The sound the hounds make
the voice (or cry or music)
A conditioning method called LSD
Long Slow Distance
The gait where most lamenesses appear
The trot.
Areas where bones join together
Joints
When setting distances, the assumed length of a standard horse Canter stride
12 feet
A hunt where there is no live quarry
a Drag Hunt
The ideal number of desired body condition score on the Body Condition Scale
5 - Moderate
When a horse is lame in a foreleg he will nod his head each time the ________ leg comes to the ground.
Sound
Located within the hoof, also known as the third phalanx
Coffin Bone
Term for fences that the way you jump the first affects how your horse jumps the second
Related Distances
The Huntsman's assistant
Whipper-in
The body's temperature-control process by which the horse stays warm when it's cold, and cools in heat
Thermo-regulation - note, horses cannot pant to thermo-regulate
Fiber rupture, stretch, or tendinitis of superficial and/or deep digital flexor tendons
Bowed Tendon
Xyphoid Process - The rear end of the sternum is a flattened and heart shaped cartilagenous structure known as the xiphoid process to which muscle fibres of the diaphragm are attached.
Name the 5 phases of a horse's jump
approach, takeoff, flight (bascule), landing, and recovery.
A patch of woods or brush in which there may be a fox
Covert
The 6 dietary considerations/elements for optimal nutrition
Water, Protein, Fats, Carbohydrates, Minerals, Vitamins
This disease is often suspected when the horse attempts to land on its toe rather than heel
Navicular Disease
Passes over elbow and down leg to attach to coffin bone.
Deep digital flexor tendon
Tiger Trap
A day in which the hounds do not find any quarry
Blank
The normal ranges for temperature, pulse, and respiration.
T = 98.5 to 101, average is 100
P = 30 to 45 beats per minute, average is 36
R = 8 to 16 breaths per minute, average is 12
a neuromuscular condition that causes a gait abnormality characterized by exaggerated upward movement of one or both of the hindlimbs.
Stringhalt
The first of the 7 bones of the Cervical Vertebrae
Atlas
Coffin - an obstacle followed closely by a ditch and then another obstacle