1. Saddle Busters Club By: Jamestican Parham
Equine Science
Saddle Busters Club
By: Jamestican Parham

2. Objectives Identify common horse breeds.
Understand common horse terms.
Understand basic horse care.

3. Light Horses
Used for
Showing
Recreation
Work

4. Horse Breeds Quarter Horse: working ranch horse Hand = 4”
AQHA: largest horse breed assoc. in U.S.
fast sprinter (1/4 mile) = quarter horse
first breed developed in U.S. (1600’s)
most heavily muscled light horse
14-16 hands tall at withers
Hand = 4”

5. Quarterhorse

6. Horse Breeds Thoroughbred: horse shows & racing
faster at longer distances (1/4 - 2 miles)
jumping & hunting competitions
15-17 hands tall

7. Thoroughbred

8. Horse Breeds
Morgan
parade, hunting, jumping, showing.

9. Morgan

10. Horse Breeds Arabian: oldest recorded breed endurance, heat tolerant
known for good looks
14-15 hands tall

11. Arabian

12. Standardbred -known for harness racing

13. Tennessee Walking Horse -known for fancy gait (walk)

14. American Saddlebred -know for riding, show, parade

15. Lipizzan

17. Lipizzaner

18. Mustang

19. Color Breeds Paint Palomino Appaloosa
Large patches of white with brown, black or combination of the three.
Palomino
Light tan to golden color with flaxen mane and tail.
Appaloosa
Mixture of white with any other color to create a pattern of spots. Mottled.

20. American Paint

21. Palomino

22. Appaloosa

23. Draft Horses Used mainly for work.
Before the invention of today's machinery
Now commonly used for pleasure riding and showing.
Also used for advertisements
Budweiser

24. Clydesdale

25. Percheron

26. Belgian

27. Ponies Used for: Pleasure riding Showing Pulling buggies
Also, some breeds are good for children.

28. American Walking Pony

29. Shetland

30. Miniature horses Can be used as a guide for the blind.
Helping Hooves
Usually weigh between 55 and 100lbs.
Not a recognized breed.
Used for showing and companionship.
Too small to be ridden.

31. Miniature Horses

32. Miniature Horses

33. Horse Care Nutrition: will eat 1 1/2 - 3% of body wt daily
Small, frequent amounts.
10-12 gallons of water / day
hays, grains, supplements
4 parts roughage to 1 part concentrate
more grain if horse is working

34. Horse Care Mares more likely to conceive in spring
Health: colic (abdominal pain) & broken bones most serious
Vaccinate annually
Worm regularly: at least twice / year
Average cost to keep a horse for one year = $1000

35. Horse Terms What do you call a mature male? Stallion
What do you call a mature female?
Mare
What do you call a castrated male?
Gelding

36. Horse Terms What do you call a young horse? foal or colt
What do you call an immature female?
Filly
What do you call the act of giving birth?
Foaling
What is the gestation for a horse?
330 days

37. QUIZ!!!

38. #1
What color breed has a golden coat and a flax mane and tail??

39. #2
What horse is known for its fast quarter mile sprinting??

40. #3
What is the oldest known breed of horse?

41. #4
How often should you vaccinate your horse??

42. #5
How many inches in a hand??

43. #6
What is the gestation period of a horse??

44. #7

45. #8

46. #9

47. #10