ANSC 1401 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ACTUAL ANSWERS
2026-2027 UPDATED.
stallion - Answer sexually mature, male horse (stud)
colt - Answer sexually immature, male horse
mare - Answer sexually mature, female horse (above 4 years)
filly - Answer sexually immature, female horse (less than 2 years)
gelding - Answer male horse castrated (best thing to do for a male) before reaching sexual
maturity
foal - Answer a young male or female horse until weaned at 4-6 months of age
equine - Answer refers to horses, species name (between donkeys/horses)
jack - Answer male donkey
jennet - Answer (jenny) female donkey
mule - Answer offspring of a mare mated to a jack; Jack x Mare
hinny - Answer offspring of a jenny mated to a stallion; Stallion x Jennet
stud - Answer place where stallions are housed/breeding operation
hand - Answer unit of measure (4 in.) for height of horses
walk - Answer 4-beat lateral gait
1) left hind
2) left fore
3) right hind
, 4) right fore
trot - Answer 2-beat diagonal gait, all four feet are off the ground= balance gait, riding gait
pace - Answer 2-beat lateral gait
canter - Answer (lope, gallop) 3-beat gait (left leg lead) in english entire
running walk - Answer 4-beat gait that is faster than the ordinary walk= causing horse to race
light horse breeds - Answer 14.2 hands and over, 900-1200+ lb., "hot=blooded
(temperament)"; riding breeds; small bones and thin legs
american quarter horse - Answer light horse breed:
"fearless champion;" most popular breed of horse; originated in America; American Quarter
Horse Association- AQHA; uses: racing, cutting- some are very agile, fastest in the quarter mile;
always a solid color; can register 1/2 Quarter horse and 1/2 Thoroughbred
AQHA - Answer largest horse breed association in the world with the most promotional
information
arabian - Answer light horse breed:
light-muscled and light boned; came from desert areas of the Far East (Egypt); speed, stamina
(endurance), dished face (gibber), longer and arched neck, flat croup; variety of colors; uses:
endurance and competitive trail rides
thoroughbred - Answer light horse breed:
foundation stock for the Quarter Horse, Morgan and Standardbred breeds; uses: racing,
hunters, dressage, polo, three-day events
morgan - Answer light horse breed:
developed in the New England, Justin Morgan (Thoroughbred X Arabian); 2 types: english
pleasure and stock
standardbred - Answer 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
QUESTIONS AND ACTUAL ANSWERS
2026-2027 UPDATED.
stallion - Answer sexually mature, male horse (stud)
colt - Answer sexually immature, male horse
mare - Answer sexually mature, female horse (above 4 years)
filly - Answer sexually immature, female horse (less than 2 years)
gelding - Answer male horse castrated (best thing to do for a male) before reaching sexual
maturity
foal - Answer a young male or female horse until weaned at 4-6 months of age
equine - Answer refers to horses, species name (between donkeys/horses)
jack - Answer male donkey
jennet - Answer (jenny) female donkey
mule - Answer offspring of a mare mated to a jack; Jack x Mare
hinny - Answer offspring of a jenny mated to a stallion; Stallion x Jennet
stud - Answer place where stallions are housed/breeding operation
hand - Answer unit of measure (4 in.) for height of horses
walk - Answer 4-beat lateral gait
1) left hind
2) left fore
3) right hind
, 4) right fore
trot - Answer 2-beat diagonal gait, all four feet are off the ground= balance gait, riding gait
pace - Answer 2-beat lateral gait
canter - Answer (lope, gallop) 3-beat gait (left leg lead) in english entire
running walk - Answer 4-beat gait that is faster than the ordinary walk= causing horse to race
light horse breeds - Answer 14.2 hands and over, 900-1200+ lb., "hot=blooded
(temperament)"; riding breeds; small bones and thin legs
american quarter horse - Answer light horse breed:
"fearless champion;" most popular breed of horse; originated in America; American Quarter
Horse Association- AQHA; uses: racing, cutting- some are very agile, fastest in the quarter mile;
always a solid color; can register 1/2 Quarter horse and 1/2 Thoroughbred
AQHA - Answer largest horse breed association in the world with the most promotional
information
arabian - Answer light horse breed:
light-muscled and light boned; came from desert areas of the Far East (Egypt); speed, stamina
(endurance), dished face (gibber), longer and arched neck, flat croup; variety of colors; uses:
endurance and competitive trail rides
thoroughbred - Answer light horse breed:
foundation stock for the Quarter Horse, Morgan and Standardbred breeds; uses: racing,
hunters, dressage, polo, three-day events
morgan - Answer light horse breed:
developed in the New England, Justin Morgan (Thoroughbred X Arabian); 2 types: english
pleasure and stock
standardbred - Answer 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
