Quick Quiz
Test your knowledge on different areas of riding. If you don't know the answers check with one of your instructors or as a last resort go to the answers page. We will have a new quiz for you next month.
Show Jumping
1. What is the difference between an AM3 and an AM7 ?
2. What is the approximate distance between one vertical and another placed two strides apart ?
3. Does your horse land closer to the back of
a triple bar or an oxer ?
4. How many meters must the start line be from the first jump ?
5. What happens if your horse refuses a jump at the second part of a double and disturbs the jump ?
6. What are the consequences of entering your
C grader HC or non comp in the D grade comp of the following programme
EVENT 1 D grade AM3
EVENT 2 JUNIORS AM3
EVENT 3 D & C Grade POWER
& SPEED
EVENT 4 Open Grand Prix
7. What is considered the standard length of a horse's canter stride ?
8. How many meters per minute are Pony Club Show Jumping courses timed at ?
9. An oxer is built with the front rail at 100 cms high using three rails. How many rails should be used at the back of the jump and what are the maximum and minimum heights that can be used there for the first round of a Pony Club A grade competition ?
1. Which SJ riders represented Australia at the 2000 Olympics ?
Feeding & Care
1. As a rule of thumb approximately how much feed should your horse or pony eat each day?
2. What is the basic feed every Pony Club horse should have a plentyful supply of?
3. Why must we be careful not to feed to much energy feed in the form of grain eg: oats?
4. When a horse is hand fed how many feeds per day would be ideal?
5. Some owners give their horses 'electrolytes' do you know why this would be?
6. Again as a rule of thumb how often should your mount be re-shod?
7. If your horse nodded its head as it trotted towards you what conclusion could you draw?
8. How often should your horse receive an injection of Tetanus Toxoid? Why?
9. Your horse has recently started throwing its head around and resisting the bit, it doesn't listen to the aids applied through the hands and is generally badly behaved. Which equine specialist would you call to remedy the situation?
10. How often should you worm your horse with the normal types of paste wormer?
Sporting
1. In any bending event on which side of the horse should you take the first pole?
2. Are you eliminated from 5 flags if you knock over a pole?
3. In barrel racing should you round the left or right barrel first?
4. To qualify for State Sporting you need to achieve specific times in two events from four. Which four events can you choose from?
5. Are there any restrictions in the use or holding of the whip when competing in barrels?
6. A Bounce Pony course can be set-up with jumping poles between 3 and 3.3 metres appart. Why is this?
7. How old does a horse have to be to be eligible for competition in a Sporting Championship?
8. Saftey is very important to us all. Where should you not stand whilst waiting for your turn at fast finishing events such as barrel racing?
9. In what country city is the 1999 State Sporting Championship to be held?
10. Many country shows run sporting events under "ABCA" rules. What do these initials stand for?
Show Jumping
1. How many penalties do you accumulate under table A for knocking down a fence?
2. What is the name of a water jump with a rail above it, where knocking down the rail and not stepping in the water the penalty. (A sea port in England with the same name brought the Beattles to fame.)
3. Two Australian riders qualified for the Volvo World Cup Finals in 1998. Who were they?
4. Which current lady World Cup rider was a member of our Pony Club as a child? (Her mother judges at Under 21s most months.)
5. How many seconds do you have after saluting the judge and getting the bell before you must cross the Start Line?
6. Even though Australia has been a metric country for many years we still talk about the number of feet in a horse's canter stride. How many feet would you expect between the A and B efforts of a single stride double?
7. When jumping a Triple Bar would you expect to land closer or further from the back of the jump than you would when jumping a Square Oxer?
8. Is it legal in an Australian Pony Club jumping event to fit a running martingale to your horse?
9. How many disobediences or refusals can you sustain before you are eliminated from a Pony Club jumping event?
10. Where will the 1999 NSW PCA State Show Jumping Championships be held?