Riding Level 8

[AngelMare]

# What is the disadvantage of neat's foot-oil?

it wears the stitches prematurely


# In the meadow, a new horse introduced in a herd is most often:

violently rejected


# An adjusted saddle:

does not touch the withers at all


# Which of these bones is part of the carp joint?

The pisiforme bone


# What is the sequence of placing down limbs in canter left?

Back right; right diagonal; front left


# Which of these figures comes under the two-track work?

Shoulder inside
Push it



# A windgall is:

a small defect


# Leather is a material:

animal


# Chestnuts are:

the fruits of the chestnut tree
the traces of an old additional finger that horses had in prehistoric times.


# One of my club's horses, at eating time, is not eating and is fussy:

It's undoubtedly serious, I'll notify an instructor


# The Boulonnais, at the end of the 19th century, was improved with Arab blood. But why?

To make them quicker and enable them to get to Paris in record time.


# Check all the elements of the saddle:

the flaps
the cantle
the blades
the sweat flaps


# To smooth out the leather, the saddler uses a sleeker - a tool generally made in:

boxwood


# The equipment (saddle + bridle) must be thoroughly cleaned and lubricated every:

month


# Who was the first rider of Pegasus?

Perseus


# What is top stitching used for?

to reinforce the stitches


# What is the little "pin" of a buckle called:

the tongue


# Check the right statements:

the dressage saddles have longer flaps than the hurdle saddles
the western saddles can have two straps
there are multipurpose saddles


# Leon Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, was also a horse man; he was still riding at 75.

true


# The saddler is a job that has disappeared today

false


# Saddles have eyes:

true


# The capriole, a famous figure of the horses of the Cadre Noir (Black Squad) of Saumur
consists of a jump during which the horse bucks. Why was it invented?

To prepare the cavaliers for the tough shakes of combat


# What is a tanner?

the person who prepares the leathers for the harness maker


# The harness makes saddles, bridles, harnesses - a more sophisticated job than the saddler

true


# Fjord pony's manes naturally grow short.

false


# The "round knife" is also more often called:

trimmer


# What coat has mixed, three-color hairs?

Roan


# The saddle's skeleton is named:

the tree


# Check all the right answers:

Horses are gregarious animals
Horses are animals built for running away.


# The harnessing leather is normally looked after:

with glycerine soap


# The Isabelle coat owes its name to:

Isabelle-the-Catholic, having pledged in the 1491 Grenada siege,
not to change her shirt until the end of the seige, hence the "dirty" colour


# It's sunny, -10°C, the bit of ground I am on is a good clear path, there are no stones, my horse is calm. I can gallop.

no


# What is a mash?

food that is a treat for horses


# The "paring knife" is used to:

thin out the piece of leather


# Above all, leathers are sensitive to:

sweating


# In each molting period, horses are more tired and vulnerable than usually.

true


# There are synthetic bridles:

true


# The saddle stone:

is found in the box on Equideo when you don't really know what it is
(not sure of this answer...)


# To sew, the saddler uses:

needles
awls
hemp thread

[HorsegirlDylan]

The last one is wrong.

[AngelMare]

Do you know what the correct answer is supposed to be?

[HorsegirlDylan]

Um,I meant the # The capriole, a famous figure of the horses of the Cadre Noir (Black Squad) of Saumur
consists of a jump during which the horse bucks. Why was it invented?

To prepare the cavaliers for the tough shakes of combat
one.
And I don't know the right answer.