Horse Gaits
The walk has this many beats
What is four beats
A USPC team rally competition that is unmounted and has multiple phases
What is QUIZ
The bump on the inside of a horse's leg
What is a chestnut?
What is the most common horse breed in US
What is the Quarter Horse
Commonly known as "sleeping sickness"
What is Encephalomyelitis?
A western pleasure three beat gait
What is the lope
The dental star appears at this age
What is 20 years
This breed is gaited and has the gaits rack and slow gait
What is the American Saddlebred
Typically affects the nose and is a form of herpes?
What is Rhinopneumonitis?
These two gaits have left and right leads
What is the Canter and Gallop
The horse has this many eyelids per eye
What is three eyelids
Percherons come from this country
What is France
This type of parasite typically affects young horses or foals
What are Ascarids?
Other than the back, most horses have this two beat gait
What is the trot or jog
Required to be worn whenever a member is jumping cross-country/solid obstacles in Pony Club activities
What is a safety vest
If a horse has canine teeth they will appear at this age
What is 5 years
This horse breed orignated in the Netherlands and is primarily only black
What is the Friesian
"Shipping Fever"
What is Strangles?
Horse gaits that involve all four hooves leaving the ground at once, known as a "moment of suspension"
Canter, Lope (natural), Gallop, or Flying Pace*
*(A fast two-beat gait of Icelandic horses, which also features a moment of suspension)
Two methods for longeing the horse
Stationary and Parallel
Handler pivots in center or moves in a small circle, keeping their body parallel to the horse's barrel (or shoulder )
The joint at the end of the thigh bone that is similar to the human knee
What is the stifle?
These two breeds crossed create the Warlander
What is the Friesian and Andalusian
A very serious parasite that typically infects the gastrointestinal tract. Can affect all ages of horses.
What are Strongyles?