WorksheetsHorse Evaluation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
When measuring horses, a hand is equal to:
1 inch
4 inches
6 inches
12 inches
Horse measurements are taken from the ground up to the point of:
the withers.
the croup.
the tail head.
the ears.
A female horse less than three years of age is called a:
mare.
filly.
colt.
foal.
A castrated male horse is called a:
gelding.
stallion.
colt.
mare.
The pastern and hoof should form what angle with the ground?
15 degree angle
30 degree angle
45 degree angle
60 degree angle
Which of the following is an example of roughage?
Rolled oats
Alfalfa hay
Barley
Corn
The picture on the right shows what kind of confirmation fault?
Post legged
Sickle hocked
Camped under
Toed in
Which letter represents an ideal pastern?
A
B
C
The tracking image in the middle represents:
Base wide, toeing out
Base narrow, pigeon toed
Ideal tracking
Paddle tracking
Image B represents:
bow legged
knocked kneed
splayed footed
bench kneed
Image B represents:
cow hocked
bow legged
ideal structure
Toed in
Image C represents:
posted legged.
sickle hocked.
ideal structure.
camped out.
Image B represents:
camped out
camped under
ideal structure
posted legged
The part of the horse that is located at the top of the shoulder is called the:
withers
croup
point of shoulder
heart girth
A 4-beat gait is called a:
walk.
jog.
lope.
gallop.
A 2-beat gait is called a:
jog.
walk.
lope.
gallop.
A 3-beat gait is called a:
walk.
jog.
lope.
gallop.
A horse’s foot fall pattern when it walks, jogs or lopes is called a:
stride.
gait.
lead.
cinch.
A term that is used to describe the movement of all four legs within a gait is called a:
lead.
gait.
stride.
cinch.
Which term is used to describe an animal’s structure?
Stride
Balance
Lead
Confirmation
Which term is used for the top of the horse’s hindquarters?
Withers
Croup
Stifle
Shoulder
When judging a class of halter horses, what should be the first thing that you look at?
Structure
Balance
Quality
Muscling
When evaluating a horse, what is going to affect the hind leg more than anything else?
Angle of the hock
Muscling in the stifle
Muscling in the pastern
Angle of the pastern
When evaluating a horse's head, we want their head to be:
long from the eye to the muzzle.
triangular in shape.
round in shape.
parrot mouthed.
When evaluating for muscling on a horse, we should look at the:
forearm, stifle, and gaskin.
croup, withers, and neck.
chest, heart girth, and forearm.
flank, stifle, and croup.
