Intermediate Level

Health

2) How can a horse get colic?

a) Overeating
b) Sharing water buckets with another horse
c) By rolling
d) Lack of excerise

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The Answer is... A

Famous Horses

3) What grey showjumper that was the first horse to win over a million pounds sadly passed away earlier this year?

a) Snowflake
b) Milton
c) White Mist
d) Virtual Village It’s Otto

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The Answer is... B

Colours

4) If a horse has a dorsal stripe and zebra markings what colour is he?

a) Bay
b) Roan
c) Palomino
d) Dun

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The Answer is... D

Sports

5) What are the three phases of eventing?

a) dressage, hunter/jumper, show jumping
b) dressage, cross country, show jumping
c) showjumping, showmanship, dressage
d) show jumping, hunter/jumper, cross country.

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The Answer is... B

Riding

6) In high levels of Dressage, horses are sometimes asked to perform a "Piaffe", what is it?

a) A controlled half-rear
b) A movement consisting of a very rhythmic, elevated, collected trot with great engagement of the hindquarters, produces prolonged suspension without covering much ground
c) A very collected trot on the spot
d) A movement in which the horse turns a full circle in it’s own length

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The Answer is... C

Horse Care

7) Which of these is the best way to feed your horse?

a) Little amounts, and often with the main part consisting of forage
b) Little amounts, and often with the main part consisting of concentrates
c) Large amounts, once a day with the main part consisting of forage
d) Large amounts, once a day with the main part consisting of concentrates
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The Answer is... A

Media

8) What is the book "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry about?

a) A racehorse training to be a winner
b) An Arabian that becomes a star showjumper
c) The life of a Thoroughbred
d) The Godolphin Arabian

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The Answer is... D

Behavior

9) Which of these statements correctly discribes horses?

a) Herd animals that face up to danger
b) Solitary animals that face up to danger
c) Herd animals that flee from danger
d) Solitary animals that flee from danger

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The Answer is... C

Parts of the Horse

10) Where is the horse's poll located?

a) Part of the hoof
b) At the very top of the head
c) The lower forleg
d) At the top of the tail

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The Answer is... B

History

11) Today's horse has one toe (hoof), how many toes did the first horse-like ancestor, Hyracotherium have?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

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The Answer is... D

Tack

12) Which of these are three types of bits?

a) snaffle, kimblewick, johnston
b) kimblewick, pelham, johnston
c) snaffle, pelham, weymouth
d) johnston, snaffle, weymouth

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The Answer is... C

Jargon

13) What does it mean what a horse is cast in his stable (not to do with shoes)?

a) He's lying down and can't get up
b) He's kicking the walls
c) He refuses to come out
d) He's trying to roll in his stable

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The Answer is... A

Bad Habits

14) A bad habit for horses to have is “crib biting”. What does that mean?

a) The horse bites cribs
b) The horse bites other horses
c) The horse gets hold of the stable door or manger with it’s teeth and swallows air
d) The horse bites anything it can get a hold on

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The Answer is... C

Markings

15) What characteristics (other than coat colour) are seen in most Appaloosas?

a) solid coloured hooves, wispy mane & tail, white in the eye, dorsal stripe
b) striped hooves, long legs, wispy mane & tail, white in the eye
c) mottled skin on muzzle, solid coloured hooves, wispy mane & tail, white in the eye
d) wispy mane & tail, white in the eye, mottled skin on muzzle, striped hooves

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The Answer is... D