Rider Safety
Before mounting, you should always check these three pieces of tack to ensure they are secure and safe.
What are the girth, stirrup leathers, and stirrup bars?
This term refers to walking a horse after exercise until their respiration returns to normal and their chest feels cool.
What is cooling out?
A simple way to show appreciation to a landowner for allowing you to ride on their property.
What is writing a thank you note?
A horse should be fed little and often because they have this type of digestive system.
What is a small stomach (or trickler feeder)?
In Quiz Rally, this is the only phase where team members answer questions individually rather than as a group.
What is the Classroom phase?
This piece of safety equipment must be replaced if it sustains an impact in a fall or is over five years old.
What is a helmet?
This acronym stands for Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration, which are vital signs used to monitor a horse’s health and fitness.
What is TPR?
When riding on public or private land, this is the most important rule regarding gates.
What is "leave gates as you found them" (or close gates if found closed)?
What is always the most important thing to have available for your horse, especially after exercise?
What is fresh, clean water?
This team member is responsible for handling inquiries and protests and ensuring the team is organized.
Who is the Team Captain?
Give one reason for checking a stirrup bar before riding.
What is to ensure the stirrup can detach in an emergency (for rider safety).
Describe one sign that a mount is properly cooled out after exercise.
What is a normal (not elevated) respiration rate or a cool chest/neck area?
Name one reason you should respect landowner property when riding.
What is to ensure continued access and maintain good relationships?
Give an example of roughage in a horse’s diet.
What is hay, grass, or beet pulp?
Name one hands-on activity you might be asked to perform in the Barn phase of Quiz Rally.
What is bandaging a horse’s leg or identifying tack?
Name two items of rider equipment that are required when you ride in a Pony Club mounted lesson.
What are a riding helmet and appropriate footwear?
Before beginning a conditioning program, name one factor to consider for your horse’s safety and health.
What is the horse’s current level of fitness or health status?
Name a place in your area where you can ride horses outside of your home barn.
What are public trails, parks, or riding centers?
How much water does a typical horse drink in one day?
What is 5-10 gallons?
In the Mega-Room phase, competitors must identify horse-related items displayed on tables organized by this.
What is a theme?
To determine if a helmet fits properly, you should check the harness, the brim, and this specific fit test where the skin on the forehead moves with the helmet.
What is the eyebrow test (or skin movement)?
This type of conditioning work involves trotting or cantering for extended periods at a steady pace to build aerobic capacity.
What is Long Slow Distance (LSD)?
Describe one way you can contribute to a land conservation effort or project near you.
What is helping clear trails, picking up trash, or volunteering for a conservation project?
Name one sign of hay that is not good for a horse to eat.
What is moldy smell, dustiness, or presence of foreign objects?
Points awarded for correctly answering questions above your certification level during the competition are called these.
What are bonus points?