl ap.

500
What is the name of a Kentucky Derby winner that was made into a movie?
Secretariat
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