Grooming Tools
The tool used to remove mud, manure, and stones from the horses frog and sole
What is a hoof pick?
Body, mane, and tail are various shades of golden brown from sunny gold to reddish brown
What is a chestnut
A small clearly defined area of white hairs on the forehead
What is a star?
The oldest and most popular American breed known for its speed in the quarter mile race
What is the Quarter Horse?
The top of the horses head, just back of the ears
What is the poll?
The tool used to loosen mud and sweat from your horses coat, often used in a circular motion
What is a curry comb?
A combination of white and any other color (bay, black, brown, chestnut, dun, gray, palomino, sorrel, buckskin, or roan)
What is pinto OR paint?
One which has white over most of the flat surface of the face often including the eyes and nostrils
What is a bald face?
A spotted horse that originated in the North West United States by the Nez Perce Indians
What is the Appaloosa?
The name of the joint on the hind legs equivalent to the human ankle
What is the hock?
A stiff bristled brush used to remove large pieces of dirt and hair brought to the surface by the curry comb
What is the dandy brush?
This color carries white hairs intermingled with 1 or more bass colors
What is roan?
A white strip just covering the cornet band
What is the cornet
A breed that traces back to the year 786 in Arabia and is known for its dished head and high tail carriage
What is the Arabian?
The name of the joint on the back legs equivalent to the human knee
What is the stifle
This tool is a soft bristled brush that further cleans the coat after the dandy brush
What is the body brush?
Name the 5 basic coat colors
Bay, black, brown, chestnut, and white
White that extends from the cornet to the middle of the cannon bone
What is a half stocking?
A pony breed developed by crossing Shetland Ponies with Appaloosa Horses
What is a POA (Pony of America)?
Upper curved part of the neck, extending from the poll to the withers
What is the crest?
What brush is appropriate to use on the horses face and legs?
What is the body brush?
Name the 5 basic coat variations
Dun/buckskin, gray, palomino, paint/pinto, and roan
A straw yellow or dirty white mane
What is a flaxen mane/tail?
A horse that is not registered with a breed association. They might be a purebred without papers or a cross of more than one breed
What is a grade horse
What is the part of the back just in front of the base of the tail
What is the croup