Next This is Grumpy Grover Hi Im Grover the horse with the worst conformation in the barn Conformation is how well a horse is put together Ive been assigned to help you learn how to do basic horse judging Come on Ill show you around the farm ID: 629752
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By: Cassie Lehmann
Basic Horse Judging
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This is Grumpy Grover
Hi… I’m Grover, the horse with the worst conformation in the barn. Conformation is how well a horse is put together. I’ve been assigned to help you learn how to do basic horse judging. Come on, I’ll show you around the farm…
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Welcome Teachers
Welcome teachers! Below are four stars that will lead you to the explanation of four aspects of this program pertaining to the students. Each has information about an area of interest. Click the star on each page, to return to this page. Please explore each area star and afterwards click the picture of Grover on your screen to continue on working through the program as a student would.
Objective
The Learners
Standard
How do they finish?
Kid you'll be bored, click me now for your sake.
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Objectives
Objectives of this program:
Given a traditional score card, students will be able to identify the correct placements of information without error.
Given a class of 4 horses, students will identify the correct placing of a halter class, within three attempts.
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Learners Environment
The learning environment would be for first-timer horse judging students. It would help get the basics of horse judging down, without peer pressure causing students to attempt to learn too quickly. A challenge would be getting the students through the program at a decent amount of time.
The audience is high school students, mainly ninth and tenth graders, learning the basics of horse judging for Animal Sciences class extra credit horse judging team. The class is mixed of males and females and contains about 25 students. Although, students will be completing the program at different times throughout the year.
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Standard
Content Standard 3: Breeds of animals.
A: Identify breeds and species.
- 5.) Participate in FFA livestock, dairy,
equine
, poultry, dairy products or meat evaluation CDE and instruction.
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Ensure Completion
To ensure that students complete the program within a reasonable amount of time, there has been a few features added to ensure they get through it.
Mini Checkpoints throughout the program to ensure they are moving forward and do not get sent back to what they have accomplished.
Aspects such as an automatic reentry to a topic after two missed attempts at a question that is reviewing the information.
A set of problems at each checkpoint that make sure students are getting concepts and not just clicking to finish quickly.
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Button Functions
These are the different buttons you will use to not get lost on the farm!
Click this icon to go to the Farm. It will always be located at the bottom of the screen!
Click this icon to go to the Checkpoint Quizzes. It is located on the Farm homepage. This can only be accessed from the Farm.
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The Farm
This is the farm, go ahead and explore by clicking the different components.
The Barn
Oral Reasons
Score Card
Help
Each star is a checkpoint. At the end of each teaching at the three different stars you will be given a quiz, click the checkpoint quizzes button to take each quiz. You must complete each quiz to complete the horse judging
t
raining!
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Checkpoint Quizzes
Score Card Quizzes!
The Barn Quiz!
Oral Reasons Quizzes!
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Score Card 1
In the correct locations,
Enter Contestant Number 2417 - 04
Enter name Kelly Alexander
Try this one more time! It shouldn’t be to difficult for you to figure it out!
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Score Card 1 Answer
This is what the answer should look like. If you got it correct, nice job! This next one should be easy.
The answer is shown above. If you messed it up, we are going to give you a second chance! Try harder kid.
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04
Kelly Alexander
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1 for 2nd try
In the correct locations,
Enter Contestant Number 4289 - 01
Enter name Matt Summerfield
Try this one more time! It shouldn’t be to difficult for you to figure it out!
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1 for 2nd try answer
This is what it should look like. Nice job kid!
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01
Matt Summerfield
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Score Card 2
True or False:
When I see this line I should put in a 45/50, if I know that my score will be that for sure when I am completing my card.
Stop thinking and answer it already…
True
False
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Score Card 2 True
Congratulations… You got the easiest question of your life incorrect. I told you to leave this box alone. If you did have a 50/50, they may disregard the card because you filled it in incorrectly…
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Score Card 2 False
Frankly, I am impressed… You are not such a silly human. Way to get the easiest question ever correct. I am starting to like you… Way to not touch the box like I said.
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Score card 3
When I go to select my placing’s on my score card. I should ________ my answer selection.
