How much do you actually know about horses? Use this website to test your horse smarts. It includes horse bowl, hippology, and information for you to learn.
Horse bowl quiz
1) What is the long hair at the back of the horses fetlock called?
A. curb
B. Feathers
C. HYPP
D. roots
2) What are two horse breeds?
Answers:
1. B
2. Clydesdale, Quarter Horse, Paint, Percheron, Etc.
A. curb
B. Feathers
C. HYPP
D. roots
2) What are two horse breeds?
Answers:
1. B
2. Clydesdale, Quarter Horse, Paint, Percheron, Etc.
Colic
Colic is a very important thing to know about. It mainly refers to abdominal pain. It is often unknown what colic is caused by. Symptoms include biting at the stomach, rolling, and other things. If a horse is rolling from colic, the best thing to do is get it off the ground and call the vet immediately. Keep the horse from rolling. The reason for this is because horses can twist their gut if they roll. Many horses die from colic. There are many types of colic, such as gas colic, impaction, or displacement.
1) Which of the following is a colic symptom?
A) Galloping in the pasture as fast as they can
B) coming up to you all energetic
C) eating grass
D) rolling
2) What should you do if you see a horse kicking its belly, and rolling?
A) Leave it be
B) Call the vet and get it off the ground
C) Let the horse's horse friends handle it
D) Get the horse and run it as fast as it possibly can
Answers: 1) D 2) B
A) Galloping in the pasture as fast as they can
B) coming up to you all energetic
C) eating grass
D) rolling
2) What should you do if you see a horse kicking its belly, and rolling?
A) Leave it be
B) Call the vet and get it off the ground
C) Let the horse's horse friends handle it
D) Get the horse and run it as fast as it possibly can
Answers: 1) D 2) B
Horse tack
Horse tack includes saddles, bridles, lead ropes, halters, and other things. The saddle is used to have a more balanced ride on the horse. Parts of the saddle include the seat, fork, horn, cantle, and more. The bridle is put on the horse's face so the horse can be steered with the reins, which is attached to the bit, although there is a bitless bridle called a hackamore. Parts of a bridle include the throatlatch, reins, noseband, and etc. The halter connects to the lead rope to steer the horse around while not riding. Parts of the halter include the crown peice, buckle, and throatlatch and so on.
1) What is a bitless bridle called?
A) kiy
B) Bringstrap
C) halter
D) hackamore
2) What are four peices of horse tack?
Answer: 1) D 2) Saddle, bridle, lead rope, halter, martingale, reins, etc.
A) kiy
B) Bringstrap
C) halter
D) hackamore
2) What are four peices of horse tack?
Answer: 1) D 2) Saddle, bridle, lead rope, halter, martingale, reins, etc.
Riding
There are five different gates of the horse. There is backing up, walking, trotting, cantering, and galloping. The rider should be sitting up straight with heels down. The walk is a smooth four beat gait that the rider can sit easily to. The trot is a bouncier two beat gate, but can be sat or posted. The canter is an easy three beat gate that be sat. The gallop has four beats which is sat smooth, once the rider gets the hang of it. There are many different riding events that they can participate in such as western games, pleasure, dressage, jumping, and much more.
1) How many beats are in the gallop?
2) How many different gates are there?
Answer: 1) 4 2) 5
1) How many beats are in the gallop?
2) How many different gates are there?
Answer: 1) 4 2) 5
HYPP
HYPP stand for Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis. It all started in Impressive. Impressive was a world champion halter horse. HYPP is when levels of Potassium in a horse's body is really high, and causes severe muscular spasms. If the attacks are severe, it can kill the horse. It is best to check the Impressive horse before you buy it.
1) What does HYPP stand for?
2) Who started HYPP?
Answer: 1) Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis 2) Impressive
1) What does HYPP stand for?
2) Who started HYPP?
