Horse Terms

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Horse Terms

• Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education
  Curriculum Office
• July 2002

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Objective

• Know the Proper terms to use when talking about
  horses.
• Be able to recognize some of the different color
  patterns of horses.

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Mare

• Female horse
• Usually after having an offspring.

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Filly

• Young female horse

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Brood Mare

• Mare that is used strictly for breeding

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Stallion

• Male horse
• STUD

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Colt

• Young male horse

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Gelding

• Castrated Male Horse

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Foal

• Young Horse male or female

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Hand

• Unit of measurement for horses
• 4 inches

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Pony

• A breed of horse that is under 14.2 hands.

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Light Horse

• Most horses, riding size.
• Above 14.2 hands
• 800 1200 lbs.

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Draft Horse

• Work horses
• Above 14 hands
• 1100 2500 lbs

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Horse Colors
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Bay
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Brown
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Sorrel
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Dapple Gray
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Paint
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Spotted
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Palomino
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Buckskin
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White
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Roan
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Chestnut