2014 Saskatchewan Regional Quiz
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Saskatchewan Regional Quiz 2014
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1. Pony Club Trivia
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2. Racing
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3. Odds & Ends
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4. Saddlery
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5. Shoe & Farrier
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6. Vet
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7. Conformation
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8. Parasites
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9. Abbreviations
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10. Assorted Terms
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11. Teeth
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Part 1 Pony Club Trivia
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1. What discipline has an international exchange every year? ________PPG___________
2. What year did Pony Club start in Canada?
__________________1934_______________
3. Which Region is hosting National Quiz 2014?
____________MANITOBA______________
4. Who is the current National Chair?
___________CATHY MILLER__________________
5. Who is the current Regional Chair?
______________NANCY HIBBERT_____________
6. What is the website for the Canadian Pony ClubWWW.CANADIANPONYCLUB.ORG
7. How many regions in Canada?
_______________________13______________________
8. Saskatchewan is hosting which national event in 2015? NATIONAL SHOWJUMPING
9. Name the scholarship available through the CPC: _____GOVERNOR GENERAL_____
10. How many branches in Saskatchewan? ___________9_______________________________________
11. Who is the Regional Education Chair? ______________NELDA RIPLEY____________________
12. Who is the Regional Youth Rep? ________________AMANDA PUFAL_______________________
13. Who is the Regional National Director? __________NAOMI GIRLING____________________
14. What is the age of an affiliate member? ____________21-24 AS OF JAN 1_________________
15. Where will 2014 International Quiz be held? ____LEXINGTON KENTUCKY____
Part 2 Racing
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1. To win you must select the horse that finishes first and second but not necessarily in
the exact order: ____________QUNELLA___________________________
2. To win you must select the horses that finishes first, second, and third in the exact
order:
______________________TRIACTOR____________________________________
3. This is a stakes race exclusively for 3 year olds:
______DERBY___________________
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4. One eighth of a mile / 660 feet / 200 meters ___________FURLONG_______________
5. A stakes race exclusively for two year olds; ____________FUTURITY_____________________
6. A horse that has never won a race
_____________MAIDEN_______________________
7. The starting point for the race
_______________POST__________________________
Part 3 Odds & Ends
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1. Spreading ____VASOLINE_____ on the heels will lessen the chance of cracked heels or
mud fever.
2. Which brush shouldn't you groom a grass kept horse with?_______BODY_________
3. When clipping a horse in what month should the first be clipped? ____OCTOBER__
4. A banged tail should be trimmed _________4__________ inches below the point of hock.
5. Pine tar with _________OAKUM___________________is recommended for packing the
space between the pad and the hoof.
6. The name for a two wheeled cart pulled by a standard bred horse ______SULKY_______
7. What is hippology?
______________STUDY OF HORSES___________________
8. Prince of Wales is a type of: ____________SPUR__________________________________________
9. Where do you find Bluegrass country: __________KENTUCKY, USA______________________
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Part 4 Saddlery
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1. What is a ring through which driving reins pass? _________TERRET________________
2. Name 3 types of saddle linings? 3mks __SERGE_________________________,
_________________LINEN____________________________, ______________WOOL______________
3. Name 3 metals used in making stirrup irons? 3mks ___________STEEL______________,
_________________PLATED METAL_______________________, _________NICKEL_______________
4. A girth with keepers to hold on another girth in place: ________FITZWILLIAM_____
5. The______BITTLESS/HACKAMORE______ bridle relies on the nose, poll and chin
groove for control.
6. There are 3 main types of bits? 3mks _______________SNAFFLE_______________,
_________________CURB_______________________, ____________PELHAM_______________
7. The most widely used curb bit for the double bridle:________WEYMOUTH_____________
8. A _____________DRESSAGE____________ saddle enables a rider to ride with a 'long leg'
while still retaining a bend in the knee and allowing full use of seat and leg aids.
9. The _________GAG____________ snaffle has rounded leather cheekpieces of the bridle
that passes through holes in the top and bottom of the snaffle rings.
10. The flash noseband has a similar action to the __________DROP________noseband.
11. The ____________KINETON_______________ noseband is useful on hard pullers but does
not prevent the horse from crossing his jaws.
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Part 5 Shoeing & Farrier
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1. When a farrier checks for a flare, what part of the hoof does he check?
