HORSE TRIVIA Part A

1.  What is the fear of horses called?
A.  Hippophobia
B.  Riddiophobia
C.  Sadlophobia
D.  Equiphobia

2.  Which is NOT a form of horse racing?
A.  Flat racing
B.  Harness racing
C.  Steeplechasing
D.  Hop-scotching

3.  Which is NOT a breed of American saddle horse?
A.  Tennessee Walker
B.  Morgan
C.  Quarter Horse
D.  Kentucky Sprinter

4. How many horses have been Triple Crown winners?
A.  11
B.  21
C.  31
D.  13

5.   The horse's single toe on each of its four feet is its most marked anatomical characteristic and makes it a perissodactyl or odd-toed ungulate.  The horse shares this trait with which other animal?
A.  Rhinoceros
B.  Tapir
C.  Elephant
D.  Cow
E.  A and B

 HORSE Trivia Part A:    Answers

1.    A.  Hippophobia   
      (Hippophobia or Equinophobia is a psychological fear of
      horses, derived from the Phobos for fear and Equus for
      horse.)

2.    D.  Hop-scotching      

3.    D. Kentucky Sprinter  
      (Although, it could be an unofficial breed!)

4.    A.  11     (Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral,
      Whirlaway, Count Fleet, Assault, Citation, Secretariat,
      Seattle Slew, and Affirmed.  The last one was in 1978.)

5.   E.    A and B   (Rhinoceros and Tapir)

HORSE TRIVIA Part B

6.  Which is NOT one of the three classic American
     races that make up the Triple Crown?
A.  The Bluegrass Stakes     B. The Belmont Stakes
C.  The Preakness Stakes    D. The Kentucky Derby

7.  The horse is the common name for hoofed,
      herbivorous mammals that include the domestic
      horse and three groups of undomesticated species. 
      These do NOT include which of the following?
A.  The Zebra                    B. The Ass
C.  Przewalski's Wild Horse    D. Mule

8.   Which is NOT one of the three Arabian subbreeds?
A.  Turks from European Turkey and Asian Minor
B.  Arabians from the regions between Damascus and the
     Euphrates River
C.  Barbs from the Barbary states of northern Africa
D.  Zulus from South Africa

9.   Which is NOT a breed of horse developed in the
       ancient world?
A.  Egyptian and Babylonian horses were the forerunners of
     the swift Arabian
B.  Europe's domesticated horse was heavier and slower, but
     more powerful  than the desert breeds, and were the
     predecessors to modern draft horses
C.  An ancestral strain found in the British Isles was the
     antecedent of  various breeds of modern ponies
D. The Amazonians carefully bred a line of mules whose blood
     lines still remain true today

10.   How were horses introduced to the Americas?
A.  They were brought by Spanish Conquistadors and
     explorers in the 16th century
B.  They crossed the land bridge with early man
C.  They were always there
D.  Leif Eriksson and his Viking crew brought them

 HORSE Trivia Part B:    Answers

6.   A. The Bluegrass Stakes

7.   D.   Mule 

8.   D.   Zulus from South Africa.

9.   D.   The Amazonians carefully bred a line of mules
              whose blood lines still remain true today. 

10.  A. They were brought by Spanish Conquistadors
              and explorers in the 16th century.

  

Groaners (Click on picture to enlarge) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A man left for a trail ride on Friday, and came back three days later on Friday.   How can this be, you ask?   His horse's name was Friday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two show stallions are arguing over who should take best of breed. The first says, "I'll grant you are the closest I have ever seen to my equal, but my legs are just a bit straighter than yours, and you know, the legs are of prime importance: no foot, no horse!" The second horse says, "I'll allow your legs are just a bit better than mine, but mine are the legs I was born with, and I know for a fact that you had thousands of dollars of corrective work. Your foals will inherit your natural legs, not your genius farrier!" The first horse mulls this for a moment, then says, "You're right. I stand corrected."

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