Horse Quiz One

This is a quiz on some rather fundamental things. You will have to grade your own quiz. I have provided an answer page for that purpose. I don't have an automatic grading system because the answers in general are really too involved for that to be practical. I can't grade them all personally for the same reason.

The answers are my interpretation; answers to some questions are pretty subjective and points could be argued. If you need thorough explanations, it is not too difficult to find a book that can give them. If you take lessons, you can always confer with your instructor.

Riding on the Flat

1. What side of the horse do you mount on? Is that the near side or the off side?
2. What is the stirrup bar for?
3. How do you shorten and lengthen the reins?
4. How do you sit on a horse in good balanced position?
5. What are some rules for riding in a ring with a group?
6. What are the natural aids?
7. What are the artificial aids and how are they used?
8. How do you get your mount to walk? trot? canter?
9. How many beats are in the walk? in the trot? in the canter?
10. In the posting trot, when do you rise, and when do you sit?
11. What is a lead?
12. How do you pass another horse?
13. When you are dismounting, should you keep your left foot in the stirrup until your right foot touches the ground, or take both feet out of the stirrups and slide to the ground?
14. What does a red ribbon tied around a horse's tail mean?

Horse Care and Knowledge

1. Name some rules of safe horse handling.
2. How do you groom a horse (not for showing purposes, just like when preparing for a lesson)?
3. Why do we pick our horses' feet?
4. After riding, what are the signs that your mount needs to be cooled out?
5. What are the signs of a properly cooled out horse?
6. How do you safely offer a horse a treat such as a carrot?
7. Why do we clean tack?
8. How do you tell if tack is safe or not?
9. What does the veterinarian do for our horses? the farrier?
10. Name some stable vices.
11. Name and describe six horse coat colors and 4 head and leg markings.
12. Why might one bandage a horse's leg(s)?
13. What is a mare? a stallion? a gelding?
14. What is a colt? a filly? a foal?
15. How are horses measured?
16. How is a pony distinguished from a horse?

Trivia

1. What was the name of Robert E. Lee's horse?
2. What color and breed was he?
3. What caused Traveler's death?
4. What is the name of the Lone Ranger's horse?
5. What color is he?
6. What is the name of Tonto's horse?
7. What color is he?
8. What is the name of Roy Roger's horse?
9. What color is he?
10. What is the name of Gene Autrey's Horse?
11. What color is he?
12. What is the name of Hopalong Cassidy's Horse?
13. What color is he?

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