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Horse Identification Flashcards

1
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Color

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Bay
* brown or chestnut body
* black lower legs, mane, and tail

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Color

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Black
* skin, mane, tail, and body all black
* white markings only allowed on face and legs

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3
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Color

White vs Light Gray

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Both present all white

White
* skin is pink

Light Gray
* skin is black

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4
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Color

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Dapple Gray

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5
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Color

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Flea Bitten Gray

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Color

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Chestnut
* brown body with red hue
* mane and tail close to body in color

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7
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Color

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Palomino
* yellow tan body
* white/blonde mane and tail

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8
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Color

Not Dun

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Buckskin
* yellow tan body
* black lower legs, mane, and tail
* no dorsal stripe

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9
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Color

Not Buckskin

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Dun
* yellow tan body
* black or white lower legs, mane, and tail
* dorsal stripe
* potential “zebra” stripes on legs

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10
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Color

Roan

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  • Salt and pepper look
  • Can be blue or red
  • Head is one solid color
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11
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Color Pattern

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Overo
* white that does not cross over back
* usually 1 leg is colored up to hock / knee
* white markings spread horizontal

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12
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Color Pattern

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Tobiano
* dark coat color over one or both flanks
* all four legs white
* color on chest, appearing like shield
* white marking spread vertical

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13
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Appaloosa Color Pattern
Blanket vs Leopard

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Blanket
* white color extending over the hips
* with or without spots

Leopard
* dark spots distributing over the entire body
* white color body

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14
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Facial Marking

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Star
* small clearly defined white spot on forehead

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Facial Marking

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Snip
* small patch of white over muzzle, extending to lips

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Facial Marking

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Stripe
* long narrow white mark extending from forehead to muzzle

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17
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Facial Marking

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Blaze
* wide white stripe down the face

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18
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Facial Marking

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Bald
* most of flat surface of face covered in white
* can include eyes and mouth

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19
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Facial Marking

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Lip

20
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Facial Marking

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Muzzle

21
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Leg Marking

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Coronet
* white stripe covers coronet band

22
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Leg Marking

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Pastern
* white extends from coronet to / including pastern

23
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Leg Marking

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Sock
* white extends from coronet to middle of cannon

24
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Leg Marking

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Stocking
* white extends from coronet to / including knee/hock

25
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Breed

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Quarter Horse
* short, wide head
* compact, muscular build

26
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Breed

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Appaloosa
* distinctive color pattern
* mottled skin
* white sclera
* striped hooves

27
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Breed

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Arabian
* long, slender legs
* head tapers to very small muzzle
* dished forehead

28
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Breed

Morgan

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  • Upright, graceful neck
  • Distinctive head
  • Expressive eyes
29
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Breed

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Shire
* wide, broad shoulders
* long neck
* heavy, silky and straight feathering on lower legs

30
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Breed

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Percheron
* deep chested body
* broad, square forehead
* prominent withers
* short, powerful legs with little feathering

31
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Breed

A

Clydesdale
* long legs with abundant silky feathering
* big joints
* broad, clean hocks
* long neck

32
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Define

Foal

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Young un-weaned horse of any sex

33
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Define

Weanling

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  • Weaned horse
  • Age 6 months to 1 year old
34
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Define

Yearling

A

Between 1-2 years of age

35
Q

Define

Filly

A

Female horse until the age of 4

36
Q

Define

Colt

A

Male horse until the age of 4

37
Q

Define

Mare

A

Female horse over the age of 4

38
Q

Define

Stallion

A

Male horse over the age of 4

39
Q

Define

Gelding

A

Castrated male horse

40
Q

Anatomy

Fetlock Joint

A

Ankle

41
Q

Anatomy

Pastern Joint

A

Area between hoof and fetlock joint (ankle)

42
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Anatomy

Coronet

A

Area just above the hoof

43
Q

Anatomy

Hock

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“knee” region of hind legs

44
Q

Anatomy

Cannon Bone

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Area between knee/hock and fetlock

45
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Anatomy

A

Stifle

46
Q

Anatomy

Withers

A

Just above the shoulder blades
* point where height is measured

47
Q

Anatomy

Frog

A

“V” shape on the underside of the hoof

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