__________HOOF WALL__________________________
2. Name 3 parts of the foot that are visible on the underside on an unshod foot? 3mks
_________FROG_______________, _____________BARS_______________, _______SOLE________
3. How many clips are usually on the hind shoes? ________________2____________________
4. From where does the wall of the hoof grow?(specifically) __CORONARY BAND_____
5. Natures anti-slipping and anti-concussion devise: _______FROG_______________________
6. The correct term for accidentally driving a nail into the sensitive part of the foot :
_________PRICKING____________________
7. Grabbing the heel of a front shoe with the toe of the hind hoof: OVER REACHING_
8. Name 3 tools used to remove a shoe? 3mks ___RASP________________, ___SHOE
PULLERS, ___BUFFER ___, ___________PINCERS__________NIPPERS_____________________
9. How many nails in a horse shoe usually? ________________7-8________________________
Part 6 Vet
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1. A tumor on the horn producing cells of the foot is called: _____KERATOMA____________
2. A small mean eye is referred to as a: ___________PIG EYE_____________________________
3. How many pairs of true ribs does a horse have: ___________8_______________________
4. The shoulders and forelegs, pelvic girdle and hind legs make up the
_______APPENDICULAR________________________ skeleton.
5. Spasmodic, impaction and thromboembolism are all types of _______COLIC_________
6. Another name for typing up: ________AZOTURIA_____________________________________
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7. A virus that affects the brain and nervous system. Always fatal in horses:
___________RABIES_________________________
8. An acutely contagious disease caused by bacteria, which is inhaled and sets up
catarrh of the upper air passage and fever. The germ enters the lymphatic vessels
and is caught in the lymph glands where it breeds and eventually causes abscesses
__________STRANGLES__________________________________.
9. A deficiency in the blood: ___________ANEMIA_________________________________
10. A disease of the larynx, where 90% of the cases the left side of the larynx is
paralyzed _______________WHISTLING OR ROARING________________________
11. Horses usually get tense and jumpy, cannot eat or drink normally, stands stiff, third
eyelid which is usually hidden is exposed__________TETANUS OR LOCK JAW__________
12. Which of the following are notify able diseases under the Infectious Disease of Horse
Order 1987:
Dourine
Tetanus
Equine Infectious Anemia Distemper
13. Rhinipheumonitis is an upper respiratory infection caused the
__________HERPES________________ virus
14. Before allowing ne horses into your barn, it should be isolated for how long?
_________30 DAYS_______________________
15. Name 3 foreleg muscles
_______________TRICEPS___________
________________EXTENSOR____________
____________FLEXOR_____________
16. Name 4 types of restraints that may be needed when practicing first aid?
____________TWITCH________________
___________CHAIN____________
____________HOLD UP A LEG________
______DISTRACTIONS_____
17. What is the exaggerated flexion of one or both hind legs? _______STRINGHALT________
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18. What are 3 signs of choke in a horse;
_____INABILITY TO SWALLOW___
______SALIVA MAY COME OUT OF THE NOSTRILS____
________A MASS MAY BE FELT PARTWAY DOWN THE OESOPHAGUS______
19. ____________CELLULITIS_______________________ is a low grade infection of the tissue
under the skin causing 'big leg', heat and stiffness. Usually cause by a tiny previously
