Colors
What is the name for a horse with a brown body with black highlights?
A bay is the name for a horse with a brown body with black highlights
What breed of horse is mostly known for being a race horse?
A thoroughbred.
Give one reason to have a farrier visit your horse.
They can help identify, prevent and manage hoof health problems to protect your horse from lameness, joint issues and injuries.
What part of the horse is used as the flyswatter?
The tail.
What is the shortest height a horse can be?
14.2 hands
What color is tan with black highlights and a dorsal stripe?
A dun is a color of horse that is tan with black highlights and a dorsal stripe.
What type of horse is associated with being wild?
A mustang.
Why should you pick out your horses feet?
To check for thrush, rocks and other abnormalitys.
What part of the horse's body do you measure by?
The withers.
Can horses get hiccups?
Yes
What is a horse called that is a golden-ish color and that has a mostly white mane and tail?
A palomino is the color of horse that is a golden-ish color and that has a mostly white mane and tail.
What are the three categories for breeds?
Hot blooded, Warm Blooded, and Cold Blooded
Name 2 parts of the hoof.
The frog, the white line, wall ect...
The poll is found...
Between the ears!
How often do horses lay down?
5-7 hours per day.
What is the name of a color horse that has red hair with white hairs mixed in?
A roan is the name of a color horse that has red hair with white hairs mixed in.
Pick a question:
(1) Give an example of a warmblood horse
(2) What is a warmblood horse?
(1) Some examples of Warmblood horses include the well-known American quarter horse, Paint horse, and Standardbred, but the best examples come from Europe and include Oldenburg, Trakehner, Holsteiner, etc.
(2)Warmblood horses are a cross between hot-blooded and cold-blooded horses. Their body temperatures have minimal bearing on their classification. In fact, rather than the warmth of their blood, their temperament is tied to their classification
Name three of the farrier's tools.
There is the Hoof Knife Left Handed, the Driving hammer, the rasp, nippers, puller ect...
The fetlock is found...
On the lower leg.
What are 3 signs of colic?
What horse has different color splashes along it's body?
A Paint has different color splashes along it's body.
Give 5 examples of a draft horse.
Clydesdale, Shire, Belgian, Draught, Percheron, Clydesdale, Ardennais, Fjord horse, Friesian horse, American Cream Draft, ect...
What bone gets pushed through the foot when a horse has laminitis?
Laminitis affects the tissues (laminae) bonding the hoof wall to pedal bone in the hoof. This can result in the pedal bone sinking or rotating within the hoof under the weight of the horse. In extreme cases this can result in penetration the sole of the foot by the pedal bone.
A horse's entire mouth area is called the...
muzzle
What range of hearing do horses have?
55–33,500 hertz18 range