Balance, Etc.
Balance can also be described as how well a horse can be divided into __________.
A) Halves
B) Thirds
C) Quarters
D) Pieces
B) Thirds
The ridge that separates the neck from the back of a horse.
What is the withers?
A horse that has heavy muscling is said to have good muscle _____________.
A) Definition
B) Length
C) Purpose
A) Definition
The two best horses in a class are called?
Top pair?
Structure is evaluating a horse's _________________
What is skeleton? (will also accept bone structure/bones)
Which of these most affects the way a horse travels?
A) Balance
B) Structure
C) Quality
B) Structure
The area between the hoof and the fetlock joint on any horse's leg.
What is the pastern?
The shape that a horse's pectoral muscles should make when viewed from the front
What is a "V?"
When you list advantages of a horse who placed below another horse in a pair
What are grants?
Another name for a horse's back, loin and croup?
What is a top line?
When a horse has a long topline, it also can be described as having a long _________ third.
Middle
The body of the horse, enclosing the rib cage and the major internal organs.
What is the barrel?
Places you can look for muscling when viewing a horse from the profile?
A) Cannon
B) Shoulder
C) Hindquarter (Hip)
D) Both B and C
D) Both B&C
Descriptive words used to tell a judge why you placed the class the way you did
What is terminology? Accept "Terms"
The angle of a horse's shoulder
What is 45o?
What phrase is used to describe a horse whose knees are lower than its hocks (the front end is lower than the back end). Hint--2-word answer
What is running downhill?
The part of a horse that slopes from the loin to the tailhead.
What is the croup?
Between Muscling and Balance, which is the most important consideration when evaluating conformation in a horse?
Balance
The maximum number of points you can score with a set of reasons
A horse's pastern angle (hoof angle)
What is 45-50o?
The ratio of the underside of a horse's neck to the top side of a horse's neck.
Example: If the underside is three times as long as the top, the ratio would be 3:1
What is 1:2?
There are 2 common terms for a horse whose knees buckle forward slightly when viewed at the profile--name one.
Bonus: For an extra 100 points, name the other.
Over-at-the-knee
Bonus: Buck-kneed
When viewed from behind, the horse should be wider here than at the point of the hip.
Bonus: For an extra 100 points. What other muscle is used to evaluate degree of muscling when viewed from the rear?
What is the stifle?
Bonus: gaskin
In a typical set of halter reasons, the horses in each pair are typically compared to one another. However, one horse in the class may often just be addressed individually instead.
Which horse is this?
Bonus: For an extra 100 points. Give some examples of descriptive words that might be used for this horse
The bottom placing horse (4th in the class).
Bonus: Least balanced, lightest made, most poorly structured, coarsest, etc.
How a horse's neck should tie into its shoulders
What is high?