Horse Breeds Quiz

1. Horse BreedsQuiz

2. NOT A DRAFT • 15 AND ½ HANDS • Used for riding, driving, and high school routines. • Foundation started in 1917. • Found in circuses

3. 2nd original american breed • 1700's were developed • Have own registration • Competes in shows • Common for white blanket like spot on butt

4. Draft horse cold blooded • From Belgium • Been around since middle evil times • Used as harness horses • Tails docked • Government helped develop this breed • Have a blaze • Big chest

5. Andalusian • May of 1968 was when the first American Walking Pony was created. • Middle age knight horse • Pure bred spanish breed • Cherry red • Lots of mane and tail • 52 hands • Broad chest • Lots of endurance

6. Can be cross registered • Can be traced back forever • Buckskin and Dunn mate = elbino • Came from spanish horse • Darker mane and tail • Cream to brown with black points

7. Heavy draft horse • Buzzwiser beer • From Ireland • Very active • Not high stepping • Very strong • Normally bay with a blaze docked tail dark mane and tail • Do come black brown, chestnut, roam • Have feathering around hooves

8. No color preferences • Trace past to sire • Founded by Mike Ruby • Swirl in pedigree (cowlicks)‏ • Fairly new breed since civil war • Records are recorded in both hand and online • 1934 in stock show to be shown • Got name in 1934 • All American breed

9. Arabian • From arbia in the arabian desert • Brought in to tents and homes • Kept the gentle • Carries tail high • Long narrow neck • Dish face • Ears scoped and point in • A lot of lung compacity • Used for running and racing • Pure breed • lg. nostrils • All colors • Not huge horses

10. Old breed from austrian trail area • Can be traced back to 1874 • Do have arabian in them • White mane and tail • Blaze on their face • First brought to us in 1958

11. Northern Germany, the former Kingdom of Hanover is where they are from. • They were brought to the US in 1978. • They are used for riding and competition.

12. 1560's was when they came into existence. • They were used in Spanish Riding Schools.

13. The horses are used for show.

14. The first Morgan was born in 1789 in Springfield, Massachusetts. • They are used for working the field.

15. They are from North America but their ancestors can be traced to North America and Asia Minor. • They are used for pleasure riding, showing, ranching, racing, rodeoing, trail riding.

16. The origin is unknown for sure, but thought to have come from the English Great Horse. • They are used for farm work.

17. Palomino • Los Angeles County, California, on June 25, 1941 was the year they were made. • They are used for show.

18. Paso Fino • This horse got it's beginning in Spain. • They were used as one of the worlds finest riding horses.

19. Shetland Pony • Their origin is the Shetland Islands as early as the Bronze Age. • They are used in the coal mining industry.

20. Pony of the Americas • They were founded in Iowa in the year 1954. • It was used to provide a pony with good appearance, speed, and stamina for young riders who were too big for a small pony but not ready for a full-sized horse.

21. Quarter Horse • They are from the southwestern area of Texas around the 1940's. • They are used for

22. Rocky Mountain Horse • They are from Spout Springs, Kentucky, on the farm of Sam Tuttle. • They are a pleasure horse, for trail, and competitive or endurance riding.

23. Saddlebred • They originated in America in 1836. • They are used for riding.

24. Friesian • From europe • Used as draft horses • Used now for light agricultural work • Long thick manes and tail tail can reach the ground • ALL BLACK • White spot on head • High head carriage • Pulls carriages and wagons in england • Been around since the middle ages • Almost became extinct in the 1900's

25. Welsh Pony and Cob • They were imported in 1889, but were able to be registered July 30,1907. • They are used to ride.