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White line
What part of the foot separates the wall & the sole?
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By watching its head & ears
How do you read your horse's intentions as you approach it?
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Some shade of red (ranges from yellowish red to mahogany red -- mane & tail are usually the same color as the body)
Describe the color chestnut
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Hack
What is the term for a horse ridden to a hunt meet?
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Bug eyed bovine eyes
What is the term for protruding eyes?
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Shock absorption
The spring-like action which absorbs concussion during movement is called what?
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Stallion
Charging is seen most commonly in what type horse?
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Overo
What pinto pattern has a dark base color with white spots?
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Missouri Fox Trotter
Which breed was developed from saddle horses by settlers in the Ozarks?
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Cannon not centered on knee OR off-set knees
What are bench knees?
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Tidal volume
What is the term for the total amount of inspired air?
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Large, wide-set eyes
What makes it possible for a horse to have more forward & rear vision than other animals?
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Claybank
What do you call a variation of the red dun color - body color is light copper with mane & tail a darker shade?
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Tennessee Walker
Black Allen (Allen P-1) is the foundation sire of which breed?
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To deliver power to the stride
Why do you want straight leg as viewed from behind?
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Weight of rider too far back
What lessens the horse's propelling power?
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Giving of care & attention between 2 horses
What it epimeletic behavior?
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Eumelanin - controls black or brown
Pheomelanin - controls red or yellow
2 part question: The pigment melanin comes in 2 forms. Name them & the colors they control
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True breeding buckskin breed from Spain
What is a Sorria?
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Horse uses it as a balance arm
Why is the neck an important conformation point?
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Minute volume (total amount of air inspired or expired per minute)
In measuring respiratory capabilities of the horse, tidal volume & respiratory rate are used to determine what respiratory parameter?
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About 65 degrees directly in front of its head
What is the range of a horse's binocular vision?
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Ivory color with rusty points
Describe the color perlino
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Cremello & perlino
Which color horses now registered as "cream" were originally registered as Albino types A & B?
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Reduces efficiency & detracts from coordination
What does excess lateral movement of the feet cause?
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