Answer: 1) Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis 2) Impressive
Grooming
Taking care of a horse takes a lot of work and grooming is one of the things that should be done every time before a ride. There is the curry comb, which is made of rubber. Brushing it in circles, it raises the dirt out of the coat which then can be brushed by the dandy brush. The dandy brush has hard hairs on it used just to flick off the dirt on the horse's coat. The curry comb should not be used on the horse's legs or face. The body brush is a softer haired brush that looks like the dandy brush which can be used on any part of the body. The mane and tail comb is used to comb out the mane and tail, which is good before a show.
1) Where should the curry comb NOT be used?
2) What does the dandy brush do?
Answer: 1) the legs or face 2) flicks away dirt on the coat
Taking care of a horse takes a lot of work and grooming is one of the things that should be done every time before a ride. There is the curry comb, which is made of rubber. Brushing it in circles, it raises the dirt out of the coat which then can be brushed by the dandy brush. The dandy brush has hard hairs on it used just to flick off the dirt on the horse's coat. The curry comb should not be used on the horse's legs or face. The body brush is a softer haired brush that looks like the dandy brush which can be used on any part of the body. The mane and tail comb is used to comb out the mane and tail, which is good before a show.
1) Where should the curry comb NOT be used?
2) What does the dandy brush do?
Answer: 1) the legs or face 2) flicks away dirt on the coat
Breeding
A horse's gestation period is 11 months. It's pregnant for almost a year. Most mares can reproduce, but those that can't are called sterile of infertile. When the foal is born, the mare gives the foal colostrum, which is a special milk with antibodies in it to keep the foal immune to diseases. The mare gives the foal this for the first few months until the foal's own immune system matures. If the foal is unhealthy talk to a vet. Breeding takes a lot of work because the mare needs shots and special attention.
1) What is a mare called that can't reproduce?
2) What is a mare's gestation period?
Answer: 1) sterile of infertile 2) 11 months
1) What is a mare called that can't reproduce?
2) What is a mare's gestation period?
Answer: 1) sterile of infertile 2) 11 months
Difference between a roan & gray
Roan horses are born with a base coat color and white hairs mixed within it.. As they get older, they gain no more white hairs than they had at birth. For a gray horse it is different. They can be born a darker color at birth. As they get older and older, they get lighter and lighter because they gain more white hairs as they age. As they get older, they can become so light that they are almost solid white.
1) What is a roan?
2) What is the difference between a roan and a gray?
Answer: 1) a horse with a base coat color and white hairs mixed within it 2) a gray gains white hairs as it ages and a roan stays with the same amount of white hairs
1) What is a roan?
2) What is the difference between a roan and a gray?
Answer: 1) a horse with a base coat color and white hairs mixed within it 2) a gray gains white hairs as it ages and a roan stays with the same amount of white hairs
Markings
There are many different horse markings. This will focus mostly on a bald face and a bonnet marking. A bald face is basically a broad blaze that can extend past the eyes so that most of the face is covered in white. A bonnet marking is when white begins at the poll (look at the horse body parts in hippology if confused) extends down the face, past the eyes, and onto the cheeks. There are several other markings though, such as the sock, coronet, pastern, stocking, distal spots, blaze, stripe, star, and snip.
1) What is a bald face?
2) Name 3 face markings.
Answer: 1) broad blaze blanketing most of the face that can extend past the eyes 2) bald face, stripe, star, blaze, snip
1) What is a bald face?
2) Name 3 face markings.
Answer: 1) broad blaze blanketing most of the face that can extend past the eyes 2) bald face, stripe, star, blaze, snip
Dorsal stripe
The Dun colored horse always has a dorsal stripe. Even though the buckskin looks very much like a dun, it is different from one. The difference between these two colors is because Dun has a dorsal stripe and buckskin does not. There are actually three other names for the dorsal stripe. They are: Eel stripe, Line Back, and Ray.
1) What is the difference between a Dun and a Buckskin?
2) What are three names for the dorsal stripe?
