Contest Resources

Please see the Rules and Information to get familiar with the format for each contest. The following resources will be referenced for the 4-H Horse Education Contests. All contests will follow the rules of the Western National Roundup for National 4-H contests. 

Find additional educational contest practice resources on the CA 4-H Resource page. 

Horse Bowl - Educational Resources

Horse Bowl teams are required to submit questions to be used in the contest.

  • Questions must come from the following official reference sources.
  • Format for the questions must include question, answer, source, and page number.
  • True/false, yes/no, either/or questions are undesirable.

IDET - Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms by New Horizon Equine Center, Inc., Alpine Publications, Inc.

HIH - Horse Industry Handbook (with 2021 updates), by the American Youth Horse Council (AYHC)

LEWIS - Feeding and Care of the Horse (2nd Edition) by Lon D. Lewis. Wiley - Feeding and Care of the Horse

HS - Horse Smarts - Horse Industry Handbooks and Updates, by AYHC

ANATOMY - The Coloring Atlas of Horse Anatomy, by Robert Kainer & Thomas McCracken, Alpine Publications, Inc.

EVANS - The Horse (3rd Edition), by J. Warrant Evans et al., Waveland Press, Inc. (New for 2023)

PARKER - Equine Science (5th Edition), by Rick Parker (Removed ?)

AQHA - 2023 AQHA Rulebook (71st Edition), (SHW300-SHW712); only show rules will be used. Listed as source for Western, NOT Eastern contest)

Hippology - Educational Resources

All of the information covered in the Hippology Contest may be found in one or more of the following publications.

IDET - Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms by New Horizon Equine Center, Inc., Alpine Publications, Inc.

HIH - Horse Industry Handbook (with 2021 updates), by the American Youth Horse Council (AYHC)

LEWIS - Feeding and Care of the Horse (2nd Edition) by Lon D. Lewis. Wiley - Feeding and Care of the Horse

HS - Horse Smarts - Horse Industry Handbooks and Updates, by AYHC

ANATOMY - The Coloring Atlas of Horse Anatomy, by Robert Kainer & Thomas McCracken, Alpine Publications, Inc.

EVANS - The Horse (3rd Edition), by J. Warrant Evans et al., Waveland Press, Inc. (New for 2023)

PARKER - Equine Science (5th Edition), by Rick Parker (Removed ?)

AQHA - 2023 AQHA Rulebook (71st Edition), (SHW300-SHW712) ; only show rules will be used.

Dover Saddlery - English Tack Resource

Schneider Saddlery - English and Western Tack Resource

OTHER - Grains, forages, and feed preparations used in this contest will be representative of feeds utilized in horse rations.