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What term is used to describe a female equine that has never been bred?
What term is used to describe a female equine that has never been bred?
Which of the following describes a young male horse that is over one year old?
Which of the following describes a young male horse that is over one year old?
What is the definition of a 'double rig' in equines?
What is the definition of a 'double rig' in equines?
Which type of mare has foaled during the current breeding season?
Which type of mare has foaled during the current breeding season?
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What is a foal classified as?
What is a foal classified as?
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What term refers to an adult female horse that is used for breeding purposes?
What term refers to an adult female horse that is used for breeding purposes?
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What does 'gelding' refer to in equines?
What does 'gelding' refer to in equines?
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Which of the following defines a pony?
Which of the following defines a pony?
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What is the term for the group of horses consisting of a mature stallion and his breeding mares and immature offspring?
What is the term for the group of horses consisting of a mature stallion and his breeding mares and immature offspring?
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What does 'rig' refer to in equine terminology?
What does 'rig' refer to in equine terminology?
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Study Notes
Equine Classification
- Equine (ē-kwīn) includes horse, pony, donkey, and mule.
Stallion
- Stallion: Adult uncastrated male horse (entire) used for serving females (stud purposes).
Mare
- Mare: Adult female horse used for breeding.
- Broad mare: A mare kept for breeding.
- Mare with foal: A mare and her foal running together.
Foal
- Foal: A horse of either sex less than one year old.
- Suckling foal: A nursing foal.
- Weanling foal: Foal weaned at 4-6 months of age.
- Colt foal: Male foal.
- Filly foal: Female foal.
Yearling
- Yearling: A horse over one year and not exceeding two years old.
Colt
- Colt: A young male horse over one year.
Filly
- Filly: A young immature female horse usually over one year old.
Gelding
- Gelding (geld): A castrated male horse at any age.
Rig (Cryptorchid)
- Rig (Cryptorchid): Male horse over twelve months in which one testicle is retained in the abdomen and not descended into the scrotum. Testicles normally descend into the scrotum before 11-12 months of age.
- Double rig: A male horse over 12 months in which both testicles are retained in the abdomen and do not descend into the scrotum.
Additional Equine Terms
- Brood mare: Breeding female equine.
- Maiden mare: Female equine never bred.
- Barren mare: Intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season; an open mare.
- Wet mare: Intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season.
- Aglactic mare: Intact female horse not producing milk.
- Pony: Equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse).
Aged Horse
- Aged horse: A horse over 8 years, but the term is commonly used to indicate older horses of 15 years or more.
Cob
- Cob: A short-legged horse.
Pony
- Pony: A special breed of horse where both the sire and dam are ponies.
Herd
- Herd: A group of equines.
Band
- Band: A group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature offspring of his mares.
Donkey
- Donkey = ass = burro
- Jack or Jack ass: Intact male donkey.
- Jenny: Intact female donkey.
Mules
- Mule: A cross or hybrid between a donkey and a mare.
- Hinny or Jennet: A hybrid between a stallion and a she-donkey.
Zebras
- Zebra: Several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes.
- Zebra stallion: Male zebra.
- Zebra dam: Female zebra.
- Zebra foal: Young zebra.
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