Answer: 1) Dun has a dorsal stripe and Buckskin does not. 2) Eel stripe, Line Back, Ray
1) What is the difference between a Dun and a Buckskin?
2) What are three names for the dorsal stripe?
Answer: 1) Dun has a dorsal stripe and Buckskin does not. 2) Eel stripe, Line Back, Ray
Digestive System
The order of the digestive system is the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. The four parts of the forgut are the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. The mouth breaks down the food. The esophagus takes the food to the stomach, which passes through the cardiac sphincter. Once it is through the cardiac sphincter, the horse cannot throw the food back up because it is so tight. The stomach has acids in it that break down the food inside it. A lot of the absorption of occurs in the small intestine. The colon in the large intestine gets waste ready to go outside the body. The rectum takes the waste to the anus, where it is disposed.
1) What is the first part of the digestive system?
2) Why can't a horse throw up?
Answer: 1) Mouth 2) The cardiac sphincter is too tight
1) What is the first part of the digestive system?
2) Why can't a horse throw up?
Answer: 1) Mouth 2) The cardiac sphincter is too tight
External Parasites
External parasites include flies, mosquitoes, tick, and lice. External parasites are parasites outside the horse that lives on the horse for food and shelter. The life cycle of a fly goes in the order of egg, then, larva, and then adult. Horse Flies and Deer Flies and Deer Flies lay their eggs in swamps and marshes. Removing poop and using fly spray is a good way to control flies. Two different types of lice are biting and sucking lice. Lice take 11 to 20 days to hatch. Deer Ticks can cause lime disease. Ticks attach to the horse and suck their blood. Mosquitoes also suck the horse's blood.
1) Name one external parasite.
2) Name two ways to control flies.
Answer: 1) tick, lice, fly, mosquito 2) fly spray, clean poop
1) Name one external parasite.
2) Name two ways to control flies.
Answer: 1) tick, lice, fly, mosquito 2) fly spray, clean poop
Unsoundnesses
Unsoundnesses are when there is something wrong with the horse that effects the use of it. An example of an unsoundness is stringhalt. It is a nerve and muscle disorder where the hind leg of the horse jerks uncontrollably. A sound horse or healthy horse would not have this condition. Another example of an unsoundness is when a horse is stifled. The horse displaces the patella of the stifle joint. Some unsoundnesses can be cured and others cannot be helped or cured.
1) What is stringhalt?
2) What is an unsoundness?
Answer: 1) a nerve and muscle disorder when the hind leg jerks uncontrollably 2) the horse's structure has something wrong with it, effecting the usage of the horse
1) What is stringhalt?
2) What is an unsoundness?
Answer: 1) a nerve and muscle disorder when the hind leg jerks uncontrollably 2) the horse's structure has something wrong with it, effecting the usage of the horse
Horse Bowl Test
1. What is the long hair at the back of the horses fetlock called?
2. What are two symptoms of colic?
3. How many different beats are there in the gallop?
4. How many different gates are there?
5. What is a bitless bridle called?
6. Who started HYPP?
7. Where are two places the curry comb should not be used?
8. What is a mare called that can't reproduce?
9. What is a mare's gestation period?
10. What is a mare's first milk called?
11. What is the difference between a roan and gray?
12. What is a Bald Face?
13. What is a Bonnet Marking?
14. What is the difference between a Dun and a Buckskin?
15. What are three different names for the dorsal stripe?
16. What are the four parts of the foregut?
17. Why can't a horse throw up?
18. Name two ways to control flies.
19. What is stringhalt?
20. What is an unsoundness?
Now that you are done, go back and check your answers or look at the answer sheet down below. There are some old and new questions in the quiz down below.
Quiz
1) How many teeth does the average female horse have?
2) Give two symptoms of colic.
3) What is a another name for swamp fever?
4) What is the long hairs on the back of the fetlock called?
5) What 4 parts make up the foregut?
6) What is the ideal slope of the shoulders?
