Equine

Question 1

What are the 3 key motivators in the horse industry?

Answer 1

1. the welfare of horses
2. serving the people in the horse industry
3. earning a living/ making a profit

Question 2

What was the average number of horses per horse owning household in 2010?

Answer 2

4.25

Question 3

What percentage of horses does horse racing have and how much does it contribute to the economy?

Answer 3

• has 5% of horses, but contributes 29% to economy

Question 4

Horse owners spend an average of how much per horse per year?

Answer 4

$2700

Question 5

In 2010, how many horse owners reported all their horses are treated by a veterinarian at least once a year?

Answer 5

75%

Question 6

Foal

Answer 6

a male or female horse that is under the age of one year

Question 7

Colt

Answer 7

a male horse under the age of three

Question 8

Filly

Answer 8

a female horse under the age of three, who is not reproductively active yet

Question 9

Weanling

Answer 9

a foal that has just been separated from his or her mother

Question 10

Yearling

Answer 10

A female or male horse older than 1 year but less than 2 years

Question 11

Mare

Answer 11

a female horse who has reached sexual maturity, or over age 3

Question 12

Gelding

Answer 12

a male horse who has been castrated and is no longer able to reproduce

Question 13

Stallion

Answer 13

a male horse that has not been castrated and is able to reproduce

Question 14

Broodmare

Answer 14

a female horse who is used for breeding purposes

Question 15

cold blood

Answer 15

• not as fast, high strung or flighty

- draft horses

Question 16

hot blood

Answer 16

• more high strung

Question 17

hands

Answer 17

• how horses are measured

- one hand equals 4 inches

Question 18

green

Answer 18

a horse that has not had much, if any training

Question 19

spook

Answer 19

• what a horse does when they are scared
• can involve a variety of movements such as stopping suddenly, jumping to the side, bolting forwards or backwards, or possibly bucking or rearing

Question 20

bombproof

Answer 20

-theoretically, a horse that does not spook, or get scared of new objects, sounds, sights, etc

Question 21

hack

Answer 21

taking a horse out for a ride, more for exercise and enjoyment rather than training purposes

Question 22

lunge

Answer 22

• when a handler stands in the middle of a circle and has the horse on a long line
• horse moves around the handler in a circular fashion

Question 23

roundpen

Answer 23

• a circular pen in which the handler will stand in the centre and the horse will often be along the fence
• the horse moves around the handler in a circular fashion with no lunge line

Question 24

collection

Answer 24

• a postural position or frame that a rider will try to get their horse to work in
• head will be lower and more vertical, and backs will be round, balanced on all 4 feet, and the impulsion for forward movement will be coming from hind end

Question 25

Housing

Answer 25

• many horses in AB are fed hay and concentrates year round, possibly in combination with pasture grass
• others are pastured on grass year round including winter

Question 26

2 types of stalls

Answer 26

• box stalls

- tie stalls

Question 27

List some uses of horses.

Answer 27

• recreation
• working horses
• sport
• show jumping
• cross country
• three day eventing
• hunter
• dressage
• reining
• cutting
• barrel racing
• pole bending
• calf roping
• steer wrestling
• team roping
• endurance riding
• competitive trail riding
• heavy horse pull
• ## vaulting