Today, we spent the day at a Pony Club Quiz Rally. It was a very well organized event. The girls competed on teams as they traveled to many different stations that tested their knowledge of all things horse related. Each station was timed. At some points they worked as a team, at others they were on their own. I volunteered all day in the Mega room. At the station that I sat at (to proctor the test), the participants had to identify 9 different pieces of tack. At other tables in that room, the participants had to label the anatomy of the horse's leg, the bones of the skeleton of the horse, types of feed, names of jumps, conformation questions, types of plants poisonous to horses, names of bits and other barn equipment. There was a classroom portion where they were asked to discuss diseases of the horse and the treatments for it. There were mock stalls with safety issue concerns and grooming questions.
Natalie's team with four members placed first in their division.Tori's team, with only two brains to pick, was being tested at a more challenging level and came in third. As a "Mom" volunteer, I received all the free food that I could eat delivered to the table that I sat at in lovely baskets! I was impressed with how professionally run the rally was and how much all the kids knew about horses. It was a wonderful day.