7) Name 4 components of the top line.
8) Why would you do a prepurchase exam on a horse you want to buy?
9) What is the single most important characteristic in Equine selection?
10) What is an insecticide designed to kill fly larvae?
Answers are below.
2) Give two symptoms of colic.
3) What is a another name for swamp fever?
4) What is the long hairs on the back of the fetlock called?
5) What 4 parts make up the foregut?
6) What is the ideal slope of the shoulders?
7) Name 4 components of the top line.
8) Why would you do a prepurchase exam on a horse you want to buy?
9) What is the single most important characteristic in Equine selection?
10) What is an insecticide designed to kill fly larvae?
Answers are below.
1. 36 teeth 2. rolling, kicking at belly 3. Equine Infectious Anemia 4. feathers 5. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine 6. 45 degrees 7. withers, back, loin, croup 8. To make sure the horse is sound 9. Balance 10. Larvaside
Scores: 7-10=very smart 5-6=smart 4= pretty smart 3= working on it 1-2=beginner 0=novice
Scores: 7-10=very smart 5-6=smart 4= pretty smart 3= working on it 1-2=beginner 0=novice
Cow hocked
Being cow hocked is a conformation flaw in the hind legs of the horse. When going to look at the back of the horse or at the hocks, the hocks would be much too close together. This would make the toes point out rather that towards their front feet.
1) Would a horse be cow hocked on the front or hind legs?
2) What happens to the horse's toes if the horse is cow hocked?
Answer: 1) hind 2) Toes would point out.
1) Would a horse be cow hocked on the front or hind legs?
2) What happens to the horse's toes if the horse is cow hocked?
Answer: 1) hind 2) Toes would point out.
Group feeding
There are some disadvantages of group feeding. They include: You don't know how much each horse is getting. Bossier horses can push other horses away. Some horses get to much food and some get too little. Some things can be done to help this. More feeders can be provided for the horses. Feeders should be separated quite a ways apart.
1) What is a disadvantage of group feeding?
2) What can be done to help with group feeding?
Answer: 1) You don't know how much each horse is getting. Bossier horses can push other horses away. Some horses get to much food and some get too little. 2) More feeders can be provided for the horses. Feeders should be separated quite a ways apart.
1) What is a disadvantage of group feeding?
2) What can be done to help with group feeding?
Answer: 1) You don't know how much each horse is getting. Bossier horses can push other horses away. Some horses get to much food and some get too little. 2) More feeders can be provided for the horses. Feeders should be separated quite a ways apart.
Feed horses small amounts
It is a good idea to feed small amounts to your horse. Why? Because a horse is not designed to have big meals. It has a small stomach and it can help prevent colic if small amounts are fed to them. Their stomach only holds about two to four gallons which is not very much compared to the size of the horse. Even if your horse thinks he is hungry, don't feed them extra food. Horses will never have the feeling to feel full. To prevent colic, it is a good idea to feed small meals to a horse.
1) What is the capacity of the horse's stomach, in gallons?
2) Why should you feed small amounts to a horse?
Answer: 1) 2 to 4 gallons 2) They have a small stomach and it helps prevent colic.
1) What is the capacity of the horse's stomach, in gallons?
2) Why should you feed small amounts to a horse?
Answer: 1) 2 to 4 gallons 2) They have a small stomach and it helps prevent colic.
Vices
Some vices include cribbing, kicking, stall weaving, and wood chewing. Vices are a bad habit that the horse does. The difference between cribbing and wood chewing is simple. Cribbing is when a horse bites down on wood and then they suck in air. Wood chewing is when they just chew the wood. Wood chewing does not involve sucking the air in. Kicking is when the horse throws its back leg hard behind itself. Weaving is when a horse swings its head from side to side in a rhythm about 2 feet from the ground facing the wall.
1) Name 3 vices.
2) What is the difference between cribbing and wood chewing?
