Quiz: Amazing And Bizarre Facts About Horses!

What is the ABC's of horse training?

Which three behaviours can possible cause colic

• Wood chewing, wind sucking, and weaving

• Crib biting, wind sucking and wood chewing

• Wind sucking, wood chewing, and self-mutilation

Juveniles leave the band at what age?

• 1 year

• 1.5 years

• 2 years

• 2.5 years

• 3 years

Bachelor bands are not any less hierarchical then family bands.

• True

• False

Musculoskeletal injuries occur more often in 5 year old TB's compared to young horses, and in the summer as compared to the winter

• True

• False

Family bands are made up of 

• 1 or 2 stallions

• 3- 20 mares

• Less than 3 mares

• Yearlings

• Foals

You should not use a twitch on what part of the horse?

• Nose

• Ear

• Neck

Which of the following is NOT a common welfare issue with horses?

• Daily management- time

• Laminitis

• Fat horses

• Hungry horses

• Vaccinations

• Old horses

Bands are

• Stable

• Hierarchical

• Short term relationships

Which of the following are the six basic ground moves?

• Yield right from riders right leg (and opposite for yielding left)

• Go forward from both legs

• Turn right from right rein

• Slow, stop, park from both reins

• Turn left from left rein

• Yield hindquarter to left from riders right leg (and opposite for yielding right)

They will mates how many times a day?

• 2

• 3-5

• 2-4

• 3

Mares are in oestrous every 

• 17 days

• 2 months

• 1 month

• 7 days

Which of the following are risk factors for stereotypical behaviours in horses

• Social isolation

• Concentrate feed

• Genetics

• Submissive mares' foals more susceptible

• Working

• Mares more susceptible than stallions

• Younger more susceptible than older

• Weaning time/ type

Which of the following are signs of fear in the horse?

• Head low

• Eyes white

• Snort/ nares

• Ears flat

• Limbs increasing speed

• Elavation