un-noticed laceration
20. What viral upper respiratory infection can cause abortion in pregnant mares?
________RHINOPHEUMONITIS / RHINO______________.
21. What is the first step in treating the wound: _____ARREST/STOP THE BLEEDING____
22. Where is the opthamalia found on the horse? __________THE EYE_____________________
Part 7 Conformation
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1. A horse places one leg in front of the other as if walking on a tight rope:
_________PLAITING_______________________________
2. A neck which is concave from withers to poll instead of convex:
____________________EWE NECK_____________________
3. The cannon bone does not line up exactly with the centre of the knees, but are
slightly set to the outside: ________________OFFSET KNEES______________________________
4. Hocks that point toward each other with cannon bones slanting outward:
______________COW HOCKED_______________________
5. A convex nose sometimes found in horses who have "Draft" Breeding:
____________ROMAN NOSE______________________
6. The legs are wider apart at the feet, than at the chest:
________________________________BASE WIDE_____________________
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Part 8 Parasites
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1. A skin disorder in which round lumps or swellings suddenly appear on various
parts of the body. They vary in size from very small to several inches across. Caused
by sudden change in diet and when young horses are first turned our to a lush
pasture: ________________________HIVES______________________
2. In small ponies it is common, but also occurs in horses and usually occurs when they
are at pasture: ______________SWEET ITCH__________________________________
3. This worm causes tail rubbing, because adult female worms attach themselves in
the area of the rectum: ________SEAT WORMS____________________________
4. Rotating pastures, limiting the number of horses in pastures and picking up manure
from pastures, as well as regular de-worming are all forms of effective parasite
control:
True or False
5. These parasites fasten themselves to the horses skin and suck blood: _____TICKS____
6. This affects mostly the withers, back, neck, shoulders and sides. Small lumps appear
on the skin and yellowish liquid oozes from them. This dries, the hair falls our and a
dry scaly patch is left: _______MANGE__________________________________
7. Another name for a large strongyles: _________BLOOD WORMS_________________________
8. These worms have light colored, ribbon-like bodies which are made up of segments
which break off: _______________TAPE WORM_______________
9. These small worms suck blood: _____________RED WORMS______________________________
10. These large round, grey colored worms are particularly dangerous to foals and
yearlings: __________ASCARIDS/ROUND/WHITE____________________________
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Part 9 Abbreviations
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1. NCCP ____________NATIONAL CERTIFIED COACHING PROGRAM______________________
2. NVB ______________NO VISIBLE BRAND _______________________________
3. NRC _____________NUTRIENTS REQUIREMENTS OF HORSES__________________________
4. PSO____________PRVINCIAL SPORT ORGANIZATIONS_____________________
5. DE __________________DIGESTIBLE ENERGY______________________________________
6. EC __________________EQUINE CANADA_________________________
7. ME ______________METABOLIZABLE ENERGY_____________________________
8. RHINO __________RHINOPHEUMONITIS___________________________________________
9. EHV _________________EQUINE HERPES VIRUS______________________
10. CPR____________CARDIOPOLMONARY RESUSCITATION_____________________________
Part 10 Assorted Terms
PART I
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Give one word that fits both:
1. A type of bit
_____________CURB___________________
An unsoundness
2. A color of a horse
______________CHESTNUT_________________
a horny growth on the inside of the leg
3. To put a horse loose in a field
_______________TURNOUT________
The general appearance of the horse and rider
4. Interdental space
_______________BAR______________
Continuation of the wall at the heel
5. Lose a shoe
Horse unable to get up in stall
______________CAST____________________
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PART II
Hunting Terms
1. A fox's tail.
______________BRUSH______________________
2. An extra hunting day
_______________BYE_____________________
3. A fee visitors of the hunt pay
______________CAP________________________
4. "Stop Please"
________________HOLD HARD____________________
Part III
Horse of a different color
1. Unschooled horse or pony
__________________GREEN_____________________
2. Third prize ribbon
_______________WHITE_____________________
3. Piebald
__________BLACK AND WHITE_________________
4. Infection in the eye
___________PINK______________________
5. Keep this flag on your right
___________RED__________________________
Part IV
Name the disease
1. Contagious disease causing swollen glands under the jaw :_____STRANGLES__________
2. A set of symptoms indicating abdominal pain: ___________COLIC_________________________
3. Affects the lungs and often caused by feeding dusty hay or over galloping an unfit
horse: _______HEAVES_______________________________
4. A contagious skin disease caused by a funguS ________SCRATCHES/RINGWORM_____
5. Affects the cleft of the frog and caused by poor management_________THRUSH________
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Part 11 Teeth
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1. A gelding had 4 __________TUSHES____________, and mares usually do not have any.
2. A horse had 2 sets of teeth: ____TEMPORARY/MILK__& ________PERMANENT_____.
3. The ___MOLARS______ are grinding teeth and the ____INSICORS _ are biting teeth.
4. There are ___________24____________ molars in a horses mouth.
5. A horse has _________12__________________ incisor teeth.
6. _____________WOLF______________ teeth are molar type teeth with a small root.
7. A horse is said to be __________RISING___________5 when its between 4 1/2 and 5 yrs.
8. A horse is said to be _______OFF_______ 5 when he is between 5 and 5 1/2 years.
9. A narrow, discoloured groove which travels from top to bottom of the upper corner
incisors is called the ______________GALVAYNES GROOVE_______________.
10. As a horse ages the shape of the _____TABLES____ will change from oval to triangular.
11. A horse has a full mouth at age: __________5___________________
12. The Galvaynes groove reaches halfway down the upper corner incisor at age _15____
13. _____BISHOPPING__ is the tampering of the teeth to make the horse appear younger
14. ____FLOATING_______is the rasping of sharp edges of the teeth.
15. Floating of the teeth is usually necessary on the __________OUTER_________ edges of the
upper molars and the ________INNER_______ edges of the lower molars.
16. ______QUIDDING______ is the partial mastication of food that is rolled around and
shifted in the mouth and is finally ejected:
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