Horse Identification

Question 1

Bay

Answer 1

Reddish brown with black points. Points are defined as the tips of the ears, muzzle, mane, tail and legs

Question 2

Brown

Answer 2

Similar to bay without black points

Question 3

Black

Answer 3

Black with no brown highlights

Question 4

Grey

Answer 4

White or grey coat with dark skin, eyes and muzzle. A grey horse is born as a darker grey and lightens with age, until it is nearly white.

Question 5

Chestnut

Answer 5

Reddish-ginger or copper with the same color or lighter mane, tail and
legs.

Question 6

Liver chestnut

Answer 6

Chestnut with a dark purplish hue

Question 7

Dappled grey

Answer 7

circles of darker colors generally on the

hindquarters

Question 8

Iron grey

Answer 8

mixture of dark grey, black and white hairs

Question 9

Flea-bitten grey

Answer 9

grey or chestnut specks throughout the body

Question 10

Palomino

Answer 10

Golden coat with a cream or

silver mane and tail

Question 11

Dun

Answer 11

A tan or mouse color with dark legs,

dorsal stripe, mane and tail.

Question 12

Buckskin

Answer 12

Dun with no dorsal stripe. May

have zebra stripes on the legs

Question 13

Blue roan

Answer 13

Black and white

Question 14

Strawberry roan

Answer 14

Light chestnut and white

Question 15

Red roan

Answer 15

chestnut and white

Question 16

Bay roan

Answer 16

bay and white

Question 17

Roan

Answer 17

A dark coat with white hairs mixed

in.

Question 18

Appaloosa

Answer 18

Roan with patches of
spots, dark with light spots, white with
dark spots or dark with a white blanket
containing spots

Question 19

Three patterns of Appaloosas

Answer 19

1. Blanket
2. Snoflake
3. Leopard

Question 20

Pinto

Answer 20

Large colored patches of any color and white. Paint is the name of the color breed, while a pinto horse is not necessarily a Paint

Question 21

Piebald

Answer 21

Black and white pinto

Question 22

Skewbald

Answer 22

White and any color other than black

Question 23

Star

Answer 23

White mark between the eyes

Question 24

Stripe

Answer 24

Also known as a strip or race. A narrow facial marking that runs down the center of the horse’s face and may be
connected to a star or a snip

Question 25

Snip

Answer 25

White or flesh colored mark on the muzzle that may be connected to a stripe

Question 26

Blaze

Answer 26

Wide white marking that runs the length of the horse’s face

Question 27

Bald Face

Answer 27

Wide facial marking that extends to or past the inside corner of one or both eyes

Question 28

Faint marking

Answer 28

Consisting of only a few hairs

Question 29

Interrupted

Answer 29

A stripe or blaze that is broken (not solid) for the entire length of the face

Question 30

Connected

Answer 30

A star and stripe; a stripe and snip; or a star, stripe and snip that are attached

Question 31

Irregular or crooked

Answer 31

Refers to stripes and blazes

Question 32

Heel marking

Answer 32

White marking on one or both bulbs of the horse’s heel

Question 33

Coronet marking

Answer 33

White marking that encircles the coronet band

Question 34

Pastern marking

Answer 34

White marking starting at the coronet band and ending lower than a sock

Question 35

Sock or half stocking

Answer 35

White marking that extends higher than the fetlock but not as high as the knee or hock

Question 36

Stocking

Answer 36

White marking that extends to, or above, the knee or hock

Question 37

Ermine

Answer 37

Black dots within a white leg marking

Question 38

Grade horse

Answer 38

horse of unknown or mixed breeding

Question 39

Oldest pure breed of horse

Answer 39

Arabian

Question 40

Characteristics of Arabians

Answer 40

They are small, high spirited and intelligent. Deeply dished head, large eyes, fine skin and coat, arched neck, high tail carriage, flaring nostrils, and delicate muzzle.

Question 41

Arabians are commonly used for ____

Answer 41

endurance riding

Question 42

Thoroughbred origin

Answer 42

Racing in England

Question 43

TBs are descendants of

Answer 43

1. Darley Arabian 2. Godolphin Arabian 3. Byerly Turk

Question 44

TB characteristics

Answer 44

refined head with wide-set intelligent eyes, long light neck, well-muscled sloping shoulders and muscular hind end. They are tall, rangy, fast, sensitive and powerful with good endurance and long, low strides.

Question 45

Quarter Horse origin

Answer 45

American - bred to race a quarter mile and work cattle

Question 46

QH characteristics

Answer 46

compact and well-muscled body with strong hindquarters. They are usually calm and intelligent. Quarter Horses are used for almost all disciplines.

Question 47

Appaloosa origin

Answer 47

Originally bred as Native American ponies in the Northwestern part of the United States.

Question 48

Appy characteristics

Answer 48

Known for their spotted coloring and striped hooves, sparse mane and tail, spotted genitals and muzzle and sclera (white ring) around the eye. They are used for many different disciplines, such as Western, English, jumping, trail and pleasure riding.

Question 49

Warmbloods

Answer 49

Not a single breed, but a group of breeds created in Europe by breeding hot-blooded horses such as Thoroughbreds and Arabians with cold-blooded draft horses. They are tall, strong and athletic and bred for jumping, dressage and driving.

Question 50

Welsh pony origins

Answer 50

Originated in the mountains of Wales.

Question 51

Welsh pony characteristics

Answer 51

Medium sized with beautiful heads, compact bodies and a floating trot, they are used for jumping and driving

Question 52

Welsh Mountain Pony (Sec A)

Answer 52

Not to exceed 12.2 hands

Question 53

Welsh Mountain Pony (Sec B)

Answer 53

does not exceed 14.2 hands

Question 54

Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Sec C)

Answer 54

Does not exceed 13.2 hands

Question 55

Welsh Cob (Sec D)

Answer 55

Does not exceed 14.2 hands

Question 56

Horses that are tattooed

Answer 56

1. TBs - letter (birth year) followed by 4 or 5 numbers 2. QHs - four of five numbers, one letter 3. SBs - one letter, four numbers