History
Where did the mustangs ancestors come from?
(Hint: Uno)
Spain
What is the most common horse breed?
(Hint: Q runs the quarter mile)
Quarter horses
Name one proper bedding for horses
Hay, pine shavings, straw, shavings, or pellets
Name one marking a horse can have on it's face.
Blaze, snip, star, faint, stripe, broken stripe, blaze and snip, star snip, bald.
Who was the fastest horse?
(Hint: Barn name: Big Red)
Secretariat
What was the most used horse by Native Americans?
(Hint: splash!)
American Paint
What horse breed is most popular for horse racing?
(Hint: T)
Throughbred
What grooming tools will you need to give a horse a simple groom?
Curry comb, straight brush, mane brush, and hoof pick.
Name one marking a a horse can have on its legs.
Coronet, partial coronet, pastern, fetlock, partial fetlock, sock, stocking,
Who was the most money-winning racehorse who when foaled did not show promise to be a racehorse?
(Hint: Man'O War)
Seabiscuit
How did the Quarter horse get it's name?
(Hint: Sweat)
Long ago they used Quarter horses to race quarter miles
is there a difference between American paints and pintos? If so, what is/are it/they?
A pinto is a color breed and a American paint is breed.
Do horses prefer routine or new things each day?
Routine
What did Native Americans call a paint or pinto with a white body and colored splotch covering their ears and top of head? This was prized in Native American tribes.
(Hint: Native Americans believed that this would protect the rider from injury or death in battle)
Medicine Hat
What racehorse was considered the best in the 20th century?
(Hint: 20 out 21)
Man O' War
What was Operation Cowboy?
(Hint: Boom boom lipizzaner)
It was a operation lead by the Spanish Riding School director Alois Podhajsky to save the lipizzaner breed from World War 2.
Cremello, perlino, smoky creme, breed or color?
(Hint: My science fair project)
Color
Why do some horses love others, but pin their ears and buck at others?
(Hint: herd dynamics)
They form friend groups and stick together.
What horse pattern looks silver with spots in it?
(Hint: Chocolate)
Chocolate silver dapple
Who was the famous black stallion that was untamable in 344 BC?
Bucephalus
What is the oldest horse breed?
(Hint: named after it's discoverer)
Przewalski horse
What rare horse breed starts with an a?
(Hint, not American paint)
Akhal-Teke
What is the most common cause of colic?
(Hint: Num Num)
Horses not getting enough hay or forage
What is the rarest horse pattern?
(Hint: stripey)
Brindle
Name the famous horse that died right before going over a jump at a show jumping competition.
(Hint: Seizure)
Hickstead