Horse Trivia

YLL, you are right about the pregnancy lasting 11 months.:)
The info I have said that the foal will stand and walk within an hour or two of birth. It is so cute to see them try out their wobbly little legs for the first time.:)

I thought of one more question for those of you who ride in horse shows you should know it.

What does it mean when a horse in a show has a red ribbon tied in his tail?

YLL, I think your Zebra is so cool!:cool:

Kicker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Actyually...in the Hunt field also

Kicker, or also "Watch out! My horse doesn't like other horses so don't get too close." (bite, charge at the horse, buck, etc.)

Here's one for a shower!

Saddleseat riders "park out." What do hunters do? It's when the horse's front legs and hind legs line up (what's the show term for the position?).

Square up? That is what some halter horses do that sounds like this, anyway. I am a shower, but I rein and do halter and WP, not english.;)

Deli and Luka you are both right, the red ribbon means the horse kicks and you better not get too close!
I wish every rider would know what it means and respect it!
I had a bad experience in one of my first shows as a teen riding my favorite horse who was a kicker and a girl passed me so close on the inside that our knees and stirrup irons bumped together. Sure enough my horses ears pinned back and she was ready to kick the other horse when I used my inside rein to correct her and she bucked me off! We had to stop the class and I got back on and finished but didn't win anything.:( My riding teacher said I did the right thing so she didn't kick the other horse but I think I should have just let her kick her.:p

I think Equine is right, or is it Square Off or Stand Square?

Squaring is correct!

My friend was on the outside with a horse-friendly horse (Jackson), and this other girl with a kicker horse actually passed her too close on the inside. The horse that got mad at Jackson kicked for Jackson, but ended up kicking my friend's shin (that horse kicked high!). My friend was taken to the hospital and x-rayed. Thank goodness all she had was a really badly bruised shin, not a broken one. The girl should have known that her horse was a kicker and should have taken caution!

I saw a Horrible Incident when I was younger and working at a farm in N.J.
a horse was not "Tagged" as a Kicker...and unfortunately,kicked another...broke his hind leg clean...but unfortunately,since he was a lesson horse....his name was Scarborough Fair...he had to be euthanized...:(
I will never forget that day as long as I live....
There are raesons that people come up with these ideas and "Rules of the Ring"...people should abide by them...

Luka and Deli, those are sad stories about the kickers.:(
When I was a riding camp counselor we had one horse who was always trying to kick the horses next to him when we got them ready for the lessons. Two of the other riding counselors made the mistake of walking between him and another horse and getting kicked by him.(on different days). They both had hoof sized bruises on their thighs for the rest of the summer!:eek:

So does anyone have any new questions? If not maybe I will come up with some new ones tomorrow.

Why Yes, Vermontcat...

Does anybody know who won the American Invitaional last Sat. night in Tampa???????

Deli, you got me curious so I did a search and found out that
Molly Ashe and her bay mare Kroon Gravin won!
Ashe was one of only 3 horse-and-rider combinations to jump a clean first round and advance to the jump-off. Ashe was then the only one to go clean over the eight-obstacle jump-off course, crossing the timers in 45.376 seconds.

Check your PM's.:)

Molly Ashe and Kroon won?thats so cool I read about them in a magazine.

A Valliant Effore Dear Vermont Cat!!!!!
But that was last year...and the year before...that mare i doubt even competed this year....I'll check...
Anyone else want a stab??????

All I know is that it was the 31st annual Budweiser American Invitational...

Oops!:eek:
Sorry Deli, that was the most recent info I could find in a search!
I should have checked the date but it was on top of my search so I assumed it was this year!
I told you that it is hard for me to keep up with some of the horse news on TV and such. Maybe you have a link that could help me?

The winner this year was the Ever so talented Chris Kappler and Royal Kaliber...second was Meredith Michaels and Shutterfly..OOps her name is now Beerbaum...she married Marcus..Eros and Annie were 3rd...Laura Kraut and May were 4th...

Meredith beat Chris' time at 42.40...but had 4 faults...Chris went double clean at 43.92....sometimes careful is good...also luck of the draw...in order of go!!

I still don't think that Kroon Gravin made an appearance...or she got knocked out Very Early.......

Vermontcat...I get The Only magazine to get in all aspects of horse business...it is the Chronicle of the Horse...it is 52.00 per year...and is published weekly...what a deal;.....it is the most up to date....
or you can go to their website..chronicleofthehorse.com

I will look up when it will be on television...and get you the station...;) :) :D

;) :) :D

Thanks Deli! I tried the link and actually it is www.chronofhorse.com :)
I really don't have time to read magazines so I will stick to the website and its free!
I love the name of the horse Shutterfly. I will try to find some new questions if no one else has any.

Here are some new questions!

1)The breed that has the record for the world's tallest horse is
a) Clydesdale b) Percheron c) Shire

2) What is the Western equivalent of a girth called?

3)What are games on horseback called?

4)What is the smallest breed of horse called?

5)In a 3-Day Event what is the first test?
a) cross-country b) show jumping c) dressage

Sorry Vermontcat...I was close....

great website though!!!!

A)...I am going to guess B for Percheron....

