1. C1Q.What does the term hippophile describe?25.Q.You do the math… If a horse should be fed at 2% of its body weight in total feed each day, how much total feed should a 1000 pound horse receive in a day? Flashcards
What does the term hippophile describe?
Horse lover
What is the four-beat gait of the American Saddlebred horse
that is similar to but slower than the rack?
Slow gait
What term describes when the rail or top element of a jump
is dislodged by a horse in an over-fences competition?
Knockdown
Two horses simultaneously scratching each other on the neck
and over the withers and back would be an example of which
behavior category?
Epimeletic behavior
Which vitamin is known as the “sunshine vitamin”?
Vitamin D
What term refers to a horse that has too much slope to its pastern?
Coon-footed
All of the lower teeth are located in which bone?
Mandible
Identify one additional piece of tack that would be added to
the McClellan saddle to make it more suitable for packing.
Breast collar
What is the country of origin for the Connemara Pony?
Ireland
What is the base coat color of a blue roan?
Black
What term describes the slope of the land when completing an
“environmental analysis” of the site for a new horse facility?
Topography
What is the average speed for the trot or jog?
6 to 8 miles per hour
Which parasite causes habronemiasis or summer sores?
Stomach worm
What is the main symptom of a horse that has grazed red
clover that is affected with the mold commonly known as
“black patch”?
Excessive salivation or slobbering
Identify two types of hitches used to secure a load on a pack saddle.
Single, double, triple or half diamond; Squaw or Arizona
What are the four criteria used to evaluate stallion semen?
Volume, concentration, motility and morphology
What horse is the foundation sire for the Morgan breed?
Justin Morgan
In general, foals weaned at 4 months should be fed a diet
containing what percent protein?
16 percent protein
Cirrhosis is a chronic disease that affects which organ?
Liver
In general, what is the main difference when performing
the dressage movements known as the passage and the piaffe?
The passage is a cadenced trot with a marked period of suspension.
The piaffe is a collected trot “in place”. (The passage is with
forward motion and the piaffe is without forward movement)
Identify the three classifications of muscles.
Smooth, skeletal and cardiac
What term refers to the type of striding leg interference where
the hind foot on one side strikes the diagonal forefoot?
Cross-firing
What is the purpose of an antipyretic medication?
Fever-reducing medication
Which current breed of horse was formerly known as
The American Trotting Horse?
Standardbred
You do the math… If a horse should be fed at 2% of its body
weight in total feed each day, how much total feed should
a 1000 pound horse receive in a day?
20 pounds of total feed
Identify the fat-soluble vitamins.
Vitamins D, E, A and K
What are the two general types of mortality insurance?
Full Mortality (All Risks Mortality) and Specified (Named) Peril
What term refers to the practice of altering the teeth of an
older horse in an attempt to make it sell as a younger horse?
Bishoping
Which equine disease is caused by an equid herpes virus?
Rhinopneumonitis
Buck-kneed and calf-kneed are the two primary conformation
defects that occur in the knees. Which of these defects is more
common and considered to be less serious?
Buck-kneed
What is the name for the small snaffle bit in a Weymouth bridle?
Bridoon (also accept bradoon)
What international organization governs the rules and regulations
for equine activities such as international driving, show jumping,
three-day events and dressage?
FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) (also accept International
Equestrian Federation)
What is the anatomical term for the inner layer of the uterus?
Endometrium
Who is the foundation sire for the American Saddlebred horse?
Denmark
Where is the location of the swing team in a 6-horse hitch?
The middle team
When performed correctly, which hind foot should remain more
or less in place when completing a spin to the right in a reining
pattern?
Right hind foot
Horses and ponies have 32 pairs or 64 chromosomes.
How many chromosomes does the Przewalski’s horse have?
33 pairs or 66 chromosomes
A “tie-down” is the Western term for what type of martingale?
Standing martingale
Sweet clover poisoning results in altered blood clotting and
a deficiency of which vitamin?
Vitamin K
What term describes a horse that is gray with a basic coat
color of red?
Rose gray
What is the common term for the 1st premolar teeth?
Wolf teeth
In regards to racing, what term describes the area where
the horses are saddled and viewed before the race?
Paddock
What breed of pony is the descendant of the survivors of a
shipwreck off the coast of Virginia?
Chincoteague
What anatomical structure is located in the vertebral foramen?
Spinal cord
What is the minimum width of a gate that will be used to move
equipment in and out of a pasture?
At least 12 feet wide
Illness, fever and/or trauma to the testes would result in a lower
sperm production. Normal production would not be restored
until approximately how many days after the problem has been resolved?
Approximately 65 days (accept anything in 60-65 range)
Identify two of the three basic models of artificial vaginas.
Colorado, Missouri or Fujihara
Identify three types of overo or “non-tobiano” paint or
pinto horse colors.
A.Frame overo
Calico
Sabino
Splashed white
(Do not accept tovero as it is a combination of tobiano and overo)
You do the math… A horse that is 66 inches tall would be
how many hands tall?
16.2 hands tall
In regards to watercourse management, what is the purpose
of increasing the vegetative cover in drainage ditches or
in buffer strips between steep slopes and waterways?
Slows down runoff water, increases absorption of runoff water,
filters animal waste out of runoff water, filters soil out of runoff
water, helps prevent soil erosion (only need to give one answer)
Man-O-War and Secretariat were both known by what “nickname”?
Big Red
The facial portion of the skull consists of what three cavities?
Orbital (surrounds the eye); nasal (nose) and oral (mouth)
Identify five of the micro or trace minerals required by horses?
Cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, zinc
What organization governs the rules for reining horses?
NRHA (National Reining Horse Association)
The administration of a strangles vaccine on a farm with recurrent
outbreaks of the disease would be an example of treating horses
with a prophylactic medication. What is the purpose of a
prophylactic medication?
To prevent a disease
What farrier tool is used to remove nails that are broken off
even with the web of the shoe or to expand the nail holes
in a shoe?
Pritchel
What term refers to an organism whose chromosomes
carry two identical members of a given allele pair?
Homozygous
Identify the three basic types of bits.
Curb, snaffle and hackamore
Identify three considerations and/or potential hazards
associated with feeding alfalfa pasture or hay.
Blister beetle poisoning
Use with caution in older horses
Use with caution in horses with decreased kidney functionUse with caution in horses with decreased liver function
(alfalfa contains higher amounts of protein and calcium)
Use with caution in horses with equine metabolic disease
Use with caution in horses with insulin resistance
Potential for DOD (Developmental Orthopedic Diseases) due
to the imbalance of Calcium and Phosphorus and increased
amount of protein resulting in rapid growth
Mycotoxin toxicosis
Respiratory problems (more likely to be dusty or moldy)
Colic (if excessive consumption of lush green alfalfa)
Increased incidence of tying-up (due to increased calcium)
Increased incidence of synchronous diaphragmatic flutter (thumps)
(due to increased calcium)
Need to balance Calcium: Phosphorus ratio
In general, what structures in the horse are named for their
action, shape and/or attachments?
Muscles
For fire safety, a building for hay storage should be located
at least how many feet from any other structure?
At least 100 feet away
What structure of the horse’s foot does the farrier trim with
the nippers?
Hoof wall
What is the common term for the bacterial disease known as Tetanus?
Lock jaw
