Nutrition
How many pounds of food should a 1200 lb horse eat each day?
24 lb. or 2% of it's body weight
This is the slowest gait and common to all horse breeds
Walk
A term which means able to spread from one animal to another through exposure to the ill animal itself, to its body secretions, to a wound or a sore, or to a parasite from an infected animal
Contagious
In a halter class the animal is primarily being judged but in a horsemanship class this is being judged
The rider
This term which relates to the digestive tract means the breakdown of food into smaller components
Digestion
The canter gait is a 3 beat gait which is faster than the trot and western riders refer to this gait as this
Lope
This is the condition that results when animals have, produce or obtain antibodies that enable them to fight off health issues. This can be active or passive
Immunity
In barrel racing, what happens if a horse knocks over a barrel?
a time penalty of 5 seconds is added
This is where digestion begins
Mouth
Because horses cannot see directly behind themselves some horses feel uncomfortable when being asked to perform this gait
Back
Lyme Disease causes join disease, lameness and arthritis like symptoms. Transmission to an animal is usually in the spring or fall through this vector
Ticks
This person is responsible for communicating the activity in the ring with the show participants as well as announcing the results of classes
Announcer