Answer: 1) Cribbing, kicking, stall weaving, wood chewing 2) Cribbing is when horses bite down sucking in air, wood chewing is just chewing wood
1) Name 3 vices.
2) What is the difference between cribbing and wood chewing?
Answer: 1) Cribbing, kicking, stall weaving, wood chewing 2) Cribbing is when horses bite down sucking in air, wood chewing is just chewing wood
Blue Roan
There are different color roan horses, but this will be focusing on blue roan. On a horse that is blue roan, the base color is black. Several white hairs is mixed in with this color. It never gains white hairs as it ages, just like any other roan. It appears to be bluish in color.
1) What is the base coat color in a blue roan?
2) What is a blue roan?
Answer: 1) black 2) a blue roan is a horse with a base coat color of black mixed in with white hairs
1) What is the base coat color in a blue roan?
2) What is a blue roan?
Answer: 1) black 2) a blue roan is a horse with a base coat color of black mixed in with white hairs
Blemishes
A blemish is something wrong with the horse's structure that does not effect its usefulness. There are many different types of blemishes. An example of a blemish is a scar, scratch or scrape. It effects the looks of the horse, but it does not effect the horse's usefulness or ability to perform. Another example of a blemish is capped elbow which is a little bit of swelling at the point of the elbow. It damages the looks of the horse.
1) What is a blemish?
2) What is an example of a blemish?
Answer: 1) something wrong with the structure of the horse that effects its looks but not it usefulness 2) scar, scratch, scrape, capped elbow
1) What is a blemish?
2) What is an example of a blemish?
Answer: 1) something wrong with the structure of the horse that effects its looks but not it usefulness 2) scar, scratch, scrape, capped elbow
Horse Bowl Test
1. What is the ideal slope of the shoulder?
2. What is the single most important characteristic in equine selection?
3. What is a mare's first milk called?
4. What is a bitless bridle called?
5. Who started HYPP?
6. Name four components of the top line.
7. What is the difference between a Dun and a Buckskin?
8. Would a horse be cow-hocked in the front or hind legs?
9. What is cow-hocked?
10. What is a disadvantage of group-feeding?
11. What is the capacity of a horse's stomach, in gallons?
12. Why should you feed small amounts to your horse?
13. Name three vices.
14. What is the difference between cribbing and wood chewing?
15. What is the base coat color of a blue roan?
16. What is a blue roan?
17. What is a blemish?
18. What is an example of a blemish?
19. What is the difference between an unsoundness and a blemish?
20. Does a blemish effect the looks of the horse or the usefulness of the horse?
Now that you are done, go back and check your answers. Some questions may be in the previous section.
2. What is the single most important characteristic in equine selection?
3. What is a mare's first milk called?
4. What is a bitless bridle called?
5. Who started HYPP?
6. Name four components of the top line.
7. What is the difference between a Dun and a Buckskin?
8. Would a horse be cow-hocked in the front or hind legs?
9. What is cow-hocked?
10. What is a disadvantage of group-feeding?
11. What is the capacity of a horse's stomach, in gallons?
12. Why should you feed small amounts to your horse?
13. Name three vices.
14. What is the difference between cribbing and wood chewing?
15. What is the base coat color of a blue roan?
16. What is a blue roan?
17. What is a blemish?
18. What is an example of a blemish?
19. What is the difference between an unsoundness and a blemish?
20. Does a blemish effect the looks of the horse or the usefulness of the horse?
Now that you are done, go back and check your answers. Some questions may be in the previous section.
Quiz
1) What does it mean when a horse has bloom?
2) What are two energy sources?
3) What is a good source of vitamin D?
4) What is the capillary Refill Time (CRT) in a healthy horse?
5) Why would you do a saliva test?
Answers: 1) It has a shiny coat 2) carbohydrates and fats 3) sun 4) 1 to 3 seconds 5) to see if a horse has been drugged
2) What are two energy sources?
3) What is a good source of vitamin D?
