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EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE

EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE. EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE. Miohippus 30 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era. Pliohippus 10 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era. Eohippus 60 Million Years Ago EOCENE ERA. Mesohippus 40 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era. Mercychippus 20 Million Years Ago OLIGOCENE ERA.

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EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE

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  1. EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE

  2. EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE Miohippus 30 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era Pliohippus 10 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era Eohippus 60 Million Years Ago EOCENE ERA Mesohippus 40 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era Mercychippus 20 Million Years Ago OLIGOCENE ERA Equus 4 Million Years Ago Modern Era

  3. Zoological Classification • Family Equidae • Genus Equus • Species • Equus asinus • Equus caballas • Equus przewalski

  4. Riding Racing Showing Driving All-purpose Miniature Types and Uses – Light Horses

  5. Breed • Distinguishable characteristics • Color • Function • Conformation

  6. COLOR BREED

  7. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/

  8. PEDIGREE

  9. Registered • Purebred

  10. Light Horse 14.2 – 17.2 hands 900 – 1400 lbs

  11. Draft Horse 14.2 – 17.2 hands 1400 lb or >

  12. Ponies • < 14.2 hands • 500 – 900 lb

  13. Homework • WebCT • Horse Breed Homework • Typed in table format • Due 9/5

  14. PERFORMANCE EVENTS

  15. American Driving Society American Hunter & Jumper Foundation American Vaulting Assn. Carriage Assn. Of America, Inc. Masters of Foxhounds Assn. Of America National Barrel Horse Assn. (NBHA) National Cutting Horse Assn. (NCHA) National Hunter & Jumper Assn. National Reining Horse Assn. (NRHA) National Snaffle Bit Assn. (NSBA) Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn. (PRCA) Sport Organizations

  16. Sport Organizations • Team Penning Assn. • United States Combined Training Assn. (USCTA) • United States Dressage Federation (USDF) • United States Equestrian Assn. • United States Polo Assn.

  17. HALTER CLASSES • Type • Conformation • Quality • Substance • Soundness

  18. SHOWMANSHIP

  19. EQUITATION CLASSES • Western • Hunt Seat • Saddle Seat

  20. DRIVING • Combined driving • Pleasure driving • Dressage driving • Roadster • Walk, Slow jog trot, Fast road gait, Full speed trot

  21. DRESSAGE Continual training of the horse to increasing levels of performance in the execution of various gaits & movements.

  22. HUNTERS • Hunter • Hunter Hack • Working Hunter

  23. HUNTER UNDER SADDLE • Functional correctness • Travels at prescribed gaits • Reverses to inside of arena • Backs • Attitude • Responsiveness, Manners, Bit contact

  24. JUMPERS

  25. COMBINED TRAINING • Dressage • Cross Country • Stadium Jumping

  26. WESTERN PLEASURE • Junior • Senior • Attitude • Responsiveness • Manners • Bit contact

  27. REINING • Circles, Rundown, Lead changes, Stops, Spins, Rollback, Back, Hesitation

  28. Western Trail - negotiate up to 8 different obstacles • Western Riding - Set course involving the walk, jog and lope. At the lope expected to make up to eleven changes of lead.

  29. CUTTING • Enter a herd of cattle, separate and drive a single cow from the herd and keeps the cow from reentering the herd.

  30. PRCA • Calf Roping • Team Roping • Steer wrestling • Bareback • Bull riding • Saddle bronc riding

  31. Team Penning - 3 horse and rider pairs given 2 min. to separate from the herd and drive 3 designated cattle into a pen • Working Cow Horse • Reining pattern. • Cattle portion - hold and turn a cow, as well as control the animal by moving it in circles.

  32. Barrel Racing Pole Bending

  33. National American Trail Ride Conference • Competitive Trail Ride • Endurance Race

  34. POLO • 4 players • Series of Chukkas of 7.5 minutes.

  35. RACING • Thoroughbred – Jockey Club • Quarter Horse • Paint • Appaloosa • Arabian

  36. RACING • Harness Racing – United States Trotting Assn.

  37. RACING • Stakes race • Handicap race • Allowance race • Claiming race • Maiden • Derby • Futurity

  38. RACING SUPERVISION • Steward • Secretary • Paddock judge • Clerk of scales • Starter • Clocker

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