Horses exam 1

What is the most popular horse?

american quarter horse

registered quarter horses must have parents where one is a _____ and the other is ___ ___ ___ ___

quarter horse, at least one half

quarter horses are popular in which sport?

racing

what horse is a desert horse?

arabian

what kind of face do arabian horses have? what kind of tail?

dished face, raised tail

what horse is an old breed?

thoroughbred

thoroughbreds are used for ______ and do ______ distance

racing, middle

what kind of horse looks like a quarter horses but are longer and are good jumpers?

thoroughbred

what kind of horse is this? what color?

thoroughbred, bay

what sport involves having horses jump over barriers? what horses are good at this?

steeplechase, thoroughbreds

what sports are thoroughbreds used in? they are also used with what kind of dog?

steeplechase, polo, hounds

steeplechase horses are good at _____ and are very _____

jumping, versatile

what color of horse has a red to brown body with a black mane?

bay

what kind of horse is a cross between a throughbred and arabian?

morgan

what kind of horse is this? what color? (it is holding its head up high)

morgan, black

the two types of morgan horses are the ______ and the _______

english pleasure and stock horse

what kind of horse is used in sulky races for speed?

standardbred

based on this sport, what kind of horses are these? what sport is this?

standardbred, sulky racing

standardbreds race at 2 gaits, what are these gaits?

pace, trot

what horse is this? what color?

arabian, grey

what kind of horse is this? what color?

quarter horse, sorrel

the color sorrel is also known as

chestnut

what horse is known as the peacock because of their posture? they are also easy to ride.

saddlebred

Saddlebred first developed as _____ ___ in ky

plantation horses

notice the legs of this horse are very raised. what kind of horse is this?

saddlebred

saddlebred are trained to preform two different types of gaits. which gaits are these?

3 gait, 5 gait

what horse is known for having a lot of leg action and being easy to ride?

tennessee walking horse

what kind of distinctive gait are Tennessee walking horses known for?

running walk

what kind of horse is this? what color variation?

american paint horse, overo

if a horse looks like an american paint horse but isn’t, what kind of horse could it be? given the fact that the horse just has too much white?

quarter horse

overo means

color crosses the back

tobiano (color of a horse) means

white crosses the back

what color is a mix of overo and tobiano?

tovero

to be registered as an american paint horse, the parents must be

paint, quarter, or thorough

what color of horse is this? (large, fluid patches of white)

pinto

a registered pinto colored horse can be any breed, but they must not have any _________ blood in them

appaloosa

what kind of horse is this? (distinct dalmatian like spots)

appaloosa

what are the two basic color patterns for appaloosa horses?

blanket, leopard

what color of horse has a brown body and a white mane/tail?

palomino

in order to be considered palomino, a horse must have less than _____ dark hairs

15%

what color can be mistaken as sorrel, as it is a lightened sorrel color?

palomino

what color of horse is a light golden and has a dark mane/tail?

buckskin

what color of horse is a mouse color? (silver/grey body with black)

grulla

what color of horse has points redder than its body?

red dun

what color of horse has a dorsal stripe? (stripe along back)

dun