Parts of the Horse
What is the poll?
A horse that is brown with a black mane and tail.
What is a bay?
This breed is known for racing.
What is a thoroughbred?
These are the two base disciplines.
What are western and english?
An adult female horse.
What is a mare?
This body part supports all of the horse's weight and is similar to our finger nails.
What is the hoof?
A horse that is red with a red mane and tail.
What is a chestnut/sorrel?
This breed is known for being the traditional cowboy's horse.
What is the Quarter Horse?
This part of the saddle is only found on the pommel of the western saddle.
What is the horn?
This is what you call a baby horse (male or female).
Bonus Points: What is the name of a male/female baby horse?
What is a foal?
Bonus Points: What is a Filly/Colt?
This body part is what accepts treats and kisses.
What is the muzzle/nose?
A white horse has this color skin.
What is pink?
These horses are always 14.2 hands or smaller.
What are Ponies?
This western discipline is known for running around obstacles in a triangle pattern.
What is barrel racing?
This ear direction means the horse is upset.
What are ears pinned back?
We measure a horse's height from this body part.
What are the withers?
This horse looks white, but doesn't have pink skin.
What is a grey horse?
This breed is known for its big patches of color.
What is the Paint?
What discipline is known for jumping and based on the fastest clear round?
What is Show Jumping?
A horse needs these three things to survive.
What are hay, water, and sometimes grain?
Horse's cannot see in these two areas.
What is directly in front and directly behind?
This horse has white speckles all throughout the coat except the head and legs.
What is a roan?
This breed is known for it's spots all over.
What is an Appaloosa?
What event was designed to see which horse was best to use for cows on a ranch?
What is cutting?
This means stomache pains.
What is colic?