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USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Practice Quiz Enroll for HQC:
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1. The average horse takes about 50 breaths per minute. ☐ True ☐ False 2. The USEF drug rules state that one may administer bute and Banamine 12 hours prior to competition. ☐ True ☐ False
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3. Which country won the Nations Cup in Wellington, Florida in March 2013? a. Canada b. Germany c. United States d. The Netherlands 4. The average 1,000 pound horse produces how many tons of manure (feces and urine) per year? a. 5.7 tons b. 9.1 tons c. 12.6 tons d. 14.3 tons Email your answers in to The Plaid Horse: theplaidhorsemag@gmail.com by July 15, 2016. One winner will be randomly randomly selected from the correct entries to win The Plaid Horse USHJA Prize Pack!
The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, Devon, PA, June 2016. 1. TJ O’Mara won his first blue ribbon at Devon in the USEF Talent Search Section A, followed by a win the Maclay Saturday morning. 2. Equitation classes are notoriously large and competitive, with as many as 124 entries in the WIHS Jumper Phase. 3. Emma Weiss rode her own Cheveaux to ribbons in the 16-17 Small Junior Hunters. 4. Mountain Home Stables’ Krave and Hunter Siebel took top ribbons in the 16-17 Small Junior Hunters including a win in the handy round to give hem the division championship. 5. Lucy Deslauriers won the RW Mutch Equitation Championship, the first year under a new format in which the championship has its own class and riders compete head to head. PHOTOS © IRENE ELISE POWLICK.