Fundamentals
What is the difference between Hunters and Jumpers?
Bonus: What are Handy rounds and optimum time rounds?
Hunters: A judge scores the horse and rider based on their performance. They want the horse to look smooth, get the correct striding, and stay level.
Jumpers: Course is timed. Horses have to go faster than the minimum speed and clear the jumps to move on to the next round.
Handy Rounds: part of a Derby. Usually scored better on tighter turns that still look controlled
Optimum Time: They cant go too fast or too slow through the course
What is the system by which horses live in a herd?
Pecking Order
Name 3 infectious diseases
West Nile, Rabies, Sleeping sickness, EPA, Strangles, influenza, etc
What do some horses have in their ears to block out outer noise and what lesson horses use them?
Poms, Rummy and Ken
What pad does Casey use and why does she use it?
Riser pad and she has a sway back
What is a cross canter?
When the front and back legs are on a different lead
What is a counter canter?
When the front an back legs are on different leads
What is the number one killer in horses? What are 2 symptoms your horse might display if they have this?
Laying down and getting up constantly, looking or kicking at their belly, pawing the ground, sweating
Name 3 different bits
Waterford, Elevator, D ring, Snaffle, full cheek, Kimberwick, pelhem, gag, eggbutt, french link
What does Ace wear around his neck and why?
A cribbing collar to stop him from sucking in air and biting the stall
Name three reasons a horse might nip/bite
Too many treats, at other horses to get them away, playing/for fun, tightening the girth too quick, touching them in a sensitive area
What are the ribbon colors and what place?
1st: Blue
2nd: Red
3rd: yellow
4th: white
5th: pink
6th: green
7th: purple
8th: brown
Name 3 good quality traits in a confirmation class to look for
Prominent jaw, small ears, large nostrils, good muscling, tail aligns with hock and canon, sloping shoulder, straight legs, an inverted V in the chest from the front, etc
Why do saddles have three billets to attach the girth instead of two?
In case one of them breaks, there is a back up
Name 3 sws horses with a star
Billy, Topsy, Daisy, Mariah, Goldie, Barbie, Tigger, Olive
What is an indirect rein, leading/opening rein, and direct rein?
Indirect: bending. Pull towards opposite hip
Leading: pull out like swinging open a door. Used for horses learning to turn, wide turns, or going back to the rail without their nose turning that way
Direct: pull back. Turning/ tight turns. 2 direct reins halts the horse. In opposition to forward motion.
What is the Gaskin?
The muscled area on their back leg between the hock and the hindquarters?
1. Back right leg
2. front right and back left together
3. left front
How do you properly attach the lunge line to the bridle?
Loop through the bit, over the crown piece, and attach on the other side of the bit
Name 6 sws horses that can go to shows
Brighton, Ken?, Bean Dip, Hailey, Toasty, Happy, Roosevelt, Rummy, Crystal, Silvie, etc