Riding Level 8

The horse is a?
herbivor


- What is the average speed of a horse when walking?
10km/h

- How many blind spots does a horse's field of vision have?
2

- What parts are not found on the horse's foot?
The outer ligaments
The elbow

- Horses' hair is the same regardless of the season.
false

- In this list, what are the transport protective devices?
A bell
A knee pad

- The Mustang is a protected horse in the United States. The name of this breed comes from
wild horse


- What is the little "pin" of a buckle called:
the tongue

- Above all, leathers are sensitive to:
sweating

- Check all the right answers
Horses are animals built for running away.
Horses are gregarious animals

- Chestnuts are:
the fruits of the chestnut tree
the traces of an old additional finger that horses had in prehistoric times.

- In each molting period, horses are more tired and vulnerable than usually.
true

- In the meadow, a new horse introduced in a herd is most often:
violently rejected

- Fjord pony's manes naturally grow short.
false

- Leather is a material:
animal

- Leon Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, was also a horse man; he was still riding at 75.
true

- One of my club's horses, at eating time, is not eating and is fussy:
It's undoubtedly serious, I'll notify an instructor

- Saddles have eyes:
true

- There are synthetic bridles:
true

The Boulonnais, at the end of the 19th century, was improved with Arab blood. But why?
To make them quicker and enable them to get to Paris in record time.

- The capriole, a famous figure of the horses of the Cadre Noir (Black Squad) of Saumur consists of a jump during which the horse bucks. Why was it invented?
To prepare the cavaliers for the tough shakes of combat

- The harness makes saddles, bridles, harnesses - a more sophisticated job than the saddler
true

- The harnessing leather is normally looked after:
with glycerine soap

- The "paring knife" is used to:
thin out the piece of leather

- The saddler is a job that has disappeared today
false

The saddle stone:
is found in the box on Equideo when you don't really know what it is

- To sew, the saddler uses:
hemp thread
needles

- To smooth out the leather, the saddler uses a sleeker - a tool generally made in:
boxwood

What coat has mixed, three-color hairs?
Roan

- What is a mash?
food that is a treat for horses

- What is the sequence of placing down limbs in canter left?
Back right; right diagonal; front left

- What is a tanner?
the person who prepares the leathers for the harness maker

- What is the disadvantage of neat's foot-oil?
it wears the stitches prematurely

- What is top stitching used for?
to reinforce the stitches

- Which of these bones is part of the carp joint?
The pisiforme bone

- Which of these figures comes under the two-track work? (X)
Push it

- One of my club's horses, at eating time, is not eating and is fussy:
It's undoubtedly serious, I'll notify an instructor

- A windgall is:
a small defect

- Check all the elements of the saddle:
the sweat flaps
the cantle
the flaps
the blades

- Who was the first rider of Pegasus?
Perseus

- The equipment (saddle + bridle) must be thoroughly cleaned and lubricated every:
month

- It's sunny, -10?C, the bit of ground I am on is a good clear path, there are no stones, my horse is calm. I can gallop.
no

- The "round knife" is also more often called:
trimmer

- An adjusted saddle:
does not touch the withers at all

- Check the right statements:
the western saddles can have two straps
the dressage saddles have longer flaps than the hurdle saddles
there are multipurpose saddles

- The Isabelle coat owes its name to:
Isabelle-the-Catholic, having pledged in the 1491 Grenada siege, not to change her shirt until the end of the seige, hence the "dirty" colour