Tack and Equipment Flashcards

Sam did this:) This is from Chapter 6 in Horses and Horsemanship, P. 27-34. :) Hope you enjoy :) Yes, I like smiley faces :)

1
Q

What bridle has one bit with two sets of reins, the snaffle and the curb?

A

Pelham Bridle

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2
Q

What bridle is bitless?

A

Hackamore

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3
Q

How do bits function?

A

They put pressure on one or more parts of the horse’s head.

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4
Q

What are seven pressure points of the bit?

A

Corners of the mouth, bars, tongue, roof of the mouth, curb groove, nose and the poll.

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5
Q

Where does the bit lie?

A

The bars

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6
Q

What are the bars?

A

An area between the molars and incisor teeth.

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7
Q

What are the parts of the bit?

A

Mouthpiece, shanks, cheek, and rings (or slots).

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8
Q

What is severity?

A

Determined by how much discomfort is produced at each pressure point.

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9
Q

The factors of severity are?

A

1) Diameter of the mouthpiece - large or small
2) Type of mouthpiece - jointed, port or bar
3) Amount of leverage produced - length of shank and cheek piece
4) Horses head position - nose up or flexed at the poll.

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10
Q

The snaffle can encourage the horse to do what?

A

Raise it’s head

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11
Q

What are the pressure points of a snaffle bit?

A

Corners of the mouth, the bars and the tongue.

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12
Q

What is the Honda?

A

A ring of rope, rawhide, or metal on a lasso through which the loop slides.

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13
Q

What is a Jaquima?

A

Spanish bridle; a hackamore.

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14
Q

What is a Jockey?

A

A leather flap on the side of a saddle, OR the term for the horse’s rider in a race.

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15
Q

What are Jodhpurs?

A

Close fitting riding breeches, OR ankle-high shoes worn with breeches.

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16
Q

What is a Lariat?

A

From Spanish, meaning “the rope”. A rope, often of rawhide, with running noose, used for catching cattle.

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17
Q

What is a lead strap?

A

A strap or rope attached to the halter for leading.

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18
Q

What is a Martingale?

A

A strap running from the girth between front legs to the bridle.

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19
Q

What is a Mecate?

A

A hackamore lead rope.

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20
Q

What is Neat’s Foot Oil?

A

An oil made from suet, feet, and bones of cattle, used for softening leather.

21
Q

What is a Polochain?

A

A chin chain of flat, large links.

22
Q

What is a Port?

A

the part of the mouthpiece of a bit curving up over the tongue.

23
Q

What is a Reata?

A

Spanish for “lasso’.

24
Q

What are Rowels?

A

the toothed wheels on spurs

25
Q

What is a Shank?

A

that portion of the bit from the mouthpiece down.

26
Q

What does Slick mean?

A

A term to describe the shape of the fork on a wester saddle.

27
Q

What is a Snaffle?

A

a widely used type of bit

28
Q

What is a Snaffle-key bit?

A

a snaffle with small metal pieces angling from the center used in training young horses to the bit.

29
Q

What is a Surcingle?

A

a broad strap about the girth, to hold the blanket in place

30
Q

What is a Tapadera?

A

Stirrup cover

31
Q

What is a Tree?

A

the wooden or metal frame of a saddle.

32
Q

What is a War Bridle?

A

an emergency bridle made of rope.

33
Q

What is a Bosal?

A

that part of hackamore that fits over and around the nose.

34
Q

What is a Bit?

A

a piece of equipment placed in the horse’s mouth, used to apply pressure for communication

35
Q

What is a Bitting Ring?

A

a combination of bridle, harness, pad, and crupper, used to teach horse to flex at the poll.

36
Q

What is a Cantle?

A

the back of a saddle

37
Q

What is a Cavesson?

A

a noseband on a bridle, a stiff noseband on a halter used with longe strap in training.

38
Q

What is Center Fire?

A

a western saddle with cinch hung from center

39
Q

What is a Cinch?

A

a wide cord girth used on western saddles

40
Q

What is a Corona?

A

Saddle pad cut to fit shape of the saddle; has a large colorful roll around the edge.

41
Q

What are Curb Chains?

A

a metal type of chain strap attached to a curb bit to apply pressure on the underside of the lower jaw.

42
Q

What are Fenders?

A

the wide pieces of leather along the stirrup leathers on a saddle.

43
Q

What is a Fiadore?

A

a special knot in the hackamore

44
Q

What is a Fork?

A

The front part of a western saddle fitting over the withers.

45
Q

What is a Girth?

A

the measure of the circumference of a horses body back of the withers; a leather, canvas, or corded piece around the body of the horse to hold saddle on.

46
Q

What is a Hackamore?

A

a bitless bridle of various designs used in breaking and training.

47
Q

What is a Head Stall?

A

the leather bridle straps exclusive of bit and reins.

48
Q

What are Hobbles?

A

1 - straps fastened to the front legs of a horse to prevent it from straying from camp
2 - in harness racing leather or plastic semicircular loops are connected by straps and placed on the gaskin and forearm, to assist in maintaining the pacing gate.