Grooming

There are at least 5 reasons for grooming.

How many can you give?

The horse should have its feet picked out first as part of the grooming process. This allows you to check for any issues which may affect the health or S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the horse, such as loose shoes, risen clenches, stones in the feet or thrush

the previous question refers to checking the feet for "risen clenches".

What are these?

• The metal bit on the front of the shoe

• The heads of the nails on the bottom of the shoe

• The ends of the nails around the hoof wall

• the heels of the shoe

When picking feet out, you should always use the hoof pick in which direction?

• Toe to heel

• Heel to toe

• Side to side

The first part of the horse that should be groomed is the M _ _ _ , this is so that any dirt which falls out onto the neck can be removed later. The best tool for grooming the M _ _ _ is a body brush as this allows you to lift scurf from the base of the crest.

Once the mane has been groomed, you should then use the R _ _ _ _ _ curry comb in a circular motion on the large muscular areas of the horse. This helps to lift dead skin cells and dirt to the surface.

To "flick" the dirt off the surface, this brush can be used. It looks a bit like a dandy brush but as the bristles are longer, they are usually softer and this brush is usually tolerated by most horses. What type of brush is it?

• Body brush

• Water brush

• Dandy brush

• Flicker brush

Which brush is this? It is used on all areas of the horse to remove dirt and scurf.

• Body brush

• Water brush

• Dandy brush

• Flicker brush

What should always be used with a body brush to clean it?

• Curry comb

• Your hand

• the stable wall

• a wet cloth

Horses that live out in the field all year round need the natural oils in their coat to help them keep warm.

Therefore, you should not use which type of brush on them too much as it will remove these oils?