Questions

1. A four beat gait, with varying speeds. The sequence of hoof beats is right fore, left hind, left fore, right hind. Both feet on one side strike the ground before the feet on the opposite side strike the ground.
2. A two beat gait in which the paired diagonal feet strike and leave the ground simultaneously. Between each beat there is a period of suspension in which all four feet are off the ground.
3. A two beat gait in which the lateral limbs strike the ground simultaneously. There is a lateral base of support and a period of suspension with all four feet off the ground which occurs between each beat. Because the horse is shifting its weight from side to side, there is a rolling motion to the gait.
4. A three beat gait in which the first and third beats are made by two legs striking the ground independently and the second beat is made by two limbs striking the ground simultaneously.
5. A four beat gait. The gait is similar to number 4 except that the paired diagonal limbs do not land at the same time. A period of suspension follows the four beats.
6. This gait is number two in reverse. It has two beats in which the diagonal pairs of legs work together.

Breed Trivia

1. What is the oldest breed of horse still in existence?
2. What horse is the only horse used by the Spanish Riding School?
3. What is the spotted horse ridden by the Nez Perce Indians?
4. What horse was developed in America and named after the race it ran?
5. What horse is used in harness racing?
6. What is the oldest breed of light horse?
7. A horse named "Figure" is the founding sire of what breed?
8. What is a breed of pony that is one of the oldest in Britain?
9. What draft horse has fine, long feathers on its legs?
10. What breed runs in the Kentucky Derby?

Horse Quiz

1. How many bones make up the skeleton of the horse?
2. Parturition is another name for what?
3. How many rhythmic beats in a trot?
4. What is the term for an individual with a congential absence of pigment in skin, hair and eyes?
5. What is the name of the secretion that lubricates the joints?
6. What is another name for the heat period?
7. A natural, slow, flat-footed, four-beat sequence describes what gait?
8. When the term auditory is used, what does it pertain to?
9. At what level should a manger be places?
10. Give the correct spelling of a word meaning games played on horseback.

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