Tack and Stuff
What grooming tool is made of rubber, and is used in a circular motion to loosen dirt on a horse's body?
Rubber curry comb
What term refers to the study of the horse?
Hippology
Name one of the two famous thoroughbred race horses who were known by the nickname "Big Red"?
Man-O-War or Secretariat
What American breed was developed by the Nez Perce Indians and is noted for a variety of colorful coat patterns and markings. The breed has mottled skin on the nose and genitals, white sclera around the eye, and striped hooves.
Appaloosa
What is the largest bone in the horse's body?
The femur
What is a light wool cover put over a horse after strenuous exercise to keep the horse from getting chilled?
A cooler
Anemia is the primary symptom of what type of mineral deficiency?
Iron deficiency
What is the term for a group of horses having common origin and sharing certain characteristics that are passed on to their offspring?
Breed
What term describes equids measuring 14.2 hands or less?
Pony
In what part of the horse's vertebrae are the atlas and axis found?
The Cervical vertebrae
What does a farrier put on horse shoes to help hold the shoe more securely to the horse's hoof?
Clips
Horses that are stalled 24 hours a day are more likely to be deficient in which vitamin?
Vitamin D
In regard to the zoological classification or the modern horse, what kingdom do all horses belong to?
Animalia or animal kingdom
Horses with a golden body and white mane and tail are registered with what breed association that was founded in California?
Palomino Horse Breeders of America
Name the term for the vessel that delivers deoxygenated blood to the heart
Vein(s)
Besides the trailer hitch, what should also be used to attach the trailer to the pulling vehicle?
Safety chains
Speed is a trait influenced by several genes, thus is it a qualitative or quantitative gene action?
Quantitative
How many toes did the first horse (prehorse) have on the front legs?
5
What breed of horse is one of the world's oldest and purest breeds, and is believed to have migrated from Norway?
Norwegian Fjord
Name three parts of the urinary system in horses
Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra
A back cinch is optional with some types of Western saddles. Which two types of Western saddles always have a back cinch?
Roping and cutting saddles
What is the term used when a pair of alleles is identical?
Homozygous
What is the name of the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby?
Aristides
What breed is a result of crossing an Arabian and American Saddlebred horse?
National Show Horse
What is the mechanism that helps the food move through the esophagus in one direction only?
Peristalsis