ANSC 1401 END OF COURSE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔thoroughbred - ✔✔light horse breed:
foundation stock for the Quarter Horse, Morgan and Standardbred breeds; uses: racing,
hunters, dressage, polo, three-day events
✔✔morgan - ✔✔light horse breed:
developed in the New England, Justin Morgan (Thoroughbred X Arabian); 2 types:
english pleasure and stock
✔✔standardbred - ✔✔light horse breed:
similar in conformation but smaller than the Thoroughbred; originated in America; only
breed that recognizes pacers (2-beat lateral gait), "standard for speed in sulky races" a)
trot a mile in 2:30 minutes or less b) pace a mile in 2:25 minutes or less; uses: sulky
racing in endurance and fitness events
✔✔America Saddlebred/American Saddle Horse - ✔✔light horse breed:
developed in kentucky as a plantation horse, known for ease of riding; 2 types: 3-gaited-
walk, trot, canter gaits b) 5-gaited- slow gait and rack gaits
✔✔tennessee walking horse - ✔✔light horse breed:
, originated in middle tennessee valley; known for easy riding (much leg action). hind foot
over: reaches the front footprint
✔✔american paint horse - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
fastest growing breed in numbers today; Quarter horse with too much white, must have
one spot above the legs larger than a silver dollar; Sire and dam must be paint, Quarter
horse or Thoroughbred
✔✔overo - ✔✔color patterns/types of spotting:
white spots do not cross the back
✔✔tobiano - ✔✔color patterns/type of spotting:
white crosses the back
✔✔tovero - ✔✔color patterns/type of spotting:
combination of tobiano and over characteristics
ex. blue eyes
✔✔american pinto - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
indian war horses; similar color requirements to American Paint Horse; can be any
breed type; no Appaloosa or draft blood allowed
✔✔appaloosa - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
developed by New Perce Indians; color characteristics: white sclera, skin is mottled with
an irregular spotting, hooves are striped vertically; 2 color patterns: blanket and leopard;
uses: racing, noted for endurance and sure-footedness
✔✔palomino - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
golden in color with white mane; skin must be black, dark or mouse-colored; must have
15% or fewer dark hairs, a lightened sorrel color; can be registered with other breed
associations
✔✔american buckskin - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
eligible for registry if these colors:
1) buckskin- light, golden
2) dun- smutty
3) grulla- mouse color
4) red dun- points redder than body
stamina and hardy
✔✔draft horses - ✔✔1,500- 2,000 lb.; 14.2- 17.2 hands; large bones and think; war
horses
✔✔percheron - ✔✔draft horse:
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔thoroughbred - ✔✔light horse breed:
foundation stock for the Quarter Horse, Morgan and Standardbred breeds; uses: racing,
hunters, dressage, polo, three-day events
✔✔morgan - ✔✔light horse breed:
developed in the New England, Justin Morgan (Thoroughbred X Arabian); 2 types:
english pleasure and stock
✔✔standardbred - ✔✔light horse breed:
similar in conformation but smaller than the Thoroughbred; originated in America; only
breed that recognizes pacers (2-beat lateral gait), "standard for speed in sulky races" a)
trot a mile in 2:30 minutes or less b) pace a mile in 2:25 minutes or less; uses: sulky
racing in endurance and fitness events
✔✔America Saddlebred/American Saddle Horse - ✔✔light horse breed:
developed in kentucky as a plantation horse, known for ease of riding; 2 types: 3-gaited-
walk, trot, canter gaits b) 5-gaited- slow gait and rack gaits
✔✔tennessee walking horse - ✔✔light horse breed:
, originated in middle tennessee valley; known for easy riding (much leg action). hind foot
over: reaches the front footprint
✔✔american paint horse - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
fastest growing breed in numbers today; Quarter horse with too much white, must have
one spot above the legs larger than a silver dollar; Sire and dam must be paint, Quarter
horse or Thoroughbred
✔✔overo - ✔✔color patterns/types of spotting:
white spots do not cross the back
✔✔tobiano - ✔✔color patterns/type of spotting:
white crosses the back
✔✔tovero - ✔✔color patterns/type of spotting:
combination of tobiano and over characteristics
ex. blue eyes
✔✔american pinto - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
indian war horses; similar color requirements to American Paint Horse; can be any
breed type; no Appaloosa or draft blood allowed
✔✔appaloosa - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
developed by New Perce Indians; color characteristics: white sclera, skin is mottled with
an irregular spotting, hooves are striped vertically; 2 color patterns: blanket and leopard;
uses: racing, noted for endurance and sure-footedness
✔✔palomino - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
golden in color with white mane; skin must be black, dark or mouse-colored; must have
15% or fewer dark hairs, a lightened sorrel color; can be registered with other breed
associations
✔✔american buckskin - ✔✔breed registries with color requirements:
eligible for registry if these colors:
1) buckskin- light, golden
2) dun- smutty
3) grulla- mouse color
4) red dun- points redder than body
stamina and hardy
✔✔draft horses - ✔✔1,500- 2,000 lb.; 14.2- 17.2 hands; large bones and think; war
horses
✔✔percheron - ✔✔draft horse:
