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Module 4 Flashcards

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sorrel

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color
- red

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chestnut

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color
- brown/red

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bay

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color
- brown with black points

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4
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palomino

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color
- cream dilution gene
- cream body with white mane and tail

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buckskin

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color
- dark mane and tail with dark points and cream body color

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brown

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color

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black

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color

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8
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how many inches is 1 hand

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4 inches

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9
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what does the barn mostly have

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light horses

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what are draft horses

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cold bloods

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11
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what are warm bloods

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European sport horses

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cremello

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color (paliminoXpalimino)
- double dilute
- red base
- cream colored body and cream/white mane and tail

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perlino

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color (palomino X palomino)
- cream color body but have a reddish tint to mane and tail

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14
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dun

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color
- back stipe
- zebra stripes on legs
- dark, tan coat color

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roan

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color
- bay, red, blue
- solid coat color with white points

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grullo

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color
- smokey

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gray

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color
- black pigmented skin
- color gets lighter as they get older

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American saddlebred

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  • gaited
  • bred for show rings
  • light harness
  • three gated saddler (walk, trot, canter)
  • very alert looking
  • chestnut and bay
  • 15-16 hands
  • small elegant head
  • high tail carriage (artificial)
  • muscular
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Arabian

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  • hot blood
  • oldest purebred in the world
  • stamina
  • hereditary soundness
  • intelligent
  • high set tail
  • small chiseled features
  • long arched neck
  • long arched neck
  • chiseled features with dished face
  • 14-15 hands; 1 less lumbar
  • used for show, racing, and endurance
  • mostly solid color
  • big eyes
  • small ears
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Lipizzan

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  • connection to Spanish riding school of Vienna
  • docility and intelligence
  • 15-15.2 hands
  • main color is gray
  • strong legs
  • strong back and quarters
  • athletic
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Morgan

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  • “Justin Morgan”: breeds foundation sire named after his second owner; horse had incredible durance and was 14 hands
  • 14.1-15.2 hands
  • big neck
  • good conformation and strong
  • shown under saddle and in harness
  • active and versatile
  • bay, brown, chestnut, black colors
  • uses in endurance, dressage, and buggy
  • attractive head set
  • thick mane and tail
22
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national show horse

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  • gaited
23
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quarter horse

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  • north Americas most popular breed
  • powerful hind quarters
  • thick mane and tail
  • head joins neck at 45 degrees
  • 14.3-16 hands
  • any solid color
  • uses in pleasure riding, racing, cow-ponies, rodeos, trail
  • raced over short distances and that’s how they got their name
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standardbred

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  • harness
  • gaited ( trotters and pacers)
  • ex racehorse
  • courageous
  • tough
  • plain headed
  • 15-16 hands
  • bay color
  • uses for trotters, pacers, buggy horses
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thoroughbred

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  • hot blood
  • fine head set on elegant neck
  • deep girth
  • strong legs
  • powerful quarters
  • fastest horse in the world
  • race horse
  • dressage
  • jumpers
  • chestnut, bay, brown
  • 15.2-17.2 hands
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appaloosa

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  • six color patterns
  • skin of nose, lips, and genitals is mottled
  • white sclera
  • feet are often vertically stiped
  • mane and tail are sparse
  • uses: general, pleasure, circus, racing, jumping
  • 14.2-16 hands
27
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what are the six color patterns of appaloosa’s

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  1. leopard- dark spots on white background
  2. snowflake- light spots on a dark background
  3. spotted blanket- spots on the quarters and loins only
  4. marble
  5. frost
  6. white blanket- not spotted at all, consisting of white quarters and loin on an otherwise dark coat
28
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paint

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  • paint=breed
  • pinto=color
  • color and pattern
  • all purpose
  • 2 coat colors and 2 coat patterns
  • favorite mount of the Indians
  • 14-15.2 hands
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piebald (color)

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broken patches of black and white

30
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skewbald (color)

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white and any other color except black

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overo (pattern)

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  • recessive
  • dark coat with white patches
  • white starts on belly and extends up
  • back mane and tail tend to be dark
32
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tobiano

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  • dominant
  • white coat with dark patches
  • white usually starts on back and goes down body
33
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pinto

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color

34
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mustang

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feral

35
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paso fino

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gaited

36
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Peruvian paso

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gaited

37
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rocky mountain horse

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gaited

38
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Tennessee walking horse

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  • gaited
  • generally black
  • big weighted shoes
  • soring=bad
  • flat foot walk
  • rocking chair canter
  • running walk
  • high tail carriage
  • feet may overreach each other by up to 18 inches
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draft horses

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  • cold bloods
  • work horses
  • biggest and strongest
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belgian

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  • Amish work horse
  • not as much feathering
  • sorrel to chestnut with creamy white mane and tail
  • quiet and docile
  • very muscular
  • very popular
  • 16-17 hands
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Clydesdale

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  • bay or brown with extensive white on head and all 4 legs above knees and hocks
  • much feathering
  • Budweiser team
  • number 3 draft breed in US
  • less massive weight wise
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English Shire

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  • black color and some bay, brown, and gray
  • immensely strong and big barreled
  • long feathery legs
  • find head
  • popular for show
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Percheron

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  • well proportioned
  • grey or black
  • fine head
  • powerful proportions
  • stamina and endurance
  • less feathering
44
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friesian

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  • coach horse
  • similar to Percheron but smaller and a lot more mane and tail
45
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pony

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14.2 hands

46
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miniature horses

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measured in inches instead of hands

47
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American Shetland

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  • slightly larger pony
  • abundant supply of mane and tail hair
  • most popular pony
  • gaited
  • any color
48
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fjord

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look like przewalskis horse

49
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przewalskis horse

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only true wild horse

50
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Haflinger

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  • hardy mountain breed
  • always chestnut color with white facial markings
  • flaxen (yellow color) mane and tail
  • very stout
51
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miniature horse

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  • not a pony
  • miniature horse
  • Falabella devolved by crossing a small TB with a small Shetland and then inbreeding occurred
  • can be maldeveloped with deformities
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pony of the americas

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  • look like appaloosa
  • crossed a Shetland stallion to an appaloosa mare
  • any of the 6 appaloosa colors
  • willing
  • active
  • versatile
  • head small; araby
  • large eyes and small ears
  • jumping classes
  • trail rides
  • racing

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