How to Identify and Classify Horses
  • 1. What is the primary way horses are initially classified?
A) By height
B) By breed
C) By gait
D) By color
  • 2. A horse standing over 14.2 hands is generally considered a:
A) Horse
B) Draft Horse
C) Miniature Horse
D) Pony
  • 3. A hand is a unit of measurement equal to:
A) 12 inches
B) 6 inches
C) 4 inches
D) 10 inches
  • 4. Which of these is NOT a primary horse coat color?
A) Chestnut
B) Gray
C) Black
D) Bay
  • 5. What is a horse with a black body and reddish-brown points (mane, tail, legs) called?
A) Brown
B) Bay
C) Chestnut
D) Black
  • 6. A horse with a reddish-brown body and the same color mane and tail is called:
A) Roan
B) Chestnut
C) Palomino
D) Bay
  • 7. What term describes white markings on a horse's legs that extend to at least the knee or hock?
A) Coronet
B) Stocking
C) Sock
D) Pastern
  • 8. What is the term for a white marking on a horse's face that runs down the center of the face?
A) Snip
B) Star
C) Stripe
D) Blaze
  • 9. Which breed is known for its spotted coat pattern?
A) Thoroughbred
B) Quarter Horse
C) Arabian
D) Appaloosa
  • 10. Which breed is known for its endurance and dish-shaped face?
A) Arabian
B) Morgan
C) Paint
D) Mustang
  • 11. Which breed is commonly used in racing and known for its speed?
A) Clydesdale
B) Thoroughbred
C) American Quarter Horse
D) Friesian
  • 12. What type of horse is bred for pulling heavy loads?
A) Pony
B) Light Horse
C) Warmblood
D) Draft Horse
  • 13. What is a Warmblood horse known for?
A) Racing
B) Heavy draft work
C) Wild mustang ancestry
D) Sporting disciplines
  • 14. What does 'conformation' in horses refer to?
A) Coat color
B) Physical structure and build
C) Training level
D) Breed history
  • 15. A horse with a crooked or roman nose has what conformational fault?
A) Short back
B) Poor profile
C) Weak hooves
D) Ewe neck
  • 16. What gait is a two-beat diagonal gait?
A) Walk
B) Canter
C) Gallop
D) Trot
  • 17. What gait is a three-beat gait?
A) Canter
B) Trot
C) Walk
D) Pace
  • 18. What does 'gaited' refer to in horses?
A) A horse's willingness to work
B) Conformation flaws
C) Coat color patterns
D) Specific, inherited gaits
  • 19. Tennessee Walking Horses are known for what gait?
A) Fox Trot
B) Trot
C) Pace
D) Running Walk
  • 20. A horse with a white mane and tail, and a cream or gold coat is likely a:
A) Gray
B) Palomino
C) Buckskin
D) Roan
  • 21. A horse with a black mane and tail and a golden coat is likely a:
A) Buckskin
B) Gray
C) Palomino
D) Dun
  • 22. What is a Dun horse?
A) Black body, reddish points
B) Spotted coat pattern
C) White body, black points
D) Tan body, dark points, dorsal stripe
  • 23. What does 'roan' mean in horse coat color?
A) Solid white color
B) Spotted pattern
C) Dappled pattern
D) Mixture of white hairs with base color
  • 24. Which of these breeds are considered ponies?
A) Shetland
B) Morgan
C) Thoroughbred
D) Arabian
  • 25. What is a 'sock' marking on a horse?
A) Small white spot on the forehead
B) White marking covering the fetlock
C) White marking covering the entire leg
D) White marking above the knee
  • 26. What term describes a horse with small, scattered white hairs on the body?
A) Appaloosa
B) Dappled
C) Roan
D) Gray
  • 27. What category of horse is the Lipizzaner?
A) Draft Horse
B) Pony
C) Warmblood
D) Light Horse
  • 28. The American Quarter Horse is known for excelling at:
A) Endurance riding
B) Short, fast sprints
C) Dressage
D) Jumping
  • 29. What characteristic defines a Pinto horse?
A) Graying with age
B) Solid color with white markings
C) Large patches of white and another color
D) Spotted pattern similar to an Appaloosa
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