Lab 1: Horses in sport

Question 1

what is dressage

Answer 1

• precision movement from horse with commands barely perceptible to audience
• usually eruopean warmbloods or PRE andalusians

Question 2

what are welfare issues surrounding the sport of dressage

Answer 2

• confinment levels during rest
• breeding them to be taller causing spinal issues
• breeding for springiness of step = tendon problems

Question 3

what is stadium jumping

Answer 3

• european warmbloods an thoroughbreds
• more technical with sharp turns, less spec between jumps
• time limit for the course
• faults - knocking over the poles

Question 4

what is a derby

Answer 4

• outdoor course with obsticles
• obstickles are bushes or water banks

Question 5

what is eventing

Answer 5

• combination of stadium and cross country jumping and dressage
• • edurance rance with jumps

Question 6

what is vaulting

Answer 6

• trick riding
• gymnastics on and off a horse
• horse generally turns in a circle

Question 7

what is a welfare issue with vaulting

Answer 7

• the type of bit used

Question 8

what is competitive driving

Answer 8

• carriage pulling, navigation, dressage
• teams of 2 or 4 or sometimes singular horses
• moving around tight obsticles
• dont see same type of jumps as show jumping
• not breed specific

Question 9

what is a balus in competative driving

Answer 9

• ## leans in the back of the carriage to distribute the weight

Question 10

what is endurance

Answer 10

• sanctioned endurance races - 100 miles in a day or 500 miles a week
• arabians or arabian crosses
• check stops to make sure horses are sound
• best time and best recovery at each stop prizes
  at least 4 to compete

Question 11

what is reining

Answer 11

• quarter horses, paints, appolusa
  hawk issues
• rodel event
  tight turns, sprints and quick stops
  backing up

Question 12

what is cutting

Answer 12

• working the cow

Question 13

what is penning

Answer 13

• teams of three riders
• 30 cows with numbers 1-9
• have to pull out the three cows from the number they draw
• cant let the whole herd run

Question 14

what is barrel racing

Answer 14

• 3 barrels
• timed event
• different patterns
• all ages

Question 15

what is mounted shooting

Answer 15

• pattern
• balloons to shoot
• cant be too close of too far
• change the pistle

Question 16

what is a prince philip race

Answer 16

• child and pony
• relays
• moving one thing to another
• getting on and off a horse
• random obsticles
• develop horse resilience

Question 17

what is flat racing

Answer 17

• derbys
• no lanes
• cut to the inside

Question 18

what is steeplechase

Answer 18

• ground race 40 horses
• hedges
• all jumping
• endurance, not running at super high speeds
• riders fall off / bad injuries occur
• age must be 4 and above

Question 19

what is harness racing

Answer 19

not high in injuries
- cart pulling around a track
- pacing and trotting
- if they go into a canter they are disqualified