Pieces of Tack
We sit on this when we ride.
What is a Saddle?
The horses eat this to feel full. They can eat anywhere from 30-50 lbs per day.
What is Hay?
Running and yelling around the barn can make our horses do this.
What is spooking?
This is a thing we close every time we go into a paddock or field.
What is a gate?
The connection between the horse's head and neck, located between the ears.
What is the Poll?
The metal piece where our feet go as we ride.
What is a Stirrup?
We scoop this out of the stall when it is wet to keep the stall clean.
What are Shavings?
When Jazzy lifts her upper lip and looks up toward the ceiling.
What is "smiling"?
A latch that keeps our gates shut, leadropes on our horses, and our art supplies secure.
What is a Double Ended Snap?
The bony point at the front of the horse's shoulder.
What is the Point of Shoulder located?
This goes in the horse's mouth and is usually metal.
What is a Bit?
This coats the surface of troughs and buckets and must be scrubbed regularly.
What is Algae
When a horse stands up on its back legs.
What is rearing?
Like a squeegee, this gets the water off a horse.
What is a Sweat Scraper?
The bones in the horse's tail.
What is the Dock?
Leather strap that helps us steer when mounted.
What are the Reins?
Long tines make this a useful tool.
What is a Pitchfork?
Instead of fighting, this describes horses when scared.
What is a flight animal?
T or F
Horses can eat any kind of plant.
False
Joint in the horse's back leg that moves "backwards".
What is the Hock?
A piece of tack that goes on the horse's head when we lead them to and from the fields or barns.
What is a Halter?
A section of hay.
Hay that is still tied.
What is a Flake and a Bale of hay?
Long and skinny with a snap at one end.
What is Lead Rope?
This person trims the horses' feet and sometimes puts horse shoes on them, we see them every 4-6 weeks.
What is a Farrier?
A part of the horse that grows all the time, but we trim it every 4-6 weeks.
What is the Hoof?