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BASC107A (The Final Product) Flashcards

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Tamed for use by man

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Domesticated

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Fringe of hair around the horse’s foot just above the hoof

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Feathering

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The height of a horse, taken from the top of the withers to the ground.

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Hands

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1 Hands is equal to?

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4 Inches

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Includes saddle, walking, stock, polo, hunters, jumpers, ponies.

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Riding Horse

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Includes running (Thoroughbred, Quarter, etc.) and harness (trotters & pacers)

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Race Horse

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Includes heavy harness, fine harness, roadsters, and ponies (heavy & light harness)

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Driving Horse

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Includes draft, wagon, & exhibition

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Work Horse

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Origin: United States
Color: White with any other color; may be overo and tobiano.
Height: 14 to 16 hands
Weight: 750 to 1,300 pounds
Uses: Stock, pleasure, show purposes, racing
- Developed from a base of spotted horses with Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred bloodlines. - Very versatile breed standing.

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Paint

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Origin: Fayette County, Kentucky
Color: Bay, brown, chestnut, gray, black or golden
Height: 15 to 16 hands
Weight: 1,000 to 1,200 pounds
Uses: Saddle, pleasure, stock and fine harness

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Saddlebred

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Origin: Palouse River, Idaho and Washington
Color: Variations & combinations of colors and spots; eye encircled with white, mottled skin; hooves black & white striped
Height: 14 to 15 hands
Weight: 900 to 1,200 pounds
Uses: Stock, pleasure, race and parade
- Best known for its spotted coat

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Appaloosa

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Origin: Arabia
Color: Bay, gray, chestnut; white on head & legs is common
Height: 14 to 15 hands
Weight: 900 to 1,100 pounds
Uses: Saddle, show, stock, pleasure, racing
- Dished face is most distinguishing characteristic
- Finely chiseled bone structure, dished face, arched neck, comparatively level croup, high-carried tail.
- Known for speed, refinement and endurance

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Arabian

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Origin: Vermont
Color: Bay, brown, black, chestnut; white markings less common
Height: 14 to 15 hands
Weight: 1,000 to 1,200 pounds
Uses: Saddle, stock, harness, jumpers
- Known for easy manageability and remarkable endurance

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Morgan

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Origin: Spain
Color: Golden with white, silver or ivory mane & tail
Height: 14 to 16 hands
Weight: 900 to 1,300 pounds
Uses: Parade, pleasure, stock, saddle

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Palomino

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Origin: United States, from horses brought in by Spanish conquistadors
Color: Half color (bay, brown, chestnut) with white spots from 2 to 12 inches across
Height: 14 to 16 hands
Weight: 900 to 1,300 pounds
Uses: Hunters, polo mounts, racing, saddle, stock

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Pinto

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Origin: Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado & Kansas
Color: Chestnut, sorrel, bay, dun, palomino, black, brown & roan
Height: 14 to 16 hands
Weight: 1,050 to 1,300 pounds
Uses: Stock, racing, pleasure
- Well-muscled & powerfully built; considered most versatile

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Quarter Horse

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Origin: Tennessee
Color: Sorrel, chestnut, roan, black, white, golden, gray, bay and brown
Height: 14 to 15 hands
Weight: 1,000 to 1,200 pounds
Uses: Pleasure, plantation walking, show
- The running walk is distinctive to the breed

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Tennessee Walking Horse

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Origin: United States
Color: Bay, brown, chestnut, black, gray, roan and dun
Height: 15 to 16 hands
Weight: 900 to 1,300 pounds
Uses: Harness racing, trotting or pacing, show
Developed primarily for harness racing

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Standardbred

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Origin: Trakehnen,Prussia
Color: Should be solid color without excessive white markings
Height: 15 to 16 hands
Weight: 1000 – 1200 pounds
- “Floating trot” & excellent balance
- Dressage, hunting, jumping

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Trakehner

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Origin: England, developed as a running horse
Color: Bay, brown, chestnut, sorrel, black, gray; white on the face & legs is common
Height: 15 to 17 hands
Weight: 900 to 1,400 pounds
Uses: Race horses, saddle, stock, hunters and jumpers, polo mounts
- Known for its use in horse racing due to their speed, agility, and spirit.

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Thoroughbred

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Origin: Belgium
Color: Bay, chestnut, roan
Size: Wide, deep, low set bodies
Weight: 1,800 to 2,200 pounds
Uses: Exhibition purposes, special attractions, farm work
- Very docile & quiet
- Normally sorrel with a flaxen mane and tail.
- Most popular draft breed in the United States.
- Small head, powerful shoulders and hindquarters, and short legs.

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Belgian

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Origin: River Clyde, Scotland
Color: Bay and brown with white markings
Height: 16 to 17 hands
Weight: Male 1,500 to 1,900 pounds
Uses: Exhibition purposes, special attractions, farm work
- Superior style and action
- Heavy feathering of feet
- Well muscled with an arching neck and tall withers.

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Clydesdale

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Origin: La Perche, France
Color: Black or gray
Height: 16 to 17 hands
Weight: 1,700 to 2,000
Uses: Exhibition purposes, special attractions, farm work
- Extremely docile

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Percheron

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Origin: Suffolk, England
Color: Chestnut, varying from light to dark; no white
Height: 16 to 17hands
Weight: 1,400 to 1,800 lbs
Uses: Exhibition purposes, special attractions, farm work
- Excellent deposition

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Suffolk

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Origin: Holstein, Germany
Color: Bay with preference for no or few white markings
Height: 16 to 17 hands
Weight: 1300 – 1700 lbs
- Relaxed & willing temperament with good character & eagerness for work
Usage: Dressage, jumping, driving, three day

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Holsteiner

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Origin: Hanover, Germany
Color: Should be a solid color like brown; excessive white is not desired
Height: 16 to 18 hands
Weight: 1400 – 1700 lbs
- Noble horse with cooperative temperament, elastic gaits, outstanding ability in international equestrian disciplines
Usage: Dressage, driving, jumping

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Hanoverian

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Origin: Hackney, England
Color: Chestnut, bay, brown; white markings are desirable
Height: 11 to 14 hands (those under 14 are referred to as ponies)
Weight: 600 to 900 pounds
Uses: Valued chiefly for show purposes, heavy harness or carriage horses

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Hackney

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Origin: Mason City, Iowa
Color: Similar to Appaloosa
Height: 11 – 13 hands
Weight: 400 to 800 pounds
- Breed standard calls for conformation between Quarter Horse and Arabian
Uses: Western type using pony for youth
Created for smaller riders.

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Pony of the Americas

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Origin: Shetland Isles, Scotland
Color: Black, dark brown, bay, chestnut & spotted
Height: 7 – 11 hands
Weight: 300 to 500 pounds
Develops long shaggy outer coat during winter months and has a full mane & tail
Dished face, muscular neck, with short strong legs.
Good natured and make good kid ponies.
Uses: Child’s mount, harness, racing, roadster

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Shetland Pony

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Origin: Wales, UK
Color: Black, gray, bay, roan, cream, chestnut
Height: 11 – 13 hands
Weight: 500 – 900 lbs
Uses: Child’s mount, harness racing, pleasure, parade, hunting

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Welsh Pony

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Origin: Europe
Height: Normally less than 34 inches at the withers or 8-9 hands.
Weight: 150 – 350 lbs.
Color: bay, black, chestnut, gray, palomino, and pinto.
Very friendly and alert
Breed Association: American Miniature Horse Association.

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Miniature Pony

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