December 2, 2016
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TEST YOUR HORSE IQ WITH THIS EQUINE QUIZ
adage: “Never a bronc that
couldn’t ____, and never a cow-
boy that couldn’t ____.”
By TERRELL WILLIAMS
For the Capital Press
1. What is equitation?
11. A rowel is the pointed wheel
of a spur. The length, shape and
number of rowels determine the
spur’s severity.
18. What are girth galls?
2. What is a fetlock?
12. The seven NFR events are
bareback bronc riding, steer wres-
tling, tie-down roping, saddle bronc
riding, team roping, barrel racing
and bull riding. Take a bonus point
for knowing the clowns’ bull fighting
competition at the end (the 10th
night) of the rodeo.
19. What is the poll?
3. What are skid boots?
4. What are a farrier’s clenches?
5. One of the most famous
paintings by Charles M. Russell
depicts the calamity of a bucking
horse and rider smashing
through the morning camp. What
is the title of this 1908 painting?
6. At what age should the
average horse have a full set of
permanent teeth?
7. What are gut sounds, and
what do they mean?
8. What is a Leopard Appaloosa?
9. When is the Kentucky Derby?
(Bonus question: What horse
won this year?)
10. In horse racing, what is a
“win bet?”
11. What is a rowel?
12. At the National Finals Rodeo
starting the first week of Decem-
ber in Las Vegas, what are the
seven events? (What might be
considered the eighth event on
the final night?)
13. What is the meaning of a red
ribbon tied to a horse’s tail?
14. What boot company, started
in El Paso, Texas, in 1912 by the
son of Italian immigrants, now
has 780 employees and produc-
es 3,100 pairs of boots a day?
20. What 1944 movie about a
difficult horse turned into a cham-
pion starred Elizabeth Taylor and
Mickey Rooney?
BONUS QUESTION: What do
you call a pony that won’t do
anything you ask?
13. Used mostly in trail riding,
a red ribbon is a warning sign to
keep your distance because this
horse will kick when crowded.
HORSE QUIZ
ANSWERS
1. Equitation is another word for
horsemanship, which is riding skill,
especially with regard to form and
control.
2. A fetlock is the lower leg joint
above the foot.
3. Skid boots (also called sliding
boots) are gear that strap around
the fetlocks to protect those joints
during sliding stops and other
reining moves.
4. Clenches are the shoeing nail
ends that are cut off, bent over and
squeezed down against the hoof
wall to secure the shoe.
5. This C.M. Russell painting is
titled, “Bronc to Breakfast.” (A sim-
ilar, later Russell painting is called,
“Camp Cook’s Troubles.”)
Terrell Williams/For the Capital Press
Bill Holloway and other members of the Southern Idaho Draft
Horse and Mule Association give rides at the annual Thousand
Springs Festival west of Wendell, Idaho.
6. A full set of permanent teeth
arrives at 4 1/2 to 5 years of age.
body hair covered all over with dark
spots.
7. Gut sounds are the gurgling of
digestion, heard by listening with
a stethoscope or even the naked
ear pressed against the horse’s
barrel just behind the last rib.
These sounds indicate the stom-
ach and intestines are in normal
working condition. A horse with
no gut sounds may be a horse in
trouble with colic or other digestive
problems.
9. The Kentucky Derby is held on
the first Saturday in May, won this
year by Nyquist.
10. A win bet is a wager that a
horse will finish only in first place.
14. Tony Lama (1887-1974) found-
ed the legendary Tony Lama Boot
Co. A cobbler by trade, he served
in the U.S. Army making boots for
soldiers, then earned a reputation
throughout the Southwest for mak-
ing top-quality custom boots. Some
of his original company employees
were his six children.
15. Bolting feed is when a horse
eats too fast because of being
overly hungry, or anxious about
another horse taking the food
away, or simply having too much
nervous anxiety. When a horse
bolts his feed, he doesn’t chew
it thoroughly, which may result in
intestinal blockage.
16. These are three types of
the snaffle bit, which is a milder,
non-leverage bit.
17. “Never a bronc that couldn’t
be rode, and never a cowboy that
couldn’t be throwed.”
18. Girth galls are saddle sores
made by dirty or poor fitting cinch-
es, saddle pads and saddles.
19. The poll is the highest portion
of a horse’s head, behind its ears.
20. That movie classic was “Na-
tional Velvet.”
Bonus answer: A recalcitrant little
equine is called a “neigh sayer.”
(Sources: “The Horseman’s
Illustrated Dictionary,” “The Horse
Lover’s Bible” and the internet.)
Score:
16 to 20: Top Hand
11 to 15: Seasoned Buckaroo
6 to 10: Weekend Wrangler
5 or less: Tenderfoot
8. A Leopard Appaloosa has white
15. What is bolting feed?
16. What are eggbutts, French
links and bridoons?
17. Complete this old rhyming
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