Exam 1 Review

Question 1

Domestic horse’s scientific name

Answer 1

Equus ferus caballus

Question 2

Black hair on body and mane and tail (similar colors on mane, tail and body)

Answer 2

Black horse

Question 3

Red/brown body hair with black points on mane, tail, and lower leg

Answer 3

Bay horse

Question 4

Red/brown body with brown or red/flaxen mane and tail (similar colors on mane, tail and body)

Answer 4

Chestnut/sorrel horse

Question 5

Golden/yellow body with light colored mane and tail

Answer 5

Palomino horse

Question 6

Yellow/beige body color with black points

Answer 6

Buckskin horse

Question 7

Mix of white and dark hairs over black skin

Answer 7

Gray horse

Question 8

Yellow/beige body, dark mane and tail; markings like a dorsal stripe or zebra stripes on legs

Answer 8

Dun horse

Question 9

Our wrist is comparative to a horse’s

Answer 9

knee (front limb)

Question 10

Our long bones in our hands and feet are comparative to a horse’s

Answer 10

cannon

Question 11

Our 1st knuckle is comparative to a horse’s

Answer 11

fetlock

Question 12

Our fingernails are like horse’s

Answer 12

hooves

Question 13

Our knee is like a horse’s

Answer 13

stifle

Question 14

Our heel/ankle is like a horse’s

Answer 14

hock

Question 15

1/8 of a mile in racing

Answer 15

furlong

Question 16

hard rubber/plastic comb that’s used in circular motion to lift dirt and increase circulation and massage the horse

Answer 16

curry comb

Question 17

reins directly attach to piece in horse’s mouth; direct pressure/contact with corners

Answer 17

snaffle bit

Question 18

reins attach to shanks; uses leverage-pressure applied at poll, bars and roof of mouth

Answer 18

curb bit

Question 19

no mouthpiece bit

Answer 19

hackamore

Question 20

hard bristled brush used to remove dirt

Answer 20

dandy brush

Question 21

used to remove dust from face and legs

Answer 21

soft brush or body brush

Question 22

horse appears to be walking on a tight rope

Answer 22

plaiting

Question 23

legs swing in with each stride

Answer 23

dishing aka winging in

Question 24

legs swing out with each stride

Answer 24

paddling aka winging out

Question 25

when one foreleg strikes other; ex. ankle hitting, shin hitting, knee hitting or forearm hitting

Answer 25

interference

Question 26

rear foot strikes front on opposite side of body

Answer 26

cross-firing (may be called speedy cutting if pastern is hit, shin hitting or hock hitting)

Question 27

rear foot strikes front foot on same side of horse’s body

Answer 27

forging aka overreaching

Question 28

2 beat gait where both left legs and both right legs move together; horse leans side to side; lateral

Answer 28

pace

Question 29

footfall pattern of a left lead gallop

Answer 29

right hind, left hind, right front, left front, suspension

Question 30

3 beat gait; has pattern right hind, left hind and right front together, left front, suspension

Answer 30

canter

Question 31

4 natural gaits

Answer 31

walk, trot, canter, gallop

Question 32

A horse with a club foot has

Answer 32

short upright hoof and pastern angles

Question 33

When the lower jaw juts out further than the upper jaw

Answer 33

monkey mouth

Question 34

upper jaw extends past lower jaw

Answer 34

parrot mouth

Question 35

footfall pattern of a right lead canter

Answer 35

left hind, right hind and left front together, right front

Question 36

the distance between imprints of the two front feet

Answer 36

step

Question 37

distance between imprints of the same foot

Answer 37

stride

Question 38

flexion of knees and hocks and how high the feet are lifted

Answer 38

action

Question 39

What is different between an English and a western saddle

Answer 39

Western saddles have horns while English saddles do not

Question 40

3 main pieces to a bridle

Answer 40

head piece, reins, bit

Question 41

What is the difference between a curb bit and a snaffle bit?

Answer 41

curb bit has shanks, snaffle bit attaches reins directly to bit in horse’s mouth.