B)Cinch

C)Gymkhana

D) Fellabella

E) Cross Country

Deli, you are right for the first four questions!:D
But the site I got the trivia from says that Dressage is the first part of the 3-day event.
(it makes sense to me so the horses wouldn't be so tired out when doing the Dressage moves);)

Thanks Vermontcat...I just guessed the last one...thinking they would need their energy for c.c.....
I always avoided those 3 day people anyway.....;)

:)

Hi Deli!:)

Are you looking for more questions?
Here is one

What is a Hippofile?;)

A Tool for Doing a Hippos' nails??????? ;) :) :D
Just Kidding!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by delidog
A Tool for Doing a Hippos' nails??????? ;) :) :D
Just Kidding!!!!!!!!!!

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Well....if you consider that 'hippo' is latin for horse, and the 'nails' of a horse are his hooves, then an electric sander is the tool I use! Takes me up to an hour a hoof to get that glass hoof look for the shows! Then a coat of color cooridinating shoe wax, and two coats of polish, and we are ready to go! :D

"glass hoof look "

So we can now safely refer to you as Equine Cinderella?!?!??!?!?!?!;) :) :D

LOL you two!:D
All I did was ask a simple question and all I get are a couple of Equine Comedians!:) ;) :p
(I guess that will teach me to post a question late at night.):rolleyes:

If you would like the real answer you can go here
http://www.halfhaltpress.com/asp/pro...sp?product=131

By the way, you are both Hippofile's whether you like it or not.:p
But that is OK because I am one too!;)

cool! Is that are real word?!?

You Are Right!!!
The Later it gets, The punchier We get!!!!

Maybe Equinebehaviorist,You and I could take this act On The Road?!?!?!?!?;) :) :D

Eqine Comedy!!!Theres' a Thought!!!!!:) :D

That website is Great!!!Thanks!!!!!!
Love The German Federation Site!!!!!

So If a Normal Recovery Program is 12 steps....
Hippofiles Anonymous are 3!!!
Why you ask?!?!?!?!?
Because Based on a 12 ft stride....
You only have 3 Steps To Complete!!!!!:D :) ;) :p

Hey Deli, where is Equine? Do you think she is at an HA meeting?( I like that, HA for Hippofile's Anonymous or should we call it HA HA?);) :p :D

You are TOO funny!!!!

HA!!!!!
I love it!!!!!!

Set the scene!!!!

Crowded,smoky room....perhaps a gym of some sort...The coffee is flowing....

One woman, walks to the podium in the front of the room....
She is new here....
She shakily makes her way up the steps,Positions the mike to her height...
Clears her throat....AHEM!!!!
(This helps the butterflies in her stomach calm down,)

Its' Now or Never she tells herself!!!!!

Hello...My name is Delidog!!!(DELIDOG?!?!?!?!)

"I Am a Hippofile!!!!!!"...she cannot believe she hears this coming from HER throat....
But now it is out....
A Huge weight is off of her shoulders...Oh that Monkey on her back...Has been clinging since childhood...when she saw her first episode of "Mr.Ed"!!!!
Now she knows She is on the road to Hippo Recovery!!!!!!!

Clapping from other members in the room....(they have All been here before!!!!!!!)

The first step is the hardest......(She recalls This in her thoughts)
1)
The first step is Denial.....
as she blurts out.....
"I swear...That was not me feeding,mucking out,turning out, and then schooling 8 horses....The Morning of My Wedding!!!!!"

"You got that story from My Ex-Husband" she said...You know the one that said..."Its' the Horses or me!!!!!!!"
Hope he found All of his clothes that were tossed out the 3rd story window!!!!
Hope hes' happy in somplace like a high rise in N.Y. or Miami!!!!


Maybe Next week Delidog will have had time to come back to reality
I'm not sure if having "Black Beauty" as her Higher Power is a Good Choice

Tune in next week...to see if we have made it past Step one in her recovery!!!!!!
Does she really Want to do this for herself????or is she doing this for Ole' Red in the Barn?!?!?!?!??!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
By the way Deli, I have been meaning to ask you... does one of your keys on your keyboard stick?
It would be the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! button, you seem to post a lot of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'s in your posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;) :p :D
Or is it just that you are an easily excited person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Passion,My Friend!!!!!!!!
When one cannot verbalize...one must write with Passion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Eyes bugging out yet?!?!?!??!?!?!??!!
;) :) :D :p ;) :) :D :p

Now wait a minute, who said I wanted to be cured of being a Hippofile? I am danged proud of it!!:D Though the DH does wonder why he is second fiddle to all the horses of the world. Geez, they get WAY more kisses and hugs than he does on any given day. Hmm, maybe I should consider if this is going too far?....Nah! Who am I kiddin'? Everybody knows, even as much as I love my DH, I would rather sleep in the barn than in the house. I just wish I could get him to join me out there!

Sorry I haven't been as active lately. It is SPRING in my parts and I am horsen' around as much as possible. Got some reallly nice ponies under me these days.

:cool:

Dear Equinebehaviorist,

Just got back from your first meeting,Eh????????;) :) :D

You can speak freely here!!!!
We Understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;) :) :D

:D

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Hi Delidog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
Do you have any new horse trivia questions to post?

I have a surprise that I will PM to you.:)

Oh, no, like I said, it is SPRING here :p and I am out with the horses all day and as late as I can most days. Been grazing my beauties for several hours a day to get them ready for the big day when they get to stay out in the big pasture!

Okay, we need new questions.... let's see. Can't think just yet, let me pound my brain for a few.

I am going to be taking about a week and a half off to write my books, so I will be on here a bit more for a while. :D