Horse Country Gymkhana IQs

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Horsey Homophones in a Hodgepodge of Horse Trivia

Homonyms are two or more words identical in pronunciation and spelling, but different in meaning, for example grizzly bear versus bear meaning to carry. But homophones are words having the same sound as another, but differing in meaning and, usually, spelling. For example, blue sky versus the wind blew leaves around the barn are homophones.

1) Tack trunks are often kept in the barn (isle, aisle) in front of the horse's stall.
2) Stalls with pasture access are reserved for paying (boarders, borders) but the school horses have box stalls near the indoor arena.
3) Hunter (bridals, bridles) are usually brown leather, while dressage riders prefer black tack.
4) Most know Lippizanners are (bred, bread) in Austria at the Piber Stud but the bloodlines can also be found today at the original stud farm founded by Archduke Karl, House of Hapsburg, in Lipica (Lipizza in Italian), Slovenia, in the 16th Century.
5) A round pen is also called a (corral, chorale) among western riders and is similar to an English paddock where there is no browsable grass.
6) Colorful jumps are arranged in a (coarse, course) spread out cross country, test a horse's jumping ability.
7) Both the buckskin and (done, dun) colored horses have a dark "dorsal" stripe running down the back.
8) After a colt or filly has (foaled, fold), the dam instinctively encourages the youngster to stand.
9) Canter is a 3-beat (gait, gate) where (1) the near hind leg strikes the ground, then (2) the near fore and off hind legs strike at the same time, then (3) the off foreleg strikes the ground and the cycle repeats...
10) Much can be learned about horse communication from watching the body language of horses interacting with each other in a large (heard, herd).
11) The contraction of soft tissue (muscles, mussels) is what creates movement in a horse. Ligaments and tendons secure these tissues to the bones.
12) Whinny, nicker, and (nay, neigh) are words we use for vocal signals the horse uses to communicate greeting, affection or anxiety.
13) A variety of braiding styles can be used to (plate, plait) a horse's mane or tail.
14) Thousand year old stone etchings depict scenes of the Magyar tribes who (road, rode) horses to hunt, accompanied by falcon and vizslas in search of upland field birds and game.
15) Care must be taken with saddle fit on horses with high (withers, whither)
so rubbing sores don't occur.

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