Horses and Ponies and Things...

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1. If you had a saw horse, would you: Call in the Vet Cut timber on it Treat it with a mix of paraffin (kerosene) and turps Not ride it without a saddle (because of sharp back ridge)

2. The Pony Express could carry mail across 2000 miles of America in: 30 days 10 days 2 months 2 days

3. The first known ancestor of the horse is: Hyracotherium Hippopotamus Fred Aardvark

4. There were an estimated (that's a fancy way of saying guess) 30,000 horses in Victorian London. Would this cause a pollution and waste disposal problem? Yes No

5. Dorothy and her friends in Oz met up with an unusual equine (that's educated talk for horse). Was it a: Dark horse Palomino Vaulting horse Horse of a different colour

6. Alexander the Great (what do you mean - who?) had a horse called: Pegasus Philip Bucephalus Samson Agonistes

7. Przewalski's Horse was What Major A. Cz. Przewalski won the Badminton Horse Trials three times on The last truly wild horse A Polish cavalry regiment in the 1700s A medieval instrument of torture

8. All the thoroughbred horses in racing are descended from three Arab stallions. True False

9. The largest breed of heavy horse is: The Shetland The Shire The Suffolk Punch The Mack

10. A skewbald horse - which description is true? Large patches of white with the rest nothing but black Two short legs at one side (for going round mountains) Two short legs at the back (easy to mount) Large patches of white with the rest any other colour than black

11. A sea horse is: A type of small whale ridden by the natives of the Palimoto Archipelago Small and lives mainly on the shore, grazing on seaweed A very small sort of horse-headed fishy thing Specially bred for swimming between islands on the Turkish coast

12. Where is the Spanish Riding School? London Rome Paris Vienna

13. Dressage involves: Changing your clothes at a trot A payment to the Lord of the Manor for having more than two dresses A fancy dress competition at a gymkhana A skilled display of horse handling and training

14. There are four basic gaits of a horse. Which of these is right? Walk, run, sprint, gallop Walk, scamper, panic, gallop Walk, trot, canter, gallop Walk, scramble, panic, gallop

15. All breeds of horse are bigger than ponies. True False