Learn To Ride Levels 1-2

Question 1

The Forehand:

Answer 1

Head, neck, shoulders, chest and forelegs.

Question 2

The Body:

Answer 2

Withers, back, loin, flank and barrel

Question 3

The hindquarters:

Answer 3

Croup, haunches, buttocks, hind legs and tail

Question 4

Where is the poll?

Answer 4

Behind the ears.

Question 5

Where is the lower jaw?

Answer 5

Behind the lips.

Question 6

Where is the cheekbone?

Answer 6

Mid face.

Question 7

Where is the cheek?

Answer 7

Ball shaped past the lower jaw.

Question 8

Where is the elbow?

Answer 8

Joint joining the torso and leg.

Question 9

Where is the forearm?

Answer 9

Upper leg

Question 10

Where is the cannon bone?

Answer 10

Lower leg where shin guards go

Question 11

Where is the fetlock?

Answer 11

Knotch near the ankle that shin guards hook on

Question 12

Where is the pastern?

Answer 12

The ankle

Question 13

Where is the loin?

Answer 13

Lower back

Question 14

Where is the flank?

Answer 14

Lower side torso

Question 15

Where is the croup?

Answer 15

Leading to tail on back

Question 16

Where is the haunches

Answer 16

Back leg shoulders

Question 17

Where is the stifle joint and stifle?

Answer 17

Back legs shoulder

Question 18

Where is the hock?

Answer 18

Back leg knee

Question 19

Bay:

Answer 19

Brown to bright reddish hair with dark or black mane, tail and extremities.

Question 20

Buckskin:

Answer 20

Beige to yellow body with black mane, tail and extremities often with a dorsal stripe.

Question 21

Mouse coloured:

Answer 21

Ash grey hair with a black mane, tail and extremities.

Question 22

Grey:

Answer 22

Mix of white and black hair in the mane and the extremities, which are usually darker in tone when the horse is young. As a grey horse ages it’s coat becomes lighter.

Question 23

Strawberry roan:

Answer 23

Mix of chestnut and white hair in the mane and extremities.

Question 24

Blue roan:

Answer 24

Mixture of black, white and chestnut hair.

Question 25

Bay roan:

Answer 25

Mixture of brown, white and chestnut hair.

Question 26

Piebald:

Answer 26

White with black patches.

Question 27

Skewbald:

Answer 27

White with brown patches or white with chestnut or bay patches,

Question 28

Appaloosa:

Answer 28

Mostly white with small black or chestnut spots usually on the hindquarters.

Question 29

Flea-bitten:

Answer 29

Small black or brown spots in the coat often seen in grey horses.

Question 30

Dun:

Answer 30

The coat varies from mouse colour to golden. The extremities are generally black and show zebra marks on the legs and a dorsal stripe.

Question 31

Hairless skin:

Answer 31

Often the result of a scar, Little pigmentation and no hair on the muzzle, nostrils, lips, teats or sheath.

Question 32

Dorsal stripe:

Answer 32

Black band from the withers to the tail.

Question 33

Star:

Answer 33

Roundish marking on the forehead.

Question 34

Faint star:

Answer 34

A few white hairs on the forehead.

Question 35

Blaze:

Answer 35

Any white mark which extends down the front of the horses face.

Question 36

Stripe:

Answer 36

A narrow blaze.

Question 37

Snip:

Answer 37

A white spot on the muzzle between or below the nostrils.

Question 38

Bald face:

Answer 38

A large blaze that covers most of the horse’s face.

Question 39

Walleye:

Answer 39

Either/both eyes being white/blue-white.

Question 40

Stocking:

Answer 40

White on the leg that goes from the knee to the hoof

Question 41

Sock:

Answer 41

White that covers the pastern and ankle.

Question 42

Ermine:

Answer 42

Small black spots on white markings.

Question 43

Coronet:

Answer 43

A ring of white just past the hoof

Question 44

Ears back:

Answer 44

Surprise/fear

Question 45

Ears relaxed:

Answer 45

Sleepy

Question 46

Ears laid flat back:

Answer 46

Angry

Question 47

Ears forward:

Answer 47

Curious

Question 48

Ears out to the side:

Answer 48

Sick

Question 49

Rubber curry:

Answer 49

Removes heavy dirt and loose hair. Circular motions:

Question 50

Dandy Brush:

Answer 50

Removes sweat, caked dirt, dust. Flicking motion.

Question 51

Soft body brush:

Answer 51

Dust. In motion with hair. Used with metal curry comb.

Question 52

Dry rag or Towel:

Answer 52

Smooth hair and add shine.

Question 53

Damp sponge:

Answer 53

Clean eyes, nostrils, tail, anus, sheath/teats.

Question 54

Toe:

Answer 54

Front of hoof

Question 55

Sidewall:

Answer 55

Second most front of hoof

Question 56

Quarter:

Answer 56

Third quarter from front of hoof

Question 57

Heel:

Answer 57

Back of hoof

Question 58

Wall:

Answer 58

Outside of hoof

Question 59

White line:

Answer 59

Outer lining of hoof inside the wall.

Question 60

Sole:

Answer 60

Bottom of hoof

Question 61

Bars:

Answer 61

Between the sole and frog

Question 62

Cleft of Frog:

Answer 62

Back of the frog:

Question 63

Heel:

Answer 63

Back of hoof sole

Question 64

Types of bedding:

Answer 64

Straw: Warm and comfortable, drains well, easily stored
Oat straw: Horses tend to eat
Wheat straw: Hard to find
Barley Straw: Prickly and uncomfortable

Shavings: Cheap, difficult to store, comfortable, absorbs, heavy, creates ammonia smell

Newspaper: Large quantity needed, cleaned regularly, difficult to manage, blows around

Peat moss: Dusty, difficult to manage, high resale value