Bet You Didn't Know
Horse Occupations
Grand Entry
What is THAT?
Ironwood Trivia
200
Highest jump on record made by a horse was
A. 6 feet
B. 10 feet
C. 5 feet
D. 8 feet
What is 8 feet?
200
Person who rides a racehorse.
What is a jockey?
200
The rider who should always lead other riders, never travel backwards, and always leave the arena first.
Who is the rider carrying the American Flag?
200
Knot used to safely tie up horses.
What is a quick-release knot?
200
What is Ironwood's registered brand?
What is the Broken I?
400
The color used to describe a horse that has just been started under saddle.
What is green (or green-broke)?
400
A person who shoes or trims horse's feet.
What is a farrier?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!
The most riders to participate in an Ironwood Grand Entry Shodeo at one time.
400
Most popular horse breed in America (and Ironwood, too).
What is an American Quarter Horse?
400
What is Ironwood's theme verse?
What is Psalm 51:17?
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
600
The length of an average horse's stride.
A. 15
B. 10
C. 8
D. 12
What is 12 feet?
600
Person responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses, performing surgeries, and providing preventative care for horses.
What is a veterinarian?
600
Maneuver where two lines of riders abreast approach and pass thru each other.
What is a Suicide Charge?
600
A female horse younger than 4 years.
What is a filly?
600
The Ironwood tree grows in this desert.
A. Sonoran Desert
B. Mojave Desert
C. Sahara Desert
D. Chihuahuan Desert
What is the Sonoran Desert?
800
Horse's fastest recorded sprinting speed.
A. 35 MPH
B. 40 MPH
C. 55 MPH
D. 70 MPH
What is 55 MPH?
800
DAILY DOUBLE!
Person responsible for the day-to-day care and maintenance of horses. Typically seen around racetracks and training stables.
800
The maneuver this drill team is performing.
What is a Wagon Wheel?
800
The breed of horse in the book and movie "The Black Stallion."
What is an Arabian?
800
The first building built for horsemanship program (in 1975).
What is the OLD tack room?
1000
The Western term for the gait between a trot and a gallop (it is called a canter in English riding).
What is a lope?
1000
Person who selects pairs of horses based on factors such as conformations, temperament, and performance to reproduce, and raises the foals before selling or training.
What is a horse breeder?
1000
Maneuver where a single line abreast splits in half, with each newly formed set circling away from the other.
What is a liberty gate or donut?
1000
The breed of the tallest horse on record, Sampson, was 21.2 hands high.
What is a Shire?
1000
Former Ironwood horses are remembered by which buildings named after them?
What are the C cabins?
Skippen Baca, Nebo Star, Runnin Iron, Smokin Iron, Moonlight, Hondo, Arrowhead, Sidewalker, Del Robles, Poco Bell, Thunder & Lightning