Jr. Flashcards
Equipment for horses is called what?
Tack
How many legs does a horse have?
4
What is an Equine
Horse
What part of the bridle goes in the horse’s mouth?
Bit
What is the long hair between the horse’s ears that hangs forward on their forehead?
Fore Lock
What tool do you use to clean the horse’s hooves?
Hoof Pick
What is the triangle shaped part on the underside of the hoof called?
Frog
What color is a horse with a red colored body and the same color mane and tail?
Chestnut
This is the term we use for a horse with a stomach ache?
Colic
What is the most important nutrient for a horse?
Water
What do you tighten on a saddle before you mount up?
Girth or cinch
Name a horse breed which is known mostly for its success in racing and in hunter/jumper?
Thoroughbred
What is the back of the seat of a saddle called?
Cantle
Name a professional person who usually gives your horse its shots and will come to see him if he is sick?
Veterinarian
When a mare has a baby, the baby is called a what?
Foal
What do we call a boy baby horse under 3 years old?
Colt
What do we call a girl baby horse under 3 years old?
Filly
This is part of the horse that is just in front of where you place the saddle, it is the spot that we measure up to from the ground?
Withers
When horse has its teeth filled by either a dentist or veterinarian, what is the term for doing this?
Floating
I am a girl horse who is 6 years old. What am I called?
Mare
What do you call a castrated male horse?
Gelding
Are roping reins closed or open?
closed
What tool would a farrier use to trim the horse’s hoof wall?
Nippers
What is the minimum recommended height of a stall ceiling?
8 feet
What it the term for baby teeth?
Deciduous
