:OK - Here are the answers, a bit late but I was out of town closing on our old house :) We are now only paying 1 mortgage!!!!!!
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::1. What famous poet wrote a poem about stopping his horse by the woods on a snowy evening?
: Robert Frost
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::2. What is the proper way to hang a horseshoe for good luck?
: Ends up, toe down so the luck does not pour out
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::3. In classes over jumps, the rider first rides in a circle. what does a rider do last?
: The answer here was make a final circle, and in fact I was taught that the "proper" way to do both circles was exactly half and half sitting trot and canter...
::4. The stride of an average-size horse is about how many feet? (This would be a canter stride...)
: 10-12 feet
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:*******************************Mega Bonus Round****************************
:OK, because this is the final summer trivia round, there are 5 bonus questions...remember, in the bonus round, incorrect answers do not count against you! Answers will be given and scores tallied on Friday.
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:1. In 1873, three troops of 50 men each formed to administer justice and peace to Saskatchewan and other vast regions. What was this group to become?:
:2. What Greek calvary officer wrote two books in 430 B.C. to lay the foundations of classical equitation?
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:3. Who stands "under the spreading chestnut tree"?
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:4. The movie, A Man Called Horse featured what Native American tribe?
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:5. An early engraving of two wild horses found in Switzerland dates to the early Stone Age. It is called the Commando Baton. What is it carved into?
:Have fun!
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