Horse and Pony Breeds

Question 1

USEF

Answer 1

United States Equestrian Federation

Question 2

FEI

Answer 2

International Equestrian Federation

Question 3

Mare

Answer 3

A mature female horse

Question 4

Stallion

Answer 4

An intact mature male horse

Question 5

Geilding

Answer 5

A castrated male horse

Question 6

Foal

Answer 6

A young horse up to 12 months

Question 7

Weanling

Answer 7

A foal that has been weaned

Usually between 6 months and a year

Question 8

Colt

Answer 8

An immature intact male horse

Question 9

Filly

Answer 9

An immature female horse

Question 10

Hands

Answer 10

Linear measurement equaling 4 inches

Taken at the highest part of the withers

Question 11

Pony

Answer 11

A horse not exceeding 14.2 hands at maturity

Question 12

Tack

Answer 12

Gear used to ride horses
Saddle
Bridle
Bit
Reins
Pad
Girth

Question 13

Lead (leg)

Answer 13

Refers to which set of legs, left or right, leads or advances forward

Question 14

Walk

Answer 14

Four beat gait

near hind, near fore, far hind, far fore

Question 15

Trot

Answer 15

A two-beat gait

Legs move in diagonal pairs not quite simultaneously

Question 16

Canter

Answer 16

A three-beat gait

Near hind, near fore, far hind together, far fore

Question 17

Gallop

Answer 17

A four-beat gait

Faster than a canter

Question 18

Cross-firing or Cross-cantering

Answer 18

a horse is leading with one foot but the opposite hind produces an awkward rolling movement

Question 19

Black

Answer 19

Uniform black color

Question 20

Bay

Answer 20

Black mane and tail
Black points
Reddish body

Question 21

Black points

Answer 21

Black hairs below the knees and hocks
Black muzzle
Black tips on the ears

Question 22

Seal brown

Answer 22

brown hairs located in the flank areas, on the muzzle, under the eyes, tips of the ears
The body is usually brown or black

Question 23

Chestnut or sorrel

Answer 23

Skin is black or brown with red hairs

Mane and tail are usually the same color as the body

Question 24

White

Answer 24

Pure white hairs
Pink skin
Blue eyes

Question 25

Cremello

Answer 25

Off-white or cream-colored body and blue eyes | May have lighter manes and tails

Question 26

Perlino

Answer 26

Off-white or pearl white body-color | light rust-colored mane and tail

Question 27

Grulla

Answer 27

Black mane, tail, and black points with a "sooty" black body

Question 28

Dun

Answer 28

Black mane, tail, and legs Dingy yellow-colored body May have a dorsal stripe

Question 29

Buck skin

Answer 29

Black mane, tail, and legs a light yellow boy May have a dorsal stripe

Question 30

Palamino

Answer 30

Yellow body color | White or flaxen mane and tail

Question 31

Gray

Answer 31

White hairs mingled with hairs of the basic color, chestnut or black Color eventually grows out until the horse is completely gray

Question 32

Red Roan

Answer 32

Bay horse coloring with white hairs intermixed

Question 33

Strawberry Roan

Answer 33

Sorrel or chestnut horse with white hair intermixed

Question 34

Blue roan

Answer 34

Black body color with white hairs intermixed

Question 35

Red flags

Answer 35

Ears flat Wide eyese Extended nose Lips pulled tight

Question 36

Grumpy

Answer 36

Mares | Ponies

Question 37

Draft horse breeds

Answer 37

"Cold bloods" | Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron, Belgian, Suffolk Punch, Friesians, Gypsy Vanners, American Creme, Fjord

Question 38

Draught horses

Answer 38

A large horse bred to be a working animal doing hard tasks 16 to 19 hands high 1,400 to 2,000lbs

Question 39

Warmbloods

Answer 39

Hanoverian, Oldenburg, Holsteiner, Trakehner, Dutch Warmblood, Selle Francais, Swedish Warmblood

Question 40

Light horse breeds

Answer 40

"hot bloods" Thoroughbred, Quarter horse, Arabian, Standardbred, Morgan, Tennessee Walking Horse, Appaloosa, Saddlebred, Paint, Mustang, Missouri Fox Trotter

Question 41

Pony Breeds

Answer 41

Shetland, Welsh Pony, Welsh Cob, Hackney, Connemara, Haflinger, Chincoteague/Assateague

Question 42

Soring

Answer 42

The intentional infliction of pain to a horse's legs or hooves in order to force the horse to perform an artificial, exaggerated gait Caustic chemicals

Question 43

Docking

Answer 43

Amputation of the distal part of the boney part of the tail

Question 44

Nicking

Answer 44

Cutting tail tendons to cause an elevated carriage of the tail

Question 45

Blocking

Answer 45

Numbing the tail to cause it to hang limply, usually achieved by injecting alcohol into the tail Deadening, nerving