H is for Horse Trivia Quiz

Answer: Great Britain

The Hackney horse is used as a carriage horse and is known for how it lifts its knees high and how its hocks bend back. It was developed in 1760 when farmers were breeding the Norfolk trotter and some thoroughbreds which then became the Hackney horse we know today.

Answer: Hanoverian

The Hanoverian horse originated in Germany and is named after the capital of Lower Saxony, Hanover. It has a good temperament and is good at show jumping, dressage, and driving. From 1896-2020 they have won 25 gold medals in the Olympics in various equestrian events.

Answer: Cattle horse

The Hispano-Árabe horse is slightly smaller than the average horse, but what it lacks in size it has in endurance and strength. The Hispano-Árabe horse comes from Andalusian and Arabian horses with the original job of being a cattle horse because of their endurance and strength.

Answer: The name comes from the last name of the two brothers that created it.

Heck horses' coats are in the color family named dun, which usually has the back area lighter and then black markings on the legs. The Heck brothers created this horse while trying to breed back the extinct Tarpan horse breed. The brothers used the one remaining wild breed of horse but instead of bringing back the Tarpan horse breed, they created a similar but new version which they named the Heck horse.

Answer: Chestnut

The Haflinger horse's color can come in any shade of chestnut and their chestnut hair and creamy whitish mane gives them a beautiful appearance. A half-Arabian stallion with a refined Tyrolean mare was bred way up in the Southern Tyrolean Mountains by farmers in 1874 creating the Haflinger horse. The Haflinger is used for trail and show riding, working, and dressage.

Answer: False

The Hucul pony is pretty small and is known for its strength and endurance, it is able to haul timber and also go through foliage that we can't get through. The Hucul pony was created in the 13th century by cross breeding the now-extinct Tarpan horse with Mongolian horses.

Answer: Chestnut

Friesian horses mostly appear black but some bloodlines carrying red produce a chestnut colored horse. Friesian horses are used for driving and riding and were used in war by the Friesian army after the breed was created in the 4th century.

Answer: Whorl

There have been a few studies about what whorls in horses might mean and whether they can have an effect on the behavior of the horse. Whorls can appear on horses' stomachs, faces, stifle, and hocks. Whorls can also be called crowns, swirls, trichoglyphs, or cowlicks. All horses have whorls but the placement of the whorl can show which direction the horse likes to flex.

Answer: Smaller than most riding horses but pretty heavy.

The heavy warmblood horse is very easy to motivate and is strong, it needs lots of exercise and they can be many colors. They were made a branch of horses in 1963 for the more agile horse breeds around the world.

Answer: False

The first horse breed was the Caspian horse breed in 3400 B.C.E. followed by the Arabian horse breed in 2500 B.C.E.. This can be figured out because ancient depictions have been found of horses in caves and other places.