Horse Country Gymkhana IQs

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Beth's Show Jumping
Choices:

ditch

standards

grand prix

gate

faults

water jump

oxer

triple bar

wall

combination

bank

vertical

in and out

course designer Choices repeated:

ditch

standards

grand prix

gate

faults

water jump

oxer

triple bar

wall

combination

bank

vertical

in and out

course designer Choices:

ditch

standards

grand prix

gate

faults

water jump

oxer

triple bar

wall

combination

bank

vertical

in and out

course designer
1) This term translates from the French to mean richest or greatest prize, often used to designate the most challenging or sophisticated level of competition in a particular sport.
2) Term for penalty points if the horse falls, balks, refuses touches, knocks down any portion of an obstacle
3) Term for the person who seeks to layout and build a course that has about 6 clean rounds
4) Term for two or three jumps set up so they must be taken in quick succession, separated by only one or two strides. It is considered to be a single obstacle. If a horse stops or runs-out at any element of this obstacle (elements are lettered A, B, C), the entire obstacle must be re-jumped.
5) Term for a two-jump combination, with elements separated by one or two strides.
6) Term for various types of supports which hold up the rails of a jump.
7) Term for a fence with no spread to it, which forces a horse to make a steep arc in his effort to jump. Looks to be the easiest, most simple type of jump, but is actually the hardest.
8) Term for an obstacle composed of two or three elements to produce a spread with substantial width as well as height. A "square" version is one in which the front and back rails are of equal height, making it more difficult to jump. Other types include parallel, ascending, descending and Swedish.
9) Term for a ground obstacle that can stretch 12 to 14 feet in width. The lathe or tape marker on the landing side designates the end of the "fence" and if the horse touches the marker upon landing it is counted as a penalty.
10) Term for a shallow depression dug into the show ring, designed to provide a visual distraction to test the horse's bravery. At some shows these are bordered with landscaping ties and lined with wood chips.
11) Term for an earthen mound which the horse must jump up onto or scramble over. Most consist of a thirty inch high, twenty-two foot "table" plus a sixteen foot ramp which rises to a total height of five feet.
12) Solid looking, often painted to resemble stone, with top sections as individual blocks which can be dislodged resulting in faults.
13) A spread fence with three elements of graduating height. Very wide but relatively easy to jump.
14) Vertical made to appear solid by using planks, pickets, brush or balustrades.
15) Kris Bonus question (true or false): In the 1946 edition of The Horseman's Encyclopedia, speaking of common schooling practices, Margaret Cabell Self wrote: the life of an open jumper is often not too happy; humane societies would do well to pay more attention to the treatment these horses receive.

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