Measuring
A horse is measured from the ground to what part of the body?
Highest point of the withers
What is the primary gait exhibited by Standardbreds?
Pace
How many bones make up the horse's skeletal system?
205
What are the two types of vision horses have?
Monocular and Binocular
Describe the characteristics of a horse that is sorrel in color.
Body color reddish or copper-red; mane and tail usually same color as body, but can be flaxen
What term is used to measure the height of a horse?
The hand
What are the five natural gaits of a horse?
Walk, trot, canter, gallop and back.
What is the part of the horse between the ears at the top of the skull?
Poll
Horse can turn their ears how many degrees?
180 degrees
What is the proper term for a stripe of color down the center of an animal’s back?
Dorsal Stripe
How many inches are in a hand?
4
The walk is a ____ beat gait.
4
Where is the “dock” located on a horse?
at the top of the tail
The total range of vision in a horse is thought to be as much as how many degrees?
350 Degrees
What coat color has a brown body and black points?
Bay
Name three ways to measure a horse's weight.
Weight tape, a scale, and estimation using heart girth and body length.
The trot is a ___ beat gait.
Two beat diagonal.
What term refers to the area of the hind leg between the stifle and hock joints?
gaskin
Name the five senses a horse has
sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch
What coat color is the result of double dilution of the chestnut gene?
Cremello
What is the max height to be considered a pony?
Under 14.2 hands
The gallop is a ___beat gait.
4
Together the withers, back, loin, and croup create what?
Topline
What type of vision allows the horse to see separate objects in the left and right eye?
monocular
The color “chestnut” is recessive to which two basic coat colors?
Bay and Black