Balance
Balance can also be described as how well a horse can be divided into ________________.
What is Thirds or 3 equal parts
The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse
What is the withers?
A well-muscled horse is usually placed higher or lower than a very lightly-made, narrow horse?
What is higher
The two best horses in a class
Structure is evaluating a horse's _________________
What is skeleton? (will also accept bone structure/bones)
Which should be longer--the horse's topline or underline?
What is Underline
The area between the hoof and the fetlock joint
What is the pastern?
The shape that a horse's pectoral muscles should make when viewed from the front
What is a "V?"
When you list advantages of a horse who placed below another horse in a pair
What are grants?
Name a structural fault that could be seen from the front view
Pigeon-toed, Base narrow, base wide, Splay footed, etc.
The height of the horse's withers and loin should be _________ when viewed from the side?
What is the same or level
The body of the horse, enclosing the rib cage and the major internal organs
What is the barrel?
Name the two main places to evaluate muscling when viewing a horse from the profile
What are the shoulder, and hindquarter (or hip)
When you use proper descriptive words in a set of reasons, you are using correct ______________.
What is terminology?
What is the ideal angle for a horses shoulder?
45 degrees
What is it called when a horse's knees are lower than its hocks (the front end is lower than the back end)
What is running downhill?
The part of a horse from the lumbosacral joint to the tail
What is the croup?
When a horse shows heavy muscling that is easily visible it is said to have good ___________ to the muscle. Hint: what do you look up in a dictionary?)
What is definition
The maximum number of points you can score with a set of reasons
Name a common structural defect in the hind limbs seen from the rear view, when the hocks are too close together and the feet are splayed out
cow-hocked
What is 1:2?
What area or muscle of the hind leg is important is determining how well-muscled a horse is? (Hint: It is below the stifle)
What is the gaskin muscle?
When viewed from behind, the horse should be wider here than at the point of the hip
What is the stifle?
Give examples of some general words you can use to describe the bottom horse in a class
What are poorest, least, lightest, etc.
Should a horse's neck tie into the shoulder high or low?
What is high?