Breeds & Types Flashcards
What is a horse called that is unregistered and has unknown ancestry?
A grade horse
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137)
What breed of horse is native to the Ozarks in Missouri?
Missouri Fox Trotter
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 125)
Name two breeds of draft horses that are commonly seen with feathered legs.
Clydesdale & Shire
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 72)
What breed of horse has 5 lumbar and 17 thoracic vertebrae?
Spanish-Barb
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 140)
The American Paint Horse Association is devoted strictly to stock horses and bases its registry on the blood of what 3 breeds?
American Paint Horse, American Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 130)
Why was the American Paint Horse Association formed?
The American Quarter Horse Association refused to register spotted horses.
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 48)
What is the most common horse breed in the US?
The American Quarter Horse
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 137)
What pony breed is used almost entirely for showing in harness classes?
Hackney Pony
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 63)
Which draft horse breed has registered more per year than all other draft breeds combined?
Belgian
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 69)
Which breed is known as the Prince of Ponies?
Hackney
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 61)
What does cold-blooded refer to?
A horse of draft horse breeding
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 69 / Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 56 / Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 24 / Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 61)
What is the most common color of the Quarter Horse?
Sorrel
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 168B-1)
Name 5 breeds that originated in the U.S.
Morgan, American Quarter Horse, Tennessee Walking Horse, American Saddlebred, American Bashkir Curly, POA
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 23, 36-37, 41, 57, 59)
A horse under 14.2 hands is called what?
A pony
(Source: Eqiune Science, Griffiths, p. 20 / Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 217 / Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 526)
What breed cannot be taller than 34 inches at the withers to be registered?
American Miniature Horse
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 160B-1)
The 5 major draft breeds in the United States were developed in Europe; name 3 of them and the country of origin.
Belgian - Belgium; Percheron - France; Clydesdale - Scotland; Shire and Suffolk - England
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 155-159)
What is recognized as the universal birth date for many breeds?
January 1
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 910-5)
What do you call a horse that was domesticated and then became wild?
Feral
(Source: Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms, p. 106)
HYPP generally affects what popular horse breed?
Quarter Horses
(Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 98)
What is a Morab?
Cross between a Morgan and Arabian
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 45)
What is the distinguishing characteristic of the Bashkir Curly?
It has a curly coat
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 57)
Where did the POA originate?
Mason City, Iowa
(Source: THe Horse, Evans, p. 59)
Who was the first breeder of mules in North America?
George Washington
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 77)
What terms are used to describe the male ass and female ass?
Male - Jack
Female - Jennet
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 75 / Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 160)
What is the scientific name for a modern horse?
Equus Caballus
(Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 15)
What breed of horse is always bay?
Cleveland Bay
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 115)
What breed is prone to Equine Night Blindness or ENB?
Appaloosas
(Source: Equine Science, Griffiths, p. 100)
Is there such a thing as an albino in the horse world? Why or why not.
No, an albino has solid pink eyes; white horses have colored eyes
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 53)
At what age do Thoroughbred horses compete for the Triple Crown?
Three
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 22)
Where did the Jutland breed originate?
Denmark
(Source: Illustrated Dicionary of Equine Terms, p. 159)
Name two breeds of horses tha are named after different states in the U.S.A.
Tennessee Walking Horse, Colorado Ranger/Rangerbred horse, Missouri Fox Trotter
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 40, 41, 58)
Name the horse breed developed by crossing Arabian and Saddlebred horses.
National Show Horse
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 128)
There are many breeds of ponies. Name four.
American Walking Pony, Hackney, Americana, POA, Connemara, American Quarter Pony, Shetland, Trottingbred, Walking Pony, Welsh
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 58-67)
What is the name of the breed of horse that is registered for its “golden” color?
Palomino
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 49)
What are the 3 distinctive characteristics required of all Appaloosas?
- The eye must be encircled with white, 2. The skin must be mottled, 3. The hooves must be vertically striped in black and white
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 32)
What is a grade horse?
A horse of unknown ancestry
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship (National 4-H Council), p. 56 / Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 520)
Which state was the home of the first imported Belgian?
Illinois
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 155)
The stallion “Eclipse” is claimed to be the progenitor of 90% of which horse breed?
Thoroughbred
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 21)
Who was the holder of the first permanent registration number in the AQHA?
Wimpy P-1
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 27)
Where did the Welsh Pony originate?
Wales
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 61)
What horse originated in the Shetland Isles?
Shetland Pony
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 58)
Where did the Thoroughbred originate?
England
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 173B-1)
What breed was developed by the Nez Perce Indians?
Appaloosa
(Source: AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 152B-1)
Where did the Quarter Horse originate?
United States (traces to the 1600s along Eastern sea coast of the New World)
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 23 / AYHC Horse Industry Handbook, 168B-1)
Where in the U.S. did the Tennessee Walker originate?
Tennessee
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 40)
What 2 pony breeds were crossed to produce the Americana Breed?
Shetland and Hackney
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 66)
The eye encircled with white, mottled skin and white, vertically striped hooves are characteristics setting this breed apart. What is the breed?
Appaloosa
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 32)
Which draft breed is generally the tallest?
Shire
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 72)
Which breed of draft horse is known as the breed of black and greys?
Percheron
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 69)
What draft breed is only chestnut in color?
Suffolk
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 159)
What breed must be the color of a newly minted gold coin or three shades lighter or darker, with a light colored mane and tail?
Palomino
(Source: Horses and Horsemanship, Ensminger, p. 131)
Name two breeds of the “native horse”.
Chickasaw, American Indian Horse, Spanish Mustang, Spanish-Barb, American Mustang, American Bashkir Curly, Rangerbred Horse
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 55-58)
Name the breed of small sturdy horses that have been imported from Mexico since 1959.
Galiceno
(Source: The Horse, Evans, p. 45)