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So Your Horse and Horse Deals are doing a Win a Horse competition. I'm not going to lie, and i have been trying to enter, but the 10 questions seem to be impossible to answer, what ever you put in is wrong plus some questions don't have the correct answer to them at all?
Has anyone else entered or at least tried to??
What do we all think, is this a good or a bad thing that a national magazine are basically offering a horse for free (you get to chose one up to 5k in value)?
 
It was always my dream to win a horse when I was a kid, never did happen though lol!

I don't read any mags any more but they did do a win a horse comp before and I seem to remember that they really made sure the person was in the right positions to own a horse, they also provided a 'package' of lessons and tack among other things. They then followed the horse and owner for a year.

What are the questions?
 
3Beasties said:
It was always my dream to win a horse when I was a kid, never did happen though lol!

I don't read any mags any more but they did do a win a horse comp before and I seem to remember that they really made sure the person was in the right positions to own a horse, they also provided a 'package' of lessons and tack among other things. They then followed the horse and owner for a year.

What are the questions?
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That was Pony magazine wasn't it? I remember being madly jealous of the winners. I once won a runner up prize in the WHSmith Win a Pony and was soooo gutted that I hda come that close to getting a pony :-)
 
Yes they're offering a 16k package, you get a supply of dengie feeds, snowflake shavings, BE lessons, lesson with William Fox Pitt and a lesson with Zara Philips, the new EquiTreka trailer, new wintec saddle including fitting and adjustments, clothes for you from musto, full wardrobe for horse inc travelling kit from Horseware Ireland, and riding gear for you. They do seem to be very careful, and its a multiple stage process, you need to pass 3 questionnaires, then riding assessment, then stable management, and finally if you pass all that then they decide out of 3 people who wins.
Questions and answers:

What is the average respiration rate in horses?
20-25 breaths per minute
15-20 breaths per minute
8-12 breaths per minute
30-35 breaths per minute

Which of these is a common winter condition?
Mud fever
Headshaking
Dehydration
Sunburn

What does WEC stand for?
Winter Equine care
Worm Egg Count
Wild Equine care
Worm Egg Control

What is 'bute' short for?
Phenylbutazone
Phenylbutanol
Phenylbutarol
Phenylbutavil

A horse's stomach is roughly the size of what?
A tennis ball
A ping pong ball
A rugby ball
A beach ball

In what area of the horse would you find the pedal bone?
The neck
The hock
The foot
The shoulder

What percentage of a horse's diet should be forage, if he's in light work?
30%
100%
80%
50%

What can you add to a horse's feed to replace salts and minerals lost through exercise?
Biotin
Oil
Molasses
Electrolytes

What is a hackamore?
A breastplate
A noseband
A protective boot
A long hack

How often should an adult horse in work have its teeth checked?
Once a year
Once every two years
Every six months
Once every three years

(i may just be being very dumb when answering these questions :/ )
 
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Well those are easy enough aren't they, do they get harder in later stages? I suppose they must.

I always used to try to enter these win a horse comps, much jealousy following the winners through the year in their magazine articles. I've pretty much come to the end of the road with horse owning though now, or else I'd be tempted to buy a mag and enter.
 
PingPongPony said:
So Your Horse and Horse Deals are doing a Win a Horse competition. I'm not going to lie, and i have been trying to enter, but the 10 questions seem to be impossible to answer, what ever you put in is wrong plus some questions don't have the correct answer to them at all?
Has anyone else entered or at least tried to??
What do we all think, is this a good or a bad thing that a national magazine are basically offering a horse for free (you get to chose one up to 5k in value)?
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Thought I'd have a try.......see what you mean about the questions! Very odd indeed
 
Many years ago The Sun newspaper used to run an annual 'win a pony' competition, Dad and I used to enter every year and managed to get just about everything right with lots of research. Every time I was gutted not to have won :( Eventually my first pony came along, and cost him and my brother £60 along with two old saddles, a dodgy bridle and 20 bales of hay!
 
abracadabra said:
Well those are easy enough aren't they, do they get harder in later stages? I suppose they must.

I always used to try to enter these win a horse comps, much jealousy following the winners through the year in their magazine articles. I've pretty much come to the end of the road with horse owning though now, or else I'd be tempted to buy a mag and enter.
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you enter online so no need to buy mag :)
I thought so too about questions being easy, but whatever i answer, never seems to get 10/10? the forage question, non of the answers are correct, surely it depends on the horse, my friends horse is in no work and on amazing grazing yet requires additional feeds, and the same person also has a cob in moderate work and that lives off fresh air, has to be muzzled and brought in to keep the weight off it :/

ETA. as far as i know, the later questionnaires are 'how a horse would change your life' type ones, so basically, a competition as to who can write the best sob story. after that though, you go for a practical assessment in basic handling, riding and stable management. from that they choose 3 best people and then choose the winner :)
 
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Online entry? Cool, I might have a look anyway then, though the last thing I need is a horse right now :p
Maybe there's something wrong with the programme then, there must be if none of the answers are working.
 
Already there, lol.. gawd I remember the olden days when it was double pages in the mag with tick boxes.

#feeling old
#butnotsooldIwon'tusehashtags
 
let me know if you manage to get 10/10, it may just be me being a numpty, but i checked with google and according to that i have got them all right :)
 
Congratulations! You’ve successfully completed stage one of the Win a Horse competition by answering all our questions correctly and are now invited to enter stage two!
 
You're not dumb at all! I prefer just to think of myself as massively awesome instead, lol.
Which ones do you think you might be getting wrong?
 
Pretty simplistic questions, the dentist and forage ones, aren't they? Easy enough if you just quote the BHS manual, but things get a bit more complicated once you know enough to take into account individual circumstances! :D
 
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Anyone remember Silent King and his sad demise, or am I just showing my age lol
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OMG, i remember him. That was a very, very long time ago, you've got a good memory, don't think i'd have got his name.

Didn't they run a competition to name him & then something else to find him a rider?
 
50% forage!! And 50% hard feed for a horse in light work!! I don't think our 4* horses even had that ratio ! I've got my BHSI stable managers qualification and if I had said that in any if my exams I would have been laughed at.
I'm going to email them as that statement could be very dangerous in the wrong hands.
 
That's why i kept getting it wrong, as i would not think of giving a horse in light work 50% forage 50% hard feed, I said 80% but it all depends on the individual horse and time of year etc, so thats the question i kept getting wrong :/
 
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