1. EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE

2. Eohippus 60 Million Years Ago EOCENE ERA Mesohippus 40 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era Miohippus 30 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era Mercychippus 20 Million Years Ago OLIGOCENE ERA Pliohippus 10 Million Years Ago Oligocene Era Equus 4 Million Years Ago Modern Era EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE

3. Zoological Classification Family Equidae Genus Equus Species –Equus asinus –Equus caballas –Equus przewalski

5. Types and Uses – Light Horses RidingRacingShowingDrivingAll-purposeMiniature

6. Breed Distinguishable characteristics –Color –Function –Conformation

7. COLOR BREED

8. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/

9. PEDIGREE

10. RegisteredPurebred

11. Light Horse –14.2 – 17.2 hands –900 – 1400 lbs

12. Draft Horse –14.2 – 17.2 hands –1400 lb or >

13. Ponies –< 14.2 hands –500 – 900 lb

14. Homework WebCT –Horse Breed Homework –Typed in table format –Due 9/5

15. PERFORMANCE EVENTS

16. Sport Organizations American Driving Society American Hunter & Jumper Foundation American Vaulting Assn. Carriage Assn. Of America, Inc. Masters of Foxhounds Assn. Of America National Barrel Horse Assn. (NBHA) National Cutting Horse Assn. (NCHA) National Hunter & Jumper Assn. National Reining Horse Assn. (NRHA) National Snaffle Bit Assn. (NSBA) Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn. (PRCA)

17. Sport Organizations Team Penning Assn. United States Combined Training Assn. (USCTA) United States Dressage Federation (USDF) United States Equestrian Assn. United States Polo Assn.

18. HALTER CLASSES TypeConformationQualitySubstanceSoundness

19. SHOWMANSHIP

20. EQUITATION CLASSES Western Hunt Seat Saddle Seat

21. DRIVING Combined driving Pleasure driving Dressage driving Roadster –Walk, Slow jog trot, Fast road gait, Full speed trot

22. DRESSAGE Continual training of the horse to increasing levels of performance in the execution of various gaits & movements.

23. HUNTERS Hunter Hunter Hack Working Hunter

24. HUNTER UNDER SADDLE Functional correctness Travels at prescribed gaits Reverses to inside of arena BacksAttitude –Responsiveness, Manners, Bit contact

25. JUMPERS

26. COMBINED TRAINING Dressage Cross Country Stadium Jumping

27. WESTERN PLEASURE JuniorSeniorAttitudeResponsivenessManners Bit contact

28. REINING Circles, Rundown, Lead changes, Stops, Spins, Rollback, Back, Hesitation

29. Western Trail - negotiate up to 8 different obstacles Western Riding - Set course involving the walk, jog and lope. At the lope expected to make up to eleven changes of lead.

30. CUTTING Enter a herd of cattle, separate and drive a single cow from the herd and keeps the cow from reentering the herd.

31. PRCA Calf Roping Team Roping Steer wrestling Bareback Bull riding Saddle bronc riding

32. Team Penning - 3 horse and rider pairs given 2 min. to separate from the herd and drive 3 designated cattle into a pen Working Cow Horse –Reining pattern. –Cattle portion - hold and turn a cow, as well as control the animal by moving it in circles.

33. Barrel Racing Pole Bending

34. National American Trail Ride Conference Competitive Trail Ride Endurance Race

35. POLO 4 players Series of Chukkas of 7.5 minutes.

36. RACING Thoroughbred – Jockey Club Quarter Horse PaintAppaloosaArabian

37. RACING Harness Racing – United States Trotting Assn.

38. RACING Stakes race Handicap race Allowance race Claiming race MaidenDerbyFuturity

39. RACING SUPERVISION StewardSecretary Paddock judge Clerk of scales StarterClocker