Shade
Circle
Draw a BIG Arrow to
Box
If you think this is hard to do, you should try running with a large person on your back…
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Score Card 3 A
No. No. No. No. Wrong. How in the world are they supposed to clearly see what you picked. Yes, process of elimination. Although, you’re not the only one here. Be considerate of others and try this again…
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Score Card 3 B
I am glad you figured it out. You circle it. Easy to see, easy to read and easy to grade. Nice job.
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Score Card 3 C
Not even close to what you are supposed to do… Are you even a horse person?
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Score Card 3 D
That does not work for me… Try it again Sparky, and this time read the question before you click a button
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Oral Reasons 1
Well blended from neck to shoulder:Straighter underline
Balanced with withers to hindquarters:Feminine:
Write a description of each of the given terms. Use complete sentences. I doubt you will get this one right…
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Oral Answer 1
Well blended from neck to shoulder:The neck goes smoothly into the shoulder as it blends without looking less proportioned. This makes the horse look cleaner throughout.
Straighter underline:The underline from the bottom of the heart girth to the dip back under near the hindquarters is straightened until in goes under the hindquarters. Balanced with withers to hindquarters:
The region from the withers across the invisible line to the hindquarters is a straight line indicating that the horse is well balanced.
Feminine:
A term used in a class for mares that shows a horse that looks more female than another. Used if one mare looks more petite and less like a male than another.
This is the correct answer as we talked about in the activity. Hopefully you got close. If not, please go back and review the terms.
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Oral Quiz 2
Which horse in a set of reasons should be given only faults and should not receive grants?
3
rd
Place Horse
1
st
Place Horse
2
nd
Place Horse
4
th
Place Horse
I think it is time I go to the horse gym… I never noticed that fat roll on my back until just now… Why are you reading this? Answer the question!
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Oral reasons 2 A
Wrong… The 3
rd Place Horse should be granted a single characteristic. Go back and try again…
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Oral Reasons 2 B
Seriously? The 1
st Place horse just one the show. Why would you give the horse no grants? It is the best horse out there. I hope for your sake you simply just clicked one… Try again!
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Oral Reasons 2 C
Your 2
nd Place horse did pretty well in this contest. He should definitely be given at least a few grants. Go back and try again.
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Oral Reasons 2 D
You did it! The 4
th Place horse is awful compared to the rest. He should not be granted anything good about him. Nice job!
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Barn 1
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3
2
Based on the good and bad characteristics we just talked about, place this class in order of best to worst. The number of the horse in 1
st
place would go in the 1
st
blank and so forth. Think hard!
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Barn 1 Answer
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4
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2
This is how the placing should have been based on what we have talked about. If you didn’t get it just yet, go back to the barn and review each horse again to learn more. If you got it, nice job!
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Score Card
Score Card
Click the stars to explore each part of a score card and how to complete it correctly!
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Write your contestant number and name from packet into this section… Not that hard…
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Joshua Smith
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1 Checkpoint
In the correct locations,
Enter Contestant Number 1739 – 01
Enter name Alex Ranger
If you have to review this, I do not believe you even read it. Expect mini – quizzes throughout, they will happen. I like to make you sweat!
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1 Answer
This is what the answer should look like. If you got it correct, nice job! This next one should be easy.
The answer is shown above. If you messed it up, we are going to give you a second chance! Try harder kid.
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01
Alex Ranger
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In the correct locations,
Enter Contestant Number 1327 - 03
Enter name Cain Clarkson
Try this one more time! It shouldn’t be to difficult for you to figure it out!
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1 for 2nd try answer
This is what it should look like. Nice job kid!
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Cain Clarkson
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My personal favorite section. Don’t touch it. I am completely serious. Leave it alone. This is only for the judges and score assistants, they put your score here. If you touch it you will do horribly. So just leave it alone… Thanks…
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2 Checkpoint
True or False:
When I see this line I should put in a 50/50, if I know that my score will be that for sure when I am completing my card.
Stop thinking and answer it already…
True
False
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Congratulations… You got the easiest question of your life incorrect. I told you to leave this box alone. If you did have a 50/50, they may disregard the card because you filled it in incorrectly…
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2 False
Frankly, I am impressed… You are not such a silly human. Way to get the easiest question ever correct. I am starting to like you… Way to not touch the box like I said.
