Kentucky-Senior-Breeds and Breed Registries Flashcards

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Q.: Name the most numerous light horse breed in Europe.

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A.: Hanoverians

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Q.: What year was the AHSA founded?

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A.: 1917

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Q.: What is the term for a Standardbred horse that races with a diagonal gait?

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A.: Trotter

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Q.: What do the initials “USDF” stand for?

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A.: United States Dressage Foundation

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Q.: What breed of show pony was produced by crossing Hackney & Shetland pony.

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A.: The Americana

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Q.: Define quality.

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A.: Fineness of texture; freedom from coarseness; refinement of hair, hide and bone

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Q.: What two gaits does a 5-gaited horse have that the 3-gaited horse does not?

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A.: Slowgate and rack

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Q.: In 1894, Colonel Battel founded the Register for which breed of horses?

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A.: Morgans

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Q.: On what are Conformation Working Horses judged ?

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A.: Performance, soundness and conformation

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Q.: For what do the initials USTA stand?

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A.: Unites States Trotting Association

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Q.: For what does AHSA stand?

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A.: American Horse Show Association

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Q.: Which breed of horses are characterized by leopard spot markings?

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A.: Appaloosa

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Q.: What draft breed is only chestnut in color?

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A.: Suffolk

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Q.: What is a male donkey called?

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A.: A Jack

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Q.: What is the Connemara Pony known for?

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A.: Its jumping ability

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Q.: The American Paint Horse Association is devoted strictly to stock horses and bases its registry on blood of what three breeds?

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A.: Paints, Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds

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Q.: What club registers the breed that has been referred to as the essential oil of horse flesh, of which 1/3 of these horses are bred in the State of Kentucky and used for running races?

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A.: Jockey Club

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Q.: Approximately 99% of all standardbreds trace to what horse?

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A.: Hambletonian

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Q.: What is the birthdate of a horse in the Standardbred breed?

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A.: January 1st

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Q.: Robert Bakewell, who developed many improved breeds of livestock, also initiated the improvement of what draft horse?

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A.: The Shire

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Q.: Name two breeds of the “Native Horse.”

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A.: Chickasaw Horse, Spanish Mustangs, Spanish-Barb, American Mustang

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Q.: What animal is known for a dorsal stripe running from mane to tail that is intersected by the arms of cross at the withers?

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A.: Scicilian donkey

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Q.: Can a Welsh Pony be skewbald or piebald?

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A.: No

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Q.: Name a small, dun-colored, genuine wild species of horse that was formerly abundant in southern Russia and Central Asia.

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A.: The Tarpan, Prezwalski’s horse

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Q.: The paso gait has 5 forms - name the three most important.

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A.: Paso fino, Paso corto, Paso largo

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Q.: How much does an aluminum racing plate weigh?

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A.: 2-3 oz

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Q.: When capitalized, what does Half-Bred mean?

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A.: Denotes a horse sired by a Thoroughbred and registered in the Half-Bred Stud Book

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Q.: What is the difference in muscling of the forearm between the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred?

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A.: Quarter Horse - muscling is shorter and heavier than the Thoroughbred; Thoroughbred - longer and leaner than the Quarter Horse

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Q.: Name four classifications of mules.

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A.: Draft, sugar, cotton farm, packing and mining

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Q.: Give the sequence of movement of the hooves for the paso gait.

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A.: Right rear, right fore; left rear, left fore; the hind foot touches the ground a fraction of a second before the front foot

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Q.: What breeds were developed from the need for a comfortable ground covering, smooth gaited riding and driving horse?

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A.: American Saddle Horse