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1.What is the correct equine name for a white horse with black or brown spots all over its body?
Spotter
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Appaloosa
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Leopard Horse
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Blobbybody
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2.Which human food can you feed to horses that helps keeps flies off them?
Lemon juice
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Carrots
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Noodles
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Garlic
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3.What breed was the tallest horse ever?
Shire
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Clydesdale
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Suffolk Punch
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Thoroughbred
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4.What are common symptoms of colic?
Neighing and then falling asleep
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Standing very still on three legs
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Trying to roll and pacing up and down
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Galloping around madly with their head in the air
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5.What is the correct equine term for a horse who has had its mane shorn off?
Chopped
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Hogged
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Pigged
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There isn't one correct term
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6.Which of these plants is NOT poisonous to horses?
Cowparsley
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Ragwort
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Yew
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Deadly Nightshade
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7.Out on a 60 minute hack with a horse who hardly ever competes, how long roughly would you spend at a trot?
5 - 10 minutes
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25 - 30 minutes
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45 - 50 minutes
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55 - 60 minutes
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8.What is the equivalent of one hand high? (What you measure a horse's height in.)
One human hand, duh!
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4 inches
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Half a metre
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1 inch
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9.What is the name of the book (and film) that tells the story of a horse who was badly treated, changed owners many times and eventually ended up in a home with three kind women?
National Velvet
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The Red Pony
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The Black Stallion
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Black Beauty
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10.Which discipline is the only one that allows the rider to wear no hat?
Vaulting
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Showjumping
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Dressage
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Showing
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11.What is the age range you are allowed to ride a horse in?
10 - 100 years old
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There is no minimum or maximum
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Birth - 50 years old
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2 - 120 years old
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12.What was the name of John Whittaker, a famous horse rider's, most well-known horse?
Great Cloud
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Fire Spirit
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Milton
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Barney
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13.What items should you and your horse wear while out hacking to keep you safe?
Anything you want
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Hiviz storm coat and protective rug
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A sparkly matching T-shirt and saddlepad
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Hiviz tabard and leg bands
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14.Where are you not allowed to ride?
Footpaths
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The village High Street
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Public woods
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The beach
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15.What is the correct position to sit in the saddle?
Head and knees up and hands and heels down
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Toes and hands down and head up
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Legs stuck out sideways, hands by your chin, and head in the air
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