How Much Do You Know About Horses?

The horse (Equus ferus caballus)[2][3] is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, as this term is used to describe horses that have never been domesticated, such as the endangered Przewalski's horse, a separate subspecies, and the only remaining true wild horse.

Do you love riding, or wish you could just take lessons on that pretty grey down the road? Do you just love their flowing manes. Do you think you know everything about this animal? Take this quiz to find out!

Created by: Flyinghorsey
  1. What is a male horse called?
  2. What is a female horse called?
  3. What is the hair that comes out through the horse's ears called?
  4. What is the piece of the bridle that goes around the throat called?
  5. When you are posting at the trot what shoulder should you post with?
  6. What is the breed of horse they race called?
  7. What is moving the horse over with your leg called?
  8. What is the hairs growing around the horse's hoof called?
  9. What side should you mount the horse from?
  10. What side should you lead the horse from?

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Quiz topic: How Much do I Know About Horses?