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Here are the tests & answer keys to 2009 years event.

Cloverbud Test                                                  Non-Competitve Test
Cloverbud Answer                                            Non-Competitive Answer

Junior Test                                                              Senior Test 
Junior Answer                                                        Senior Answer

Cloverbuds:
Shannon Raftery Mavericks
Cassandra Dussault Pony Express
Chloe Beland Woodville
Alexis Murphy Woodville

REFERENCE BOOKS REQUIRED - JUNIOR HORSE BOWL & HIPPOLOGY

• Horses and Horsemanship - Published by the National 4-H Council. Covers breeds, judging, showing, western horsemanship, grooming, training, equipment, and safety. Phone: 301-961-2934 www.4hmall.org
• Horse Science - Published by the National 4-H Council. Covers horse behavior, anatomy, reproduction, feed nutrients, health & sanitation, disease, parasites. Phone: 301-961-2934 www.4hmall.org
• Dover and Smith Brothers Tack Catalog
• Massachusetts 4-H Horse Show Rulebook
• AYHC Youth Leaders Manual - by the American Youth Horse Council
   http://horsebooksetc.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=3&pg=1
• AYHC 1^st Horse Industry Handbook - By the American Youth Horse Council
  http://horsebooksetc.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=3&pg=1
• Because of the amount of information in the Horse Industry Handbook, each year a few chapters are selected for that year’s Junior contest. County and State competitions will use the selected chapters from the Horse Industry Handbook as well as the other sources listed above.
• 2009 Competition Year
• Horse Industry Handbook Chapters 1, 3, 6 and 8
• 2010 Competition Year
• Horse Industry Handbook Chapters 2, 4, 9, 12 and 13
• 2011 Competition Year
• Horse Industry Handbook Chapters 5, 7, 10 and 11

REFERENCE BOOKS REQUIRED - SENIOR HIPPOLOGY

• NEWHOR Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms
  New Horizons Education Center, Inc.
  Alpine Publications,
• EVANS 2^nd The Horse: (2^nd Edition), by Evans, Borton, Hintz, Van Vleck.
  W. H. Freeman and Company - 660 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
  A special price may be available if ordered from publisher.
  Phone: 415-391-5870
  VHPS Holtzbrinck Publishers, 16365 James Madison Highway, Gordonsville, VA 22942 Phone: 888-330-8477
• AYHC 1^st Horse Industry Handbook - By the American Youth Horse Council
  http://horsebooksetc.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=3&pg=1
• LEWIS 2^nd Feeding and Care of the Horse (2nd edition), by Lon D. Lewis
  Williams and Wilkins
  P.O. Box 1496
  Baltimore, MD 21298-9724
  Phone: 800-638-0672
• KAINER The Coloring Atlas of Horse Anatomy
  By Robert A. Kainer & Thomas O. McCracken
  Alpine Publications,
• AYHC - YL American Youth Horse Council Youth Leaders Manual. By the American Youth Horse Council
  http://horsebooksetc.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=3&pg=1
• Massachusetts 4-H Horse Show Rulebook

• Horses and Horsemanship - Published by the National 4-H Council. Covers breeds, judging, showing, western horsemanship, grooming, training, equipment, and safety.
  Phone: 301-961-2934 www.4hmall.org

• Horse Science - Published by the National 4-H Council. Covers horse behavior, anatomy, reproduction, feed nutrients, health & sanitation, disease, parasites. Phone: 301-961-2934 www.4hmall.org

• other; grains, forages and feeds.

Most of these books can be found on www.amazon.com