4) What is the capillary Refill Time (CRT) in a healthy horse?
5) Why would you do a saliva test?
Answers: 1) It has a shiny coat 2) carbohydrates and fats 3) sun 4) 1 to 3 seconds 5) to see if a horse has been drugged
Hippology
In hippology there are four stations. There is a horse test, stations, team problem, and judging.
Team problem: You see that your neighbors horse is to skinny. What should you do about it?
Answer: After discussing with your team, the first person gives the introduction which should sound something like this: We are the give your county hippology team. Our question was (say the question). Introduce your team. Your next team members should discuss what you should do about it and should come up with an answer something like this: First we should talk to the neighbor and ask if it is due to finances or see if the horse has a health issue. If it is due to finances and they simply cannot afford it, we could help them find cheaper hay or grain that is in their price range. If it is simply due to carelessness of the owner, we could contact an animal shelter to tell about the problem. The final person would give the closing which should sound something like this. We are the (say your county) hippology team and our question was (say the question). Thank you for your time. (Make sure to keep eye contact with the judge.)
Team Problem #2: You are pet-sitting a horse and you notice it is rolling and biting at its flank. What is it suffering from and what should you do about it?
Answer: Obviously the first person gives the introduction. The next person should say something like this: The horse is suffering from colic. First you should contact the vet. Then the horse owner should be told about the horse. The vet should come and see what type of colic it is and how to treat it. If the health of the horse does not improve it should be trailered to the veterinarian for further treatment. The last person should say the closing.
Team problem: You see that your neighbors horse is to skinny. What should you do about it?
Answer: After discussing with your team, the first person gives the introduction which should sound something like this: We are the give your county hippology team. Our question was (say the question). Introduce your team. Your next team members should discuss what you should do about it and should come up with an answer something like this: First we should talk to the neighbor and ask if it is due to finances or see if the horse has a health issue. If it is due to finances and they simply cannot afford it, we could help them find cheaper hay or grain that is in their price range. If it is simply due to carelessness of the owner, we could contact an animal shelter to tell about the problem. The final person would give the closing which should sound something like this. We are the (say your county) hippology team and our question was (say the question). Thank you for your time. (Make sure to keep eye contact with the judge.)
Team Problem #2: You are pet-sitting a horse and you notice it is rolling and biting at its flank. What is it suffering from and what should you do about it?
Answer: Obviously the first person gives the introduction. The next person should say something like this: The horse is suffering from colic. First you should contact the vet. Then the horse owner should be told about the horse. The vet should come and see what type of colic it is and how to treat it. If the health of the horse does not improve it should be trailered to the veterinarian for further treatment. The last person should say the closing.
Stations
Down below is a practice station.
Answers: 1) F 2) L 3) B 4) H 5) E 6) J 7) I 8) C 9) G 10) K
Judging
In judging, each breed has its own standards. It can be determined what breed and gender it is when you look at the horses head. If you're judging a stallion, it should look like a stallion and have good muscle. If your judging a mare, it should look like it is a mare. In each breed, balance is the most important thing to consider. Muscling should also be evaluated. Down below is a horse named Impressive. He had great conformation. He was a world champion halter horse but sadly died of HYPP (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis).
Hippology test
1. What is the most important thing to consider when judging a horse?
2. Where is the poll located?
3. What should the first person say on a team problem?
4. Where is the forearm?
5. What is the withers?
Answers: 1. balance 2. the top of the head between the ears 3. the introduction 4. the top of the front leg 5. the bony bump before the back
5= very smart 4=smart 3=pretty smart 2=working on it 1=beginner 0=novice
2. Where is the poll located?
3. What should the first person say on a team problem?
4. Where is the forearm?
5. What is the withers?
Answers: 1. balance 2. the top of the head between the ears 3. the introduction 4. the top of the front leg 5. the bony bump before the back
5= very smart 4=smart 3=pretty smart 2=working on it 1=beginner 0=novice