2024 Equine History Review

The “pleasure wagon” had a seat on 2 hickory springs, while other wagons had no springs at all.

In mythology, ______________was considered the creator of the horse. 

Businesses used brightly painted delivery wagons pulled by matched teams of horses to advertise their products called

_____________________ were considered skilled arches and great horsemen.

The dappled gray _________________was a trademark for the Ringling Brothers Circus.

Horses were originally a source of food.

What notable event happens every 4 years and includes jumping, dressage, vaulting, and endurance?

To get a horse's teeth floated, a horse owner would call a _______________.

Mythology describes a Epona as_________________.

A _________________ address a horse owner's concerns about their hooves.

Ancient humans held the horse in awe and placed it among the gods and in their legends.

In the __________________, the personality and capabilities of the horse determined how it would be used. 

Who was Secretariat's mother?

In the 4 years of the war, the US exported nearly 1 million horses to Europe, only ___________________ horses returned.

Which state has long been recognized as a horse-breeding region?

_______________ introduced the yoke saddle which stopped the crushing of the windpipe of traditional yokes.

Mythology describes a unicorn as_________________.

Who was the first winner of the Triple Crown?

During the ___________ time period, an interest in science and anatomy grew rapidly. 

By the 7th century A.D. the ______________emperors had large stallion farms (holding as many as 300,000 horses),

In cities horses were used

The Roman army changed from an infantry-led army to a predominantly ________________________-led force?

The Kentucky Derby is limited to what horse breed?

__________________ was a private venture, fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and High Sierra

Settlers saw the horse as a means of expansion and as power for taming the wilderness and cultivating the virgin soil.

The first rodeo with paid attendance was held in Austin, TX on July 4, 1886.

The first recorded geldings belonged to what group of nomadic horsemen?

In some larger mines, a pony would be bred, born and put to work without having seen the light of the sun.

A team of horses could plow 10 acres of land a day, compared to team of eight oxen that could only plow 1/2 per day.

Mythology describes a Pegasus as_________________.