Name the three evolutionary stages of the horse in order.

Eohippus, Mesohippus, and Equus

Where did the horse originate?

The great plains of North America

Where is the horse’s center of gravity located?

At a point about 6 inches behind the elbow

If you knock over two poles in pole bending, what is the penalty?

10 seconds added to your time (5 seconds for each pole)

What is the term for lateral movement of the horse without forward or backward movement?

Side step, side pass or traverse

Name three voice commands that can be taught to a yearling during longeing.

Walk, trot, canter (lope), and whoa

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1
Name the three evolutionary stages of the horse in order.
Walk, trot, canter (lope), and whoa
Eohippus, Mesohippus, and Equus
2
What is the first stride in a lope or canter called?
The Sixteenth (16th) century
Lead
3
Overfeeding, severe concussion/disease, abnormal management can cause what hoof condition?
Sorghums or Sudans or Sorghum/Sudan Hybrids
Founder
4
How often should a stabled horse be groomed?
To support the horse when he is at rest
At least one per day
5
What is a mule foal called?
Colt
Ulna and Radius
6
What is the term describing a deficiency of red corpuscles in the blood?
Anemia
Rack
7
What is the proper slope of the pastern?
45 degrees
Stride
8
What is a soft-bodied, footless insect larva, found usually living in decaying matter?
Walk
Fly
Maggot
9
What is the main tube of the respiratory system called?
Trachea or wind pipe
temperature or headache
10
What is it called when the lower jaw is shorter than the upper jaw?
Parrot Mouth
Strangles or Distemper
11
Where did the horse originate?
Three
The great plains of North America
12
What effect does a straight shoulder have on a horse’s stride?
It is shortened
Rupture of the stomach and pneumonia
13
How often should a horse’s feet be cleaned?
Tushes or Wolf Teeth
Once per day
14
What are the microscopic creatures which cause mange?
Mites
The great plains of North America
15
Which mineral carries oxygen in the blood?
Iron
Right side of the horse
16
Which hooves grow faster?
Through the mouth
Hind Hooves
17
How many hoof beats are in a trot?
Through the urine
2
18
In the states race how many times do your cross the line between the cones?
Tongue
Three
19
Where is the horse’s center of gravity located?
Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver and pancreas
At a point about 6 inches behind the elbow
20
Which insect is associated with Alfalfa hay and possible death of a horse?
Swelling of the vein usually below the seat of a bog spavin
Blister Beetle
21
What type of vision does a horse possess?
Stifle
Monocular
22
Which vitamin is supplied from green grass?
Vitamin A
Seven and one-half minutes
23
Term describing distance from imprint to imprint by a horse’s foot when completing one step?
Stride
Propelling Power
24
Give the technical term for mares exhibiting no signs of estrus during the winter months ?
Unsoundness
Anestrous
25
What is the first part of the digestive system?
Thiamine (B1) and Niacin (B3)
Mouth
26
What tissue moves the skeleton?
Muscle
Three-eights (3/8) to one-half (1/2) inch
27
What is the correct name for someone trained in horse shoeing?
Farrier
Repetition
28
Any abnormal deviation in the structure or function of a horse is called _?
Unsoundness
the shoulder blade
29
Name the three natural gaits of the horse.
Walk, trot, and gallop
Teeth that are smallish and white with a distinct neck
30
What nutrition regulates body heat and acts as a lubricant?
Singhalt
Water
31
What is the term for working a horse on a 25 to 30 foot line in a circle?
Longeing
Posting
32
If you knock over two poles in pole bending, what is the penalty?
Skin-Pinch test
10 seconds added to your time (5 seconds for each pole)
33
Polo games are divided into periods called?
Posterior digital neurectomy
Chukkers
34
What is another name for a bone spavin?
Jack Spavin
Small Colon
35
Name the original ancestor of the horse
Testicle
Eohippus
36
What is a simple method of estimating a horse’s hydration level?
Sweeny
Skin-Pinch test
37
What is the term for lateral movement of the horse without forward or backward movement?
Seven
Side step, side pass or traverse
38
How many hoof beats are in a walk?
Thrush
4
39
A short-necked horse possesses how many cervical vertebrae?
Unsoundness
Seven
40
What is the rising and descending of the rider with the rhythm of the trot called?
The power of association
Posting
41
In the stakes race how far apart are the cones?
50 feet
40 feet
30 feet
20 feet
42
What is the only cereal grain that contains carotene?
Corn
Thrush
43
In quarts, what is the capacity of the large intestine?
Two-thirds (66%)
Between 130 and 142
44
Name two types of lice that infest horses.
Biting and sucking
The opening of the esophagus into the stomach
