Conformation
What is Conformation?
The way a pony is built.
Dark brown or nearly black with brown highlights.
What color am I?
Brown
The hair between the horses ears that hangs down on the front of the horses face is called what?
Forelock
The piece of tack on the bridle that runs from the bit to the headstall.
What am I?
Cheek Piece
Who trims the horses feet?
Farrier
Name something we look for in the horses head that shows good conformation?
Wide at the jaws
Large nostrils
Large, kind eyes
Pleasant expression
Large colored patches of any color and white.
What color am I?
Pinto
The neck meets the back at what point?
Withers
Metal D-shaped rings attached to the flaps on the front of a saddle, to which certain pieces of equipment such as a breastplate can be attached.
What am I?
Dee Rings
A type of bit that has two rings and a mouthpiece, which is usually jointed and made of smooth metal, nylon, plastic, or rubber. Works off of direct pressure.
What am I?
Snaffle Bit
Name a common fault of the neck(specific name)?
Bull Neck
Ewe Neck
Chestnut with white flecking, making it seem pink. Mane & tail can be flaxen.
What color am I?
Strawberry Roan
The joint above the fetlock joint on the hind leg is what?
Hock
The part of the saddle tree that allows stirrups to be attached. It is made of strong metal riveted to the tree.
Stirrup Bar
Name one type of noseband.
Flash
Cavesson
Figure 8
Drop
A good shoulder is long and sloping(from the top of the shoulder blade to the point of the shoulder). This helps the horse to do what?
Gives the horse a longer stride and smoother gaits, and helps a pony jump well.
A tan color, ranging from dark gold to yellow or cream, with black points and a black mane and tail. Do NOT have leg barring or a dorsal stripe.
What color am I?
Buckskin
Directly below the fetlock joint you will find...
The pastern
An H-shaped piece of tack with buckles on one end and straps with holes on the other. It is designed to lengthen a girth that is too short.
Girth Extender
Used to protect the bulbs of the heels from being stepped on by the hind feet.
What am I?
Bell boots
Why are long or sloping pasterns bad?
They are weak and easily injured.
Molted grey with dapples or circles of white color all over the body. What color am I?
Dapple Grey
Above the hock and below the stifle you will find what part?
The gaskin
An adjustable leather strap used to keep the saddle from slipping forward. It has a padded loop that passes around the pony's tail, and a strap that attaches to a T-shaped fastener, which is attached to the back of the saddle.
What am I?
Crupper
Talking about cleaning tack, what are 'jockey's'?
Dark, greasy dots, or patches of dirt that stick to the leather