Parts of the Horse
What is the chestnut?
This part of the saddle provides a backrest and support, keeps the rider in the saddle, as well as anchoring the bars of the saddle tree.
What is the cantle?
List 3 stables vices.
What is weaving? What is cribbing? What is circling? What is kicking? What is wind sucking? What is head bobbing? What is pawing?
The normal healthy horse temperature.
What is 99.00-101.5 degrees?
Horses are measured in hands. They are measured from this point.
What is the withers?
This part of the horse runs under the mane.
What is the crest?
This part of the tack helps keep your horse’s mouth softly closed and quiet. This encourages contact with the bit that’s essential for communication and control.
What is the nose band?
Picking out hooves regularly prevents the bacterial infection called.
What is trush?
TPR stands for.
What is temperature, pulse and respiration?
These are your four natural aids.
What is leg, seat, arm, and voice?
This part of the horse's hoof plays a part in protecting the sensitive structures beneath, providing traction, assisting circulation and absorbing shock.
What is the frog?
This piece allows for training aids to be attached to the saddle. Such as martingales, daisy reins, breast collars, etc.
What is the D-ring.
List at least three signs of colic.
What is:
This is how often a normal horse should be shod.
What is every 4-6 weeks?
This is how many beats are in a:
Walk
Trot
Canter
Gallop
What is:
4
2
3
4
This is located on the hind legs, just above the cannon bones. It is the joint that connects the lower and upper back leg together. Approximately midway down the hind legs of the horse.
What is the hock?
This goes around the horse's nose and under the bit to stabilize the bit in the horse's mouth and prevent them from evading your aid.
What is the flash?
Horses are unable to do this, which elevates gas and pressure in the stomach.
what is burp or vomit?
This is how long a horse is pregnant for.
What is 11 months or 340 days?
This is how many horses were in the original BHT.
What is 16?
This is loaded with blood vessels and is the part of the hoof-growing complex that generates new cells. This is how the keratin hoof wall is made.
The foundation on which the rest of the saddle is built. Usually manufactured of wood or a synthetic material.
What is the tree?
To _______ a horse's teeth means to file or rasp the teeth to reduce the sharp edges and make the surface smoother.
What is float?
This is how often mares go into heat.
what is every 3 weeks? Or what is every 21-23 days?
Mr. Siems backed and broke this horse.
Who is Mena?