Show Jumping
A penalty point given to competitors for hitting or refusing a jump.
What is a fault?
A category of dressage in which the competitor may choreograph his/her own test as well as pick the song.
What is Freestyle?
A set time that you must get as close as you can to, not faster or slower.
What is the Optimum Time?
A game in which a horse must run around three barrels in a pattern called a Three-Leaf Clover at full gallop.
What is Barrel Racing?
The most prestigious race for 3-year-olds, also called "The Run for the Roses."
What is the Kentucky Derby?
Being "kicked out" of the round.
What is elimination?
Stepping diagonally forward at the trot or canter.
What is a Leg Yield?
The colored flag that is always on the right side of the jump.
What is the red flag?
A game in which a horse must weave through a line of vertical poles at full gallop.
What is Pole Bending?
A unit of measurement in horse racing, measuring 200 meters, 220 yards, or an eighth of a mile.
What is a furlong?
Being "kicked out" of the entire show or competition.
What is disqualification?
A high-stepping trot in place.
What is the Piaffe?
A fence typically in the form of a large, well-kept bush.
What is a brush fence?
The English equivalent of Gymkhana.
What is Mounted Games?
The same as a mile and three-eighths.
What is 11 furlongs?
A noise signaling the start of your 40-second period to start the course.
What is the start bell?
A tight canter circle, pivoting on the hindquarters.
What is the Pirouette?
A flat-topped jump, looking like a wooden slab.
What is a table?
The Western equivalent of Mounted Games.
What is Gymkhana?
A famous racehorse who broke his leg in the final furlong and finished fourth. The winning jockey, however, said that "the loser really won". He was referring to this racehorse when he said this.
Who was Black Gold?
Horse touched a jump with its belly or legs but didn't knock it down.
What is rubbing a jump?
This score means the test was not executed (did not show up, etc.).
What is Score Zero?
A jump traditionally made of wood, consists of two or three triangles leaned against a low vertical.
What is a Chevron?
A game in which a horse must run around two barrels in a pattern called a Texas T at full gallop.
What are Speed Barrels?
A famous racehorse who won the Triple Crown with a malformed foot.
Who was Assault?