45
What fault does a horse have if its front toes turn out and heels turn in?
Skin-Pinch test
Splayfooted
46
Name three voice commands that can be taught to a yearling during longeing.
Smell
Walk, trot, canter (lope), and whoa
47
A deep heart girth and well sprung fore ribs give room for what two systems?
Cardiac System
Respiratory or Digestive
48
How many incisors are there in the upper jaw of the stallion?
Sebum
6
49
When referring to teeth, is the lingual surface towards the lips or the tongue?
Splint
Tongue
50
The cecum is also known as what?
A functional liver
A functional appendix
Yes
51
What is found in green grass and is a good source of Vitamin A?
Water
Gasoline
Carotene
Mercury
52
What farm animal is Neat’s-foot oil made from?
Cattle
Tibia
53
How many poles are used in pole bending?
The ground
6
54
What group registers Thoroughbred horses?
They are both two-beat gaits
The Jockey Club
55
Which should be wider when viewed from the rear, the stifle or the top of the hip?
Spleen and liver
Stifle
56
Where can a shore boil be found?
Point of the elbow
Walk, trot, and gallop
57
Where in the mouth are the canine teeth located?
Rubbing biting
Interdental space between the incisors and molars
58
What is the scapula?
Knee
the shoulder blade
Neck
Leg
59
What is the process of filing rough, irregular teeth to give a smooth surface?
Floating
Spaniards
60
What is a jack?
A male donkey
Vice
Jill's partner
61
Which gait is known as the foundation gait?
Stride
Walk
62
What is the term for a nervous disorder characterized by excessive jerking of the hind leg?
The taking of food and water into the digestive tract
Singhalt
63
Name an insect which spreads sleeping sickness?
Mosquito or biting flies
Stink Bug
Waste matter of digestion
Bumble Bee
64
What ate the units of inheritance?
Gene
Genesis
Luke
Water
65
What is chlorophyll?
Veterinarian
Donut filling
Geen pigment in plants essential to carboyhdrate production
66
From what country did the Cleveland Bay originate?
Peru
Japan
England
67
Name two deformities of the hoof associated with founder.
Hoof roughness, deep rings, hoof turned up, excessive heat
Sand Crack or Vertical Crack
68
Where did the term canter come from?
The Jockey Club
Caterbury Gallop
69
Age can best be determined by examining which specific teeth?
Soybean meal, linseed meal, cottonseed meal, and peanut meal
Incisors
70
How many canine teeth can be found in mature mares?
They are both two-beat gaits
None
71
What is another name for canine teeth?
They have a complete set of permanent incisors
Tushes or Wolf Teeth
72
Digestive action in the large intestine is due to what?
Roach backed
Bacteria
73
What is the term for acute abdominal pain which may be caused by a great variety of disorders?
Shaker Foal Syndrome
Colic
74
At a walk, how fast will a well-trained horse travel?
10 miles per hour
Four miles per hour
75
If oats are rolled and crimped, what effect does this have on their digestibility?
Increased the digestibility
Tetanus
76
What is the offspring of the sire called?
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
Get
77
What is the term for a male horse that is castrated?
Gelding
Walk and trot
78
Name four of the seven major muscle groups.
Chest, forearm, shoulder, loin, hip, stifle, and gaskin
Roughages, concentrates, and mixed feeds
79
Fat has more times of energy per gram than carbohydrates
5.5
6.25
3.0
2.25
80
What is the one-way action from the pharynx to the stomach called?
Side
Peristalsis
81
Internal parasites gain entry into the horse in three forms. Name these forms.
Eggs, Larvae and adult
eggs, paper, junior
82
Name a disease that attacks the frog.
Thrush
The hallow space on the wearing surface of the incisor
83
When referring to horses, what does cold-blooded mean?
Respiratory or Digestive
A horse with draft-horse breeding
84
How are the trot and the pace similar?
They are both two-beat gaits
Reins, bit and headstall
85
What is the scientific name for the egg?
Coke
Ovum
Sprite
Water
86
Name the five variations to the basic horse coat colors.
Dun (Buckskin), Grey, Palomino, Roan, and Pinto
Rowels
87
What is a key carbohydrate?
Carbon
Dioxide
Aluminum
Windpuff or windgall
88
Where does bile come from?
The Liver
Splayfooted
89
What is a ringbone?
hopping like a bunny
a bony growth on either or both sides of the pastern
Walk, Jog (trot), Lope
90
Where are the balls of feces formed?
Trachea or wind pipe
In the small colon
NA
NA
91
What is the area between the tail head and the loin called?
Croup
Side step, side pass or traverse
92
What are the two basic types of roughages?
Grasses and legumes
Umbilical or scrotal
93
Olfaction is associated with which of the senses?
Vaccination
Smell
94
Which of the energy-rich grains is safest and easiest to feed?
The Liver
Oats

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