Horsemanship-Horses and Horsemanship

Question 1

What should be considered when buying a horse?

Answer 1

Price, Brokeness, Size

Question 2

Which is better suited for novice rider to begin on? Three gaited horses or five gaited?

Answer 2

Three Gaited

Question 3

What is the purpose of the bridle?

Answer 3

Hold the bit in the horses mouth

Question 4

Who developed the snaffle bit?

Answer 4

The Greeks

Question 5

What is the oldest known type of bit?

Answer 5

Snaffle

Question 6

Which bit rests lower in the mouth, curb or snaffle?

Answer 6

Curb

Question 7

What is the most widely used bit used for training?

Answer 7

Snaffle

Question 8

What type of snaffle is most commonly used on hunters and jumpers?

Answer 8

Egg Butt

Question 9

Which single bit is a combination of both a cub and a snaffle, used with two reins and a curb chain?

Answer 9

Pelham

Question 10

What does the term “single bridle” refer to?

Answer 10

One bit

Question 11

What does the term “double bridle” refer to?

Answer 11

Two bits and two headstalls

Question 12

Most common bit

Answer 12

Snaffle

Question 13

What type of bit is braided rawhide or rope noseband referred to?

Answer 13

Bosal Hackamore

Question 14

Where should a well fitting hackamore sit on a horses nose?

Answer 14

Four inches above the nostril.

Question 15

How many fingers should fit between the hackamore and the branches of the jaw?

Answer 15

Two

Question 16

Why is the hackamore bridle bit considered a “fake” bit?

Answer 16

It has shanks but no mouthpiece.

Question 17

When was the “horse cloth” or earliest form of saddle, used?

Answer 17

800 B.C.

Question 18

When was the first saddle with a tree made?

Answer 18

4th century A.D.

Question 19

Who is credited with introducing the ladies sidesaddle and in what century?

Answer 19

Anne of Bohemia in the 14th century

Question 20

In what type of events is an English saddle with a forward seat used?

Answer 20

Jumping and Hunting

Question 21

Who first developed and used Western saddles?

Answer 21

the Spaniards in Old Mexico

Question 22

How have American ranchers changed the western saddle?

Answer 22

Made them lighter, less cumbersome, added a higher pommel and a swelled fork.

Question 23

How much does the average western saddle weigh?

Answer 23

35-40lbs

Question 24

Who is believed to have invented the wheel?

Answer 24

The Egyptians

Question 25

When was the first carriage built in Great Britain Made?

Answer 25

1555

Question 26

A light racing vehicle with bicycle wheels

Answer 26

Sulky

Question 27

How much does a sulky weigh?

Answer 27

29-37lbs

Question 28

How many people could fit into a dogcart?

Answer 28

Four with the hounds carried under the seat

Question 29

Which carriage is named after a town in Germany where it was first made in 1790. Its a covered carriage that the roof can be opened.

Answer 29

Landau

Question 30

What carriage was made for King George IV in 1824

Answer 30

Pony Phaeton

Question 31

What door less carriage was introduced by the Prince of Wales in 1869. Driven by single a pair of horses.

Answer 31

Victoria

Question 32

What carriage is used for hauling fright, goods, and passengers typically pulled by four horses?

Answer 32

Stagecoach

Question 33

When was the American custom of driving on the right side of the road devolved?

Answer 33

in the 1750’s

Question 34

What are blinders or blinkers?

Answer 34

Used to restrict the side vision of the horse

Question 35

What are the two most common types of blinders?

Answer 35

Racing and Driving