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Horse and Pony Breeds Flashcards

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USEF

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United States Equestrian Federation

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FEI

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International Equestrian Federation

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Mare

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A mature female horse

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Stallion

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An intact mature male horse

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Geilding

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A castrated male horse

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Foal

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A young horse up to 12 months

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Weanling

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A foal that has been weaned

Usually between 6 months and a year

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Colt

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An immature intact male horse

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Filly

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An immature female horse

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Hands

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Linear measurement equaling 4 inches

Taken at the highest part of the withers

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Pony

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A horse not exceeding 14.2 hands at maturity

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Tack

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Gear used to ride horses
Saddle
Bridle
Bit
Reins
Pad
Girth
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Lead (leg)

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

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Walk

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Four beat gait

near hind, near fore, far hind, far fore

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Trot

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A two-beat gait

Legs move in diagonal pairs not quite simultaneously

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Canter

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A three-beat gait

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

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Gallop

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A four-beat gait

Faster than a canter

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Cross-firing or Cross-cantering

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

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Black

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Uniform black color

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Bay

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Black mane and tail
Black points
Reddish body

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Black points

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

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Seal brown

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

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Chestnut or sorrel

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Skin is black or brown with red hairs

Mane and tail are usually the same color as the body

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White

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Pure white hairs
Pink skin
Blue eyes

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Cremello

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Off-white or cream-colored body and blue eyes

May have lighter manes and tails

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Perlino

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Off-white or pearl white body-color

light rust-colored mane and tail

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Grulla

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Black mane, tail, and black points with a “sooty” black body

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Dun

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

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Buck skin

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

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Palamino

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Yellow body color

White or flaxen mane and tail

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Gray

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

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Red Roan

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Bay horse coloring with white hairs intermixed

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Strawberry Roan

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Sorrel or chestnut horse with white hair intermixed

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Blue roan

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Black body color with white hairs intermixed

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Red flags

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Ears flat
Wide eyese
Extended nose
Lips pulled tight

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Grumpy

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Mares

Ponies

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Draft horse breeds

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“Cold bloods”

Clydesdale, Shire, Percheron, Belgian, Suffolk Punch, Friesians, Gypsy Vanners, American Creme, Fjord

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Draught horses

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

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Warmbloods

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

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Light horse breeds

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“hot bloods”

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

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Pony Breeds

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

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Soring

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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

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Docking

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

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Nicking

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Cutting tail tendons to cause an elevated carriage of the tail

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Blocking

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

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