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9 examples of blemishes - ANSWER - 1. Buck knee
2. Bog Spavin
3. Capped Hock
4. Capped Elbow
5. Proud Flesh
6. Sarcoid
7. Thoroughpin
8. Warts
9. Windpuffs

3 examples that could be Unsoundness/Blemish - ANSWER - 1. Curb
2. Sidebone
3. Splint

When viewed from the front, the instructor should be looking for the Equine's: -
ANSWER - - Width of chest
- Correctness of legs
- Spring of rib
- Head
- Depth of body
- Symmetry

When viewed from the rear, the instructor should be looking for the equine's: -
ANSWER - - Muscle definition
- Correctness of legs
- Depth of body
- Symmetry

When viewed from the side, the instructor should be looking for the equine's: -
ANSWER - - Balance and symmetry
- Length and thickness of neck
- Length and lie of topline
- Length of bone in the legs
- Depth of body
- Joint angles
- Correctness of legs

With the equine in movement, the instructor should be watching for: - ANSWER - -
Unsoundness
- Way of going
- Footfall patterns on two tracks




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- Freedom of movement and bend
- Frame

While preparing a horse that has been in a therapeutic riding program for many years,
the instructor observes that the animal's bursa and deep flexor tendon areas are
inflamed. The horse does not show any signs of lameness. What is MOST LIKELY the
cause?

a. Carpitis
b. Capped Elbow
c. Dorsal metacarpal disease
d. Windpuffs - ANSWER - d. Windpuffs

What is the proper footfall for an equine at the trot?

a. LH, LF, RH, RF
b. LH + RF, RH + LF
c. LH, RH + LF, RF
d. LH, RH, LF, RF - ANSWER - b. LH + RF, RH + LF

While warming up an equine at the trot, the instructor observes the horse's head pop up
and then drop down dramatically and uncharacteristically and with the rhythm of the trot.
What is happening?

a. When a lame foot strikes the ground, the horse's head pops up. When a sound foot
strikes the ground, the horse's head drops.

b. When a sound foot strikes the ground, the horse's head pops up. When a lame foot
strikes the ground, the horse's head drops.

c. When a horse has an energetic trot, the head movement is much more pronounced.

d. When a horse has an energetic trot, the horse's head will drop when the rider's
outside leg is too far behind the girth. - ANSWER - a. When a lame foot strikes the
ground, the horse's head pops up. When a sound foot strikes the ground, the horse's
head drops.

4 signs of discomfort that may be indication of unsoundness - ANSWER - 1. ear pinning
2. tail swishing
3. nipping
4. stiffness

What are 6 possible causes to adverse equine behaviors? - ANSWER - 1. unsoundness
2. equipment fit
3. rider balance
4. rider behavior




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