Pony Club C Level Questions and
Answers
Where would you most likely find "hooks" on a horse's teeth? - answer Upper and
lower molars.
How many of each type of teeth does a horse have? - answer 12 Incisors, 24
Premolars, 4 Canine teeth, and 1 to 4 Wolf teeth.
What term is used to describe a horse with hocks that point towards each other and
cannon bones that slant outward? - answer Cow hocks.
What is it called when a horse hits a front hoof with the toe of the hind foot on the same
side, usually at the trot? - answer Forging.
Name two unsoundnesses which are found ONLY in the horse's hind legs. - answer
Curbs, bone spavins, bog spavins or thoroughpins.
Base narrow in the front may cause what gait fault? - answer Plaiting.
Small feet and upright patterns may make your pony more likely to develops what
condition as he gets older? - answer Navicular disease.
Overreaching and forging are often associated with what conformation type? - answer
Very short back with long legs or the hind legs are sickle hocked or camped under.
Which type of body clip removes the least amount of hair? - answer A strip clip.
Sally clipped her pony's mane with good sharp scissors, so it is even and the right
Length. Was this right, and if not, what should she have done instead? - answer She
was not right. She should have pulled her pony's mane with a pulling comb.
What is the name of the process of getting a horse fit, gradually developing muscle and
lung capacity? - answer Conditioning.
What tools does a farrier use to pry off the old shoe? - answer Punchers or shoe
pullers.
What does a farrier use the NIPPERS for? - answer Trimming off the excess hoof
wall.
What is a FULLER? - answer The groove of crease in a shoe where the nail holes
are set.
, A shipping bandage must cover and protect what parts of the horse's body? - answer
The heels, coronary band, pattern, fetlock joint, and tendons, to the base of the knee or
hock.
How often should a stable bandage be removed and reset? - answer Every 12 hours
What is the name for a hard lump on the front of the pastern, just above the coronary
band? - answer Ringbone
A CURB is an injury to what part of a horse? - answer The hock
Your pony doesn't want to put any weight on her front feet and her hooves are hot.
What is most likely wrong? - answer Laminitis
SPAVINS would be found where on a horse? - answer The hocks
Where would SIDEBONE be found on a horse? - answer The collateral cartilages of
the coffin bone
What disease can a horse get if organisms in the soil work their way into a puncture
wound? - answer Tetanus
Name several diseases that mosquitoes transmit to horses. - answer Easter,
Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis, West Nile Virus, and Equine
Infectious Anemia.
A Coggins Test detects antibodies that are formed when a horse has what disease? -
answer Equine Infectious Anemia
What causes Tetanus? - answer Clostridium tetani, a bacterium found in the soil and
manure.
What is HEAVES and what are other names for it? - answer Recurrent Airway
Obstruction; a breathing problem that is a type of allergic reaction to dust or mold.
List the diseases that horses are most commonly vaccinated for every year. - answer
Tetanus, Equine Encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan), West Nile
Virus, Rabies, and any other vaccines your veterinarian recommends.
SCRATCHES, RINGWORM, and RAINROT, are all examples of - answer Skin
Diseases
List some examples of different types of colic pain. - answer Gas, spasms or cramps,
irritations of the bowel, excessive fullness off the stomach or intestines, obstruction
(blockage), of the bowel, or trusted intestine.
Answers
Where would you most likely find "hooks" on a horse's teeth? - answer Upper and
lower molars.
How many of each type of teeth does a horse have? - answer 12 Incisors, 24
Premolars, 4 Canine teeth, and 1 to 4 Wolf teeth.
What term is used to describe a horse with hocks that point towards each other and
cannon bones that slant outward? - answer Cow hocks.
What is it called when a horse hits a front hoof with the toe of the hind foot on the same
side, usually at the trot? - answer Forging.
Name two unsoundnesses which are found ONLY in the horse's hind legs. - answer
Curbs, bone spavins, bog spavins or thoroughpins.
Base narrow in the front may cause what gait fault? - answer Plaiting.
Small feet and upright patterns may make your pony more likely to develops what
condition as he gets older? - answer Navicular disease.
Overreaching and forging are often associated with what conformation type? - answer
Very short back with long legs or the hind legs are sickle hocked or camped under.
Which type of body clip removes the least amount of hair? - answer A strip clip.
Sally clipped her pony's mane with good sharp scissors, so it is even and the right
Length. Was this right, and if not, what should she have done instead? - answer She
was not right. She should have pulled her pony's mane with a pulling comb.
What is the name of the process of getting a horse fit, gradually developing muscle and
lung capacity? - answer Conditioning.
What tools does a farrier use to pry off the old shoe? - answer Punchers or shoe
pullers.
What does a farrier use the NIPPERS for? - answer Trimming off the excess hoof
wall.
What is a FULLER? - answer The groove of crease in a shoe where the nail holes
are set.
, A shipping bandage must cover and protect what parts of the horse's body? - answer
The heels, coronary band, pattern, fetlock joint, and tendons, to the base of the knee or
hock.
How often should a stable bandage be removed and reset? - answer Every 12 hours
What is the name for a hard lump on the front of the pastern, just above the coronary
band? - answer Ringbone
A CURB is an injury to what part of a horse? - answer The hock
Your pony doesn't want to put any weight on her front feet and her hooves are hot.
What is most likely wrong? - answer Laminitis
SPAVINS would be found where on a horse? - answer The hocks
Where would SIDEBONE be found on a horse? - answer The collateral cartilages of
the coffin bone
What disease can a horse get if organisms in the soil work their way into a puncture
wound? - answer Tetanus
Name several diseases that mosquitoes transmit to horses. - answer Easter,
Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis, West Nile Virus, and Equine
Infectious Anemia.
A Coggins Test detects antibodies that are formed when a horse has what disease? -
answer Equine Infectious Anemia
What causes Tetanus? - answer Clostridium tetani, a bacterium found in the soil and
manure.
What is HEAVES and what are other names for it? - answer Recurrent Airway
Obstruction; a breathing problem that is a type of allergic reaction to dust or mold.
List the diseases that horses are most commonly vaccinated for every year. - answer
Tetanus, Equine Encephalomyelitis (Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan), West Nile
Virus, Rabies, and any other vaccines your veterinarian recommends.
SCRATCHES, RINGWORM, and RAINROT, are all examples of - answer Skin
Diseases
List some examples of different types of colic pain. - answer Gas, spasms or cramps,
irritations of the bowel, excessive fullness off the stomach or intestines, obstruction
(blockage), of the bowel, or trusted intestine.
