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Horses are fascinating and versatile animals and there’s so much to learn about them. Once you get roped in by their charm and beauty, there’s no turning back.
If you’ve stumbled upon our popular horse quizzes, you’ve probably been a horse lover for a while. Perhaps you take regular riding lessons, own a horse yourself or admire them some other way.
Test your equestrian general knowledge with these 20 horse trivia questions. This quiz is the sixth in our series of horse quizzes. Don’t forget to share your results and to check out our other fun horse quizzes!
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4. Which of these is not part of a horse hoof?
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5. What do you generically call a horse with white patches on top of a base coat color?
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6. What is the segment of hair that hangs between a horse's ears?
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7. What is the smallest breed of horse?
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8. Name this horse gait: fast, two-beat, the legs on the same side move together
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9. True or False: Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up.
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10. How many bones are there in a typical horse skeleton?
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11. The mother of a horse is called its…
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12. Approximately how many months is the normal gestation period for a pregnant horse?
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13. What is a bosal?
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14. What is this behavior called?

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15. Which animal below is the horse's closest relative?
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16. How many hours a day do horses sleep?
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17. Are equines carnivores, herbivores or omnivores?
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18. Which Western riding sport is this?

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19. True or false: Estimating a horse's age by its teeth is a myth.
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20. Which one is NOT a cue riders use to guide a horse?
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Also, don’t forget to check out our other fun horse quizzes on topics such as dressage, horse racing, horse breeds, horse anatomy, and many more!
Elena
Friday 23rd of September 2022
10/10 I know a lot about horses, have 7, two quarter horse mares, two Frisians (gelding and mare) and three Tennessee walkers.
David M. Sheeran
Monday 6th of December 2021
Good
Lillian Bokrkowski
Sunday 14th of November 2021
Knew I didn't know much but this taught me I am so out of schooling with horses, yet, I love them so much and I have had a good response with those I've been with. I definitely don't know the lingo.
James and Cookie
Thursday 1st of December 2022
@Lillian Bokrkowski, Nice to see some honesty from people on this forum!!!! :D Keep up the schooling!!! Good Luck!!
Janet L Westminster
Sunday 12th of September 2021
My Icelandic pony was bit on the nose by a rattlesnake. The swelling was so bad she couldn't breath so she started breathing through her mouth. Icelandics are know to breath through their mouth.
Scarlet
Monday 12th of September 2022
@Janet L Westminster, is your horse okay????????? poor horse
Scarlet
Monday 12th of September 2022
@Henrietta Szathmary, thanks for quiz
Henrietta Szathmary
Monday 13th of September 2021
Hi Janet,
That's interesting, the horse's anatomy doesn't allow them to breathe through their mouths and that's true for every breed. So I'm not sure what happened there but I would love to find out more 😊
Tommy Lee Fossen
Saturday 11th of September 2021
fun quizz thanks!!