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Horse Bowl- Round 1
Question | Answer |
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What is the name for the famous Thoroughbred horse that was referred to as the original "Big Red"? | Man-O-War |
What slang term refers to a racing stable employee who walks a hot horse after a race or workout? | Hot walker |
What term refers to the right side of the horse? | Off side or far side |
Which gait is commonly referred to as the "plantation gait"? | Running walk |
Healthy horses usually have what body condition score? | 4-6 (Anything within that range) |
What type of equipment is described as a cross between a cavesson and a figure eight noseband? | Flash noseband |
What is the result of breeding a donkey and a stallion? | Hinny |
What current breed was formerly known as the "Palouse Horse"? | Appaloosa |
In general what does the prefix "hepato" indicate? | Condition related to the liver |
What is the common term for the behavior referred to as dominance hierarchy? | Pecking order |
A grain that has been processed by rolling the kernels between corrugated rollers would be described as what type of processing? | Crimped or crimping |
What type of knot forms the eye of the lariat that the rope passes through to form a loop? | Honda |
What type of Western saddle is being described? It usually has no horn; its most notable feature is the high "thigh rolls" located near the front of the saddle and it is often used for trail riding. | Australian saddle |
The withers, back, coupling and croup are collectively referred to by what conformation term? | Top line |
Identify two types of teeth that would be present at birth or erupt within the first two weeks of life. | Deciduous central incisors and premolars (must specify central incisors) |
Identify two general physiological processes in the horse that are affected by the length of daylight. | Hair coat; female reproduction (estrous cycles); male reproduction (testosterone production, sperm production) |
What term refers to the feces of a foal and is described as a yellow pasty material indicating that the meconium has been passed? | Milk feces |
What breed of horse is described as a combination of any breeds that are not 100% hot-blood or 100% cold-blood | Warmblood |
You are an equine construction specialist and are preparing a site for a new barn. In regards to topography, what would be your recommendation for grading the soil to facilitate proper drainage and prevent erosion? | Slope of 2 to 6 percent |
The ingestion of which two plants would result in the condition nigropallidal encephalomalacia? | Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea Soslstitialis) and Russian Knapweed (Centaurea Repens) |
A spavin is a disease of the hock joint. What are the four different types of spavins? | Blind Spavin (occult spavin), Blood Spavin, Bone Spavin (true spavin or jack spavin), Bog Spavin. |
What is the name of the person who looks after the horses on a trail ride? | Wrangler |
Which current breed of horse was previously known as a Golden Isabella? | Palomino |
Which internal parasite larvae cause the skin lesions known as "summer sores"? | Stomach worms (Habronema) |
Describe a four-in-hand hitch. | Two pairs with one pair in front of the other |
What are the three basic types of forward seat saddles? | All purpose, close contact/jumping & dressage |
Identify four general reasons why a horse may refuse feed. | Illness or disease Overfeeding Insufficient water Something is wrong with the feed Dental problems Sore tongue or mouth Not familiar with the food When |
Which nerve is responsible for motor control of the eyelid, ear and facial muscles? | Facial nerve |
You are completing a cross country race and are approaching a brush fence with a white flag on the right side of the obstacle. What does this indicate? | You are approaching the fence from the wrong direction (the white flag should be on the left side of the obstacle) |
Lethal white foal syndrome is a genetic lethal associated with which specific color pattern? | Frame overo (must specify "frame" overo) |
What breed is a result of crossing an Arabian and American Saddlebred horse? | National Show Horse |
In regards to evolution, which ancestor of the horse was first to have the 2 side toes transformed into splint bones? | Pliohippus |