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Simply circle the answer of your choice. If your placing is 24-31, then you circle 24-31 and the letter L.
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3 Checkpoint
When I go to do my placing's on the card. I should ________ my answer selection.
Shade
Circle
Draw a BIG Arrow to
Box
If you think this is hard to do, you should try running with a large person on your back…
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3 A
No. No. No. No. Wrong. How in the world are they supposed to clearly see what you picked. Yes, process of elimination. Although, you’re not the only one here. Be considerate of others and try this again…
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3 B
I am glad you figured it out. You circle it. Easy to see, easy to read and easy to grade. Nice job.
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3 C
Not even close to what you are supposed to do… Are you even a horse person?
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3 D
That does not work for me… Try it again Sparky, and this time read the question before you click a button
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Follow what the card says…
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Standardbred Mares
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3 4 1 2
For this one, you write in your
placing's
physically. 1
st
place for your class goes in the 1
st
place spot and so on…
I decided to be nice and give you a small break from mini – checkpoint quizzes. Be happy.
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Compete Score Card
You did it!!! Nice job, the Score Card portion is completed! Be careful, you will have a test later on and have to recall this information. Head back to the barn and start your next topic!Slide51
The Barn
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These are four different horses. Click each one to learn the good and bad things about them!
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Horse 1
Let’s call this horse number 1. Horse 1 is fairly well
proportioned
. She has a well
blended
neck to shoulder and
stands square on all four
. Click the underlined buttons to learn what the term means!
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proportioned
Proportioned
– equal amounts throughout the body. The head is not to big compared to the neck or shoulder.
The head is 1/3 the abdomen in size of the barrel (stomach region).
Head
Abdomen
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blended
Blended
– this occurs when one portion of the body goes smoothly into the next body portion.
Well Blended
Poorly Blended
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Stand square
Stands Square
– means that equal weight is distributed and balanced on all four hooves. No one hoof is taking more weight than the rest.
All four hooves square
All four hooves not square
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Horse 2
Horse 2 is not
proportioned
well at all. The neck is too long compared to the rest of the body. Also, all four hooves are not equally intact and functional.
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Proportioned 2
Proportioned
– equal amounts throughout the body. The head is not to big compared to the neck or shoulder.
The head is 1/3 the abdomen in size of the barrel (stomach region).
Head
Abdomen
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Horse 3
Horse 3 has one major problem called
swayback
. Besides that, this horse is fairly nice. Remember to click underlined words that you do not know to learn about them!
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Swayback
Swayback
– a condition often found when horses become older and their back begins to dip down. Also happens if the horse is ridden too young or by a larger person consistently for long periods of time.
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Horse 4
Horse 4 is not as well
blended
into the whole body. As well, it is lacking a tail which is not a good thing, but not the worst thing that could happen.
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Blended 2
Blended
– this occurs when one portion of the body goes smoothly into the next body portion.
Well Blended
Poorly Blended
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Checkpoint Barn
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4
3
2
Based on the good and bad characteristics we just talked about, place this class in order of best to worst. The number of the horse in 1
st
place would go in the 1
st
blank and so forth. Think hard!
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Checkpoint Barn Answer
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4
3
2
This is how the placing should have been based on what we have talked about. If you didn’t get it just yet, go back to the barn and review each horse again to learn more. If you got it, nice job!
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2
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4
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Watch this video to learn about a few things with the help of an actual horse! Slide65
Compete Barn
You did it!!! Nice job, the Barn portion is completed! Be careful, you will have a test later on and have to recall this information. Head back to the barn and start your next topic!Slide66
Oral Reasons
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Oral Reasons
Oral reasons are a lot of contestants least favorite part of horse judging. It is not that bad, as you are simply defending why you chose the placing that you did. Slide67
Terms
Stood Straighter legs with flatter bone
Typier in Head
Longer Hipped
High Quality
Deeper in Heart Girth
More Prominent Wither
More Angulated Pastern
Leaner neck that comes higher out of shoulder
Longer in Underline
Cleaner in Throat Latch
Sometimes it gets hard to remember the terms to use in order to describe the horses. We are going to go over a few terms and what they mean. Click one of the colored thought bubbles to learn what the like colored terms mean!
