Equine Breeds, Colors, and Industries

Lecture 3

What color is this?

bay

What color is this?

chestnut

What color is this?

palomino

What color is this?

grey

What facial marking is this?

faint star

What facial marking is this?

snip

What facial marking is this?

stripe

What facial marking is this?

blaze

What facial marking is this?

star

What facial marking is this?

interrupted stripe

What leg marking is this?

half stocking

What leg marking is this?

stocking

Walk is how many beats?

4

Trot is how many beats?

2

What gait is used to evaluate/diagnose lameness?

trot

Canter is how many beats?

3

Gallop is how many beats?

4

What breed is this?

american quarter horse

What quarter horse color is described as golden with black mane and tail and no dorsal stripe?

buckskin

What quarter horse color is described as red, bay, or black and has a dorsal stripe?

dun

What quarter horse color is described as white hairs in base color?

roan

What quarter horse color is described as golden with cream mane and tail?

palomino

If a horse has white markings and is similar to a quarter horse breed, what is the term?

american paint horse

If a horse has white markings and is not similar to a quarter horse breed, what is the term?

pinto

What are some quarter horse jobs?

western performance and ranch work

speed work

breed shows

can really be used for anything but those are top three most common

What are ethical considerations for quarter horses?

more than training may go into making a horse look like it does in the show ring

genetic diseases from line breeding

What breed is this?

Appaloosa

What breed is this?

thoroughbred

What is the very old breed that is bred for speed, is 15-17hh, is lighter muscles and longer limbed, has hgih energy, and used to be identified by lip tattoo but now moving to microchips?

Thoroughbred

What are ethical considerations for Thoroughbreds?

mamking the horses run fast pushes them to physiological limit and may cause breakdowns

money/gambling may pose welfare issues

controversial medications and treatments including use of NSAIDs, biphosphonates, shock wave, and furosemide

we have to ask what happens with these horses once they are done with their racing career?

What breed is similar to thoroughbreds but they have jug heads and a much calmer temperament and are identified via freeze brand on neck?

standardbred

What are ethical considerations for Standardbreds?

used by the Amish and are no considered companion animals so we may see rougher treatment

same as TBs

What breed is foundational from the Middle East, is a “hot” horse, stands 14-15hh, and has refined features?

arabian

What breed is this?

arabian

What breed is built for specialty movement and comfort, stands 15-16hh, has a tail set and high-set neck, and can be gaited?

american saddlebred

What breed is this?

american saddlebred

What breed has a running walk as its comfortable gait, is known for the “big lick,” is not really supposed to trot or canter, and stands 15-17hh?

tennessee walking horse

What breed is this?

tennessee walking horse

What ethical considerations are there for american saddlebred and tennessee walking horses?

tail sets are not necessarily natural

training aids may be used to make them lift their feet higher, such as soring, chain, and stacks

Missouri Foxtrotte, Rocky Mountain, and Spotted Saddle horses are what?

gaited horses

Percheron, Clydesdale, and Belgian breeds are all what category?

draft horses

What breed is this?

Percheron

What breed is this?

Clydesdale

What breed is this?

Belgian

What ethical consideration is there for draft horses?

tail docking

pregnant mare urine horses in Canada used to make estrogen drug for women going through menopause

What are examples of European Warmbloods?

Hanoverian

Holsteiner

Dutch

Belgian

What breed is this?

Friesian

What breed is this?

Gypsy Vanner

What are the ethical considerations for European Warmbloods?

not as nature intended

What pony breed is this?

Welsh

What pony breed is this?

Shetland

What breed/type of horse is this?

Hint: it is short and not a pony

Miniature horse

What pony breed is this?

Pony of Americas

What pony breed is this?

Hallflinger