Riding Level 9

Riding Level 9 is a bonus Riding Level and those who succeed will win a horn of plenty.

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For an orphaned foal, a milk-producing goat can serve as a foster?
* True

When should a foal begin it's halter breaking
* The first month

At what age is it safe to start a horse under saddle with light riding?
* 3 years

What colour is a very pale Palomino called?
* Isabella

What common horse colour consists of a black mane and tail, black legs, and a medium broen body?
* Bay

Most foals should be weaned at what age?
* Six months

At what age should a foal be de-wormed for the first time?
* Six weeks

At a year old, your horse should be tolerant of what?
* All of these

If your foal is orphaned, what can you do to help it grow?
* All of these

What was the name of Alexander the Great's black horse?
* Bucephalus

Which piece of tack should be the last one introduced when starting a young horse?
* Bit

The areas of forests occupied by discrete groups of New Forest ponies are commonly called:
* Haunts

When should a foal be given it's first vaccination
* Three months

Foals should have colostrum within the first 12 hours after birth
* True

The first time a horse is tied to learn to stand patiently, what are some common reactions the youngster may have?
* Pulling back
* Jerking on the rope
* Pawing

How many pounds can a healthy foal gain per day?
* 3 lbs

Why should you not start a horse under saddle too young?
* It can damage their backs
* It can damage their knees

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* What is the average length of a galloping stride?
3.50m

* To what does the horse's hock correspond to in humans?
To the ankle ?

* After a work session, I have to
Inspect its tendons
Thoroughly check there is no harness wound
Pick my horse's hooves

* In high school dressage, we come across the piaffe and the passage.
Check the correct statements:
The passage is an intermediary gait between collected trotting and the piaffe
The piaffe is a sort of trotting on the spot
For both, this is a symetric, jumped gait in two goes

* In horses, ingesting less than 10 grams of yew can cause death
True

* After being born, foals, in general:
Is fed for a long time by its mother
Stands up in less than one hour

* Which one of these bones is not found in a horse?
The clavicle

* What are the wedges?
The angles of a part
A part of a tooth which falls out at 3 years

* There was a particularly fast horse that won a lot of races.  When it died, it was found that it had an additional vertebra.
True

* Who was Baucher?
The author of the saying "hands without feet, feet without hands"
The inventor of the eponymous bit

* Who created the famous saying "Calme, en avant et droit"?
General L'Hotte

* In hurdle jumping races and in cross races, the hurdles:
The red flag is on the right, the white one on the left
Have a jumping over direction in hurdle racing

* In cross races, what types of obstacles are there?
Panoramic hurdles
Directional hurdles
Flight hurdles

* A mare can, just like males, sometimes have two additional teeth called "fangs":
True, we then say she is "fanged"

* When grooming a horse's mane, you can make fine plaits, called:
Slugs

* Healthy tendons are:
Fine, dry and smooth

* What are the elements of the bridle? (to be checked...)
The throat latch
The bit
The cheek strap
The reins

* In this list, what names designate reins?
The martingale
The elastics

* What does the verb "to paddock" mean?
For a horse, to refuse to go riding by "pushing" its horse rider to the door (so, the paddock)

* For the "Arab" trot, I am
Stood up on the stirrups, legs straight