Unsoundness/Blemishes
What is unsoundness in a horse?
Any abnormalities that interfere with the usefulness of the horse.
What does show in hand mean?
Show at halter, show in showmanship, or show leading your horse while walking instead of riding or driving.
What is a horses primary defense?
Flight (Running away)
Heavy hands can cause damage to what part of the horse?
Mouth (specifically the bars or interdental space)
Name one thing you should do if your horse does well.
Pat, praise, or release pressure. (Be sure to do this immediately).
What is another name of founder?
Equitation or Horsemanship
Why do horses stay together and not leave other horses?
Horses are herd animals and feel safer in groups.
Name 3 natural aids that are used to tell your horse what to do.
Voice, legs, hands, weight, body, seat
Name one way to cool out a hot horse.
Walk, spray with a hose, sponge down, give a couple of swallows of water every few minutes.
Lameness is usually observed at what gait?
Trot
Name 3 gaits performed in Western pleasure.
Walk, trot and lope.
The horse can not see behind which part of its body?
Its hindquarters.
What does t mean to pull leather when riding a horse?
Hold on to the saddle with both hands while riding a bucking horse.
Name two recommended methods for manure management.
Composting and land application.
What general age category of horse is prone to splints?
Young horses.
A rider who stays away from the corners of the arena and does not make good use of the whole arena is said to be doing what?
Cutting corners.
What term describes a horses habit of eating its food too quickly?
Bolting their feed.
What is the term for part of the rein that passes betwen the thumb and fongers and out the top of he hand?
Bight
Name 3 types of bedding.
Straw, sawdust, shavings, wood pellets, shredded newspaper, cornstalks, ground corn cobs, peanut shells, peat moss, rice hulls.
What is atrophy?
Decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue.
Name 4 things that are included in a reining pattern.
Circles, flying lead changes, roll backs, spins and sliding stops.
Name 5 stable vices.
Cribing, weaving, stall walking, wood chewing, pawing, crowding, mane and tail chewing.
Name 3 important general aspects of equitation.
Body position, hand position, leg position, seat, performing correctly at different gaits, performing pattern correctly.
Give 3 general fire safety rules for a barn.
No smoking, no flammable substances, vehicles, machinery, or portable heaters; have water sprinklers, smoke alarms, inside water supply and hose, exterior stall doors, space between buildings.