Feminine
Shorter Backed
Nicely Balanced
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Red Group
Deeper in Heart Girth
Shorter Backed
Longer Hipped
Leaner neck that comes higher out of shoulder
The heart girth is where the girth belongs. This is talking about this region being deeper which typically means the heart has greater capacity.
The hip being longer on one horse than another is typically something that an individual judge would seek out.
A neck that is not over weight, meaning a slim neck. As well it coming off the top of shoulder rather than lower to help with breathing during hard running.
This means the back is shorter than another horse. This is breed specific, used often for horses in Western disciplines.
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Green Group
High Quality
Feminine
Typier in Head
This would be breed specific. Used for breeds like Arabians and Morgans that exhibit more of a dished-face.
This term could be used just about anywhere. If you need another grant for a horse, this would be it.
Only used for mares, this term is good to relate to a horse that looks more like a mare than a gelding.
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Purple Group
Stood Straighter legs with flatter bone
More Prominent Wither
Cleaner in Throat Latch
This term is used to describe a horse that stood sturdy and had the appearance of a performance horse.
For specific disciplines like jumping, a more prominent wither is superior as the saddle is less likely to slide around.
One that exhibits a clean throat latch when the jaw blends well into the neck.
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Blue Group
Nicely Balanced
Longer in Underline
More Angulated Pastern
The pastern is located on the leg if you remember correctly. This is simply a more picky aspect to examine in a horse if you are wanting to impress a judge with a fancy term.
The underline is the bottom of the barrel. This needs to be very defined and make a straight line into the hindquarters if you want to use this term.
The ultimate go-to term in horse judging. Nicely balanced is a term that can almost always apply to one of the four horses in the class that day.
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Checkpoint 1 Reasons
Longer hipped:Deeper in heart g
irth:Leaner neck that comes higher out of shoulder:Cleaner in throat latch:
Write a description of each of the given terms. Use complete sentences. I doubt you will get this one right…
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Checkpoint 1 Oral Answer
Longer hipped:The hip being longer on one horse than another is typically something that an individual judge would seek out
Deeper in heart girth:The heart girth is where the girth belongs. This is talking about this region being deeper which typically means the heart has greater capacity
.
Leaner neck that comes higher out of shoulder:
A neck that is not over weight, meaning a slim neck. As well it coming off the top of shoulder rather than lower to help with breathing during hard running
.
Cleaner in throat latch:
This term is for a well groomed horse. One that exhibits a clean throat latch when the jaw blends well into the neck.
This is the correct answer as we talked about in the activity. Hopefully you got close. If not, please go back and review the terms.
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How to Reasons
When writing reasons, there is a way we almost always format our mini speech.
How you placed the class including the class name.
The top pair. Grant good things to top horse, and fault the second place horse.
The middle pair. Grant the second place horse and give a single fault, and fault the third place horse.
The bottom pair. Grant a single item to the third place horse, and only fault the bottom horse.
Restate your placing of the class and the class name.
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Oral Quiz 2
Which horse in a set of reasons should be given no grants, but only faults according to the format?
3
rd
Place Horse
1
st
Place Horse
2
nd
Place Horse
4
th
Place Horse
I think it is time I go to the horse gym… I never noticed that fat roll on my back until just now… Why are you reading this? Answer the question!
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A
Wrong… The 3
rd Place Horse should be granted a single characteristic. Go back and try again…
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B
Seriously? The 1
st Place horse just one the show. Why would you give the horse no grants? It is the best horse out there. I hope for your sake you simply just clicked one… Try again!
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C
Your 2
nd Place horse did pretty well in this contest. He should definitely be given at least a few grants. Go back and try again.
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D
You did it! The 4
th Place horse is awful compared to the rest. He should not be granted anything good about him. Nice job!
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Compete Barn
You did it!!! Nice job, the Oral Reasons portion is completed! Be careful, you will have a test later on and have to recall this information. Head back to the barn and start your next topic!