Round 1

Question 1

What is the name for the famous Thoroughbred horse that was referred to as the original “Big Red”?

Answer 1

Man-O-War

Question 2

What slang term refers to a racing stable employee who walks a hot horse after a race or workout?

Answer 2

Hot walker

Question 3

What term refers to the right side of the horse?

Answer 3

Off side or far side

Question 4

Which gait is commonly referred to as the “plantation gait”?

Answer 4

Running walk

Question 5

Healthy horses usually have what body condition score?

Answer 5

4-6

Question 6

What type of equipment is described as a cross between a cavesson and a figure eight noseband?

Answer 6

Flash noseband

Question 7

What is the result of breeding a donkey and a stallion?

Answer 7

Hinny

Question 8

What current breed was formerly known as the “Palouse Horse”?

Answer 8

Appaloosa

Question 9

In general, what does the prefix “hepato” indicate?

Answer 9

Condition related to the liver

Question 10

What is the common term for the behavior referred to as dominance hierarchy?

Answer 10

Pecking Order

Question 11

A grain that has been processed by rolling the kernels between corrugated rollers would be described as what type of processing?

Answer 11

Crimped or crimping

Question 12

What type of knot forms the eye of the lariat that the rope passes through to form a loop?

Answer 12

Honda

Question 13

What type of Western saddle is being described? It usually has no horse; its most notable feature is the high “thigh rolls” located near the front of the saddle and it is often used for trail riding?

Answer 13

Australian Saddle

Question 14

The withers, back, coupling, and croup are collectively referred to by what conformation term?

Answer 14

Top line

Question 15

Identify 2 types of teeth that would be present at birth or erupt within the first 2 weeks of life.

Answer 15

Deciduous central incisors and premolars

Question 16

Identify 2 general physiological processes in the horse that are affected by the length of daylight.

Answer 16

Hair coat; female reproduction; male reproduction

Question 17

What term refers to the feces of a foal and is described as a yellow pasty material indicating that the meconium has been passed?

Answer 17

Milk feces

Question 18

What breed of horse is described as a combination of any breeds that are not 100% hot-blood or 100% cold-blooded?

Answer 18

Warmblood

Question 19

You are an equine construction specialist and are preparing a site for a new barn. In regards to topography, what would be your recommendation for grading the soil to facilitate proper drainage and prevent erosion?

Answer 19

Slope of 2-6%

Question 20

The ingestion of which 2 plants would result in the condition nigropallidal encephalomalacia?

Answer 20

Yellow Star Thistle and Russian Knapweed

Question 21

A spavin is a disease of the hock joint. What are the 4 different types of spavins?

Answer 21

Blind spavin, blood spavin, bone spavin, bog spa

Question 22

What is the name of the person who looks after the horses on a trail ride?`

Answer 22

Wrangler

Question 23

Which current breed of horse was previously known as a Golden Isabella?

Answer 23

Palomino

Question 24

Which internal parasite larvae cause the skin lesions known as “summer sores”?

Answer 24

Stomach worms

Question 25

Describe a four-in-hand hitch.

Answer 25

Two pairs with one pair in front of the other

Question 26

What are the 3 basic types of forward seat saddles?

Answer 26

All purpose, close contact, and dressage

Question 27

Identify 4 general reasons why a horse may refuse a feed?

Answer 27

Illness or disease, overfeeding, insufficient water, something is wrong with the feed, dental problems, sore tongue or mouth, not familiar with the food, when the horse

Question 28

Which nerve is responsible for motor control of the eyelid, ear and facial muscles?

Answer 28

Facial Nerve

Question 29

You are competing a cross country race and are approaching a brush fence with a white flag on the right side of the obstacle. What does this indicate?

Answer 29

You are approaching the fence from the wrong direction

Question 30

Lethal white foal syndrome is a genetic lethal associated with which specific color pattern?

Answer 30

Frame overo

Question 31

What breed is a result of crossing an Arabian and American Saddlebred horse?

Answer 31

National Show Horse

Question 32

In regards to evolution, which ancestor of the horse was the first to have the 2 side toes transformed into splint bones?

Answer 32

Pliohippus