PERFORMANCE EVENTS

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

• Family Equidae
• Genus Equus
• Species
• Equus asinus
• Equus caballas
• Equus przewalski

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Types and Uses Light Horses

• Riding
• Racing
• Showing
• Driving

• All-purpose
• Miniature

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Breed

• Distinguishable characteristics
• Color
• Function
• Conformation

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COLOR BREED
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PEDIGREE
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• Registered
• Purebred

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• Light Horse
• 14.2 17.2 hands
• 900 1400 lbs

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• Draft Horse
• 14.2 17.2 hands
• 1400 lb or gt

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• Ponies
• lt 14.2 hands
• 500 900 lb

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Homework

• WebCT
• Horse Breed Homework
• Typed in table format
• Due 9/5

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PERFORMANCE EVENTS
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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)

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Sport Organizations

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

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HALTER CLASSES

• Type
• Conformation
• Quality
• Substance
• Soundness

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SHOWMANSHIP
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EQUITATION CLASSES

• Western
• Hunt Seat
• Saddle Seat

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DRIVING

• Combined driving
• Pleasure driving
• Dressage driving
• Roadster
• Walk, Slow jog trot, Fast road gait, Full speed
  trot

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DRESSAGE

• Continual training of the horse to increasing
  levels of performance in the execution of various
  gaits movements.

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HUNTERS

• Hunter
• Hunter Hack
• Working Hunter

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HUNTER UNDER SADDLE

• Functional correctness
• Travels at prescribed gaits
• Reverses to inside of arena
• Backs
• Attitude
• Responsiveness, Manners, Bit contact

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JUMPERS
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COMBINED TRAINING

• Dressage
• Cross Country
• Stadium Jumping

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WESTERN PLEASURE

• Junior
• Senior
• Attitude
• Responsiveness
• Manners
• Bit contact

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REINING

• Circles, Rundown, Lead changes, Stops, Spins,
  Rollback, Back, Hesitation

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• 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.

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CUTTING

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

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PRCA

• Calf Roping
• Team Roping
• Steer wrestling
• Bareback
• Bull riding
• Saddle bronc riding

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• 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.

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• Barrel Racing

• Pole Bending

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National American Trail Ride Conference

• Competitive Trail Ride
• Endurance Race

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POLO

• 4 players
• Series of Chukkas of 7.5 minutes.

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RACING

• Thoroughbred Jockey Club
• Quarter Horse
• Paint
• Appaloosa
• Arabian

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RACING

• Harness Racing United States Trotting Assn.

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RACING

• Stakes race
• Handicap race
• Allowance race
• Claiming race
• Maiden
• Derby
• Futurity

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RACING SUPERVISION

• Steward
• Secretary
• Paddock judge
• Clerk of scales
• Starter
• Clocker

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