Horses and Horsemanship - Tack and Equipment

Which of the following is not a major part of a typical bridle?

• Headstall

• Bit

• Reins

• All of the Above

What type of bridle uses split reins made of leather with a curb strap or curb chain. Headstall has a crown piece, cheek piece, and throatlatch

• Western

• English

• Pelham

• Hackamore

What type of bridle consists of a headstall, brow band, cavesson, snaffle bit, and one set of reins

• Western

• English

• Pelham

• Hackamore

What part of the English bridle is used to keep the horse's mouth closed?

• Brow Band

• Rein

• Cavesson

• Cheek Piece

Match the parts of the Weymouth English Bridle

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Curb Chain

Throat Latch

Snaffle Rein

Crown Piece of Headstall

Cheek Piece

Snaffle Bit

Weymouth Curb Bit

Browband

Lip Strap

Cavesson (Noseband)

What English bridle has one bit with two sets of reins, the snaffle, and the curb. Used for polo, hunt, dressage, and pleasure?

• Hackamore

• Bosal

• Weymouth

• Pelham

What bridle is bitless that works by pressure on the underside of the jaw, the nose, and the poll?

• Hackamore

• Weymouth

• Pelham

• Western

All of the following are pressure points utilized by bits : Corner of the mouth, bars, tongue, roof of the mouth, curb groove, nose, poll

• True

• False

The bit rests in a place called the bars which is located between the incisors and molars

• True

• False

Which bit is considered the simplest bit and causes the horse to raise their head. It is a direct action bit where the reins attach directly to the mouthpiece. Considered mild

• Snaffle

• Curb

• Tom Thumb

• Weymouth