Conformation Hard Game 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 As the horse drives forward, the hocks are forced outward and energy is lost | What is the result of the hocks being too wide apart? |
| Viewing from the front of the horse, you can fallow a straight line from the point of the shoulder down to the leg through the center of the knee, pastern and hoof | How would you determine the straightness of a horse's legs? |
| Rider's belt buckle | When the angles of the horse's shoulder and croup are correct, where would the lines drawn through those angles intercept the rider? |
| Move his knees outward slightly and swing his feet inward | If a horse is termed base-narrow, how would he travel? |
| Strong and long | Describe desirable stifles. |
| Strong and clean | Give 2 descriptive terms for ideal stock horse pasterns |
| small and short | Give 2 descriptive terms for ideal stock horse ears |
| Durability or athletic ability | What is greatly increased when a horse has correct skeletal structure? |
| Lack of flexion in the head and slow, awkward turns | Why are a thick neck and throatlatch undesirable? |
| Because the horse carries over 60% of his weight on the front legs | Why is it extremely important that the skeletal structure in the front limbs be correct? |
| They should be parallel | What relationship should there be between a line from the point of shoulder through the shoulder blade and a line through the pastern to the ground? |
| Results in pounding gait and hard concussion on the feet | What dose a calf-knees position of the front legs do to the stride? |
| 1000-1200 pounds | What is the average weight of stock horse mares? |
| 14.1 to 15 hands | What is the average height of stock horse stallions? |
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