Obj. 6.01 - Equine Maintenance

Multiple Choice

When grooming is practiced only each time a horse is ridden, the result is most often:

• a relaxed horse with no fear of people

• hair getting on the saddle and stirrups

• natural skin oil soaking the horse’s coat

• the horse not getting groomed enough

Multiple Choice

The ideal practice for most horses is to groom them:

• daily.

• once weekly.

• every other month.

• three times a year.

Multiple Choice

Which is most beneficial for maintaining a horse’s muscle tone?

• Adding molasses to the feedstuff

• Allowing the horse time to lie down

• Brisk brushing during grooming

• Keeping the horse in a stall

Multiple Choice

Grooms are better able to get out of the way of a kick if they:

• brush the horse from the tail toward the head.

• hold the horse’s tail and ears tightly.

• keep one hand on the horse’s hip or shoulder.

• yell at the horse every time it flinches.

Multiple Choice

Belinda is cleaning the foot on her pinto mare with a hoof pick. She avoids injury to the horse by inserting the pick:

• at the heel and pulling toward the toe.

• at the toe and pushing toward the heel.

• under the frog and through the coronet.

• until the horse flinches.

Multiple Choice

Aaron is preparing to shoe his Morgan gelding. As Aaron lifts the Morgan’s hind foot, he protects himself against kicking by placing his near side hand on the Morgan’s:

• hip.

• nose.

• muzzle.

• pastern.

Multiple Choice

Hard rubber is a more desirable material for a currycomb than metal because metal may:

• cause iron deficiency in horses.

• be more irritating to the horse’s skin.

• rust and fall apart.

• not remove mud.

Multiple Choice

Tabitha notices Drew using a circular motion as he brushes the Belgian mare. She concludes Drew is removing mud and loosening matted hair with the:

• back scraper.

• currycomb.

• dandy brush.

• soft brush.

Multiple Choice

Jonathan explains to Jessica that the "dandy brush" is used after currying to clean down to the horse’s skin. Jonathan tells Jessica the best way to use the brush is with:

• a circular motion similar to when currying.

• gentle strokes in the opposite direction of hair growth.

• long, even strokes diagonal to hair growth.

• short, hard strokes in the same direction as the hair growth.

Multiple Choice

Justin finishes removing mud from the standardbred filly with the currycomb. He proceeds to clean the hair down to the skin with the dandy brush, which is also known as the:

• currycomb.

• soft brush.

• stiff brush.

• sweat scraper.

Multiple Choice

Kerry is showing an American saddlebred gelding. She shortens and thins the horse’s mane for the show with a:

• currycomb.

• dandy brush.

• grooming cloth.

• pulling comb.

Multiple Choice

Kendall enjoys the shine on his Morgan’s coat that comes from bringing out the natural oils from the skin. The tool he most uses to give the shine is a:

• currycomb.

• dandy brush.

• grooming cloth.

• sweat scraper.