Listed below are all Horse Bowl and Hippology references that are approved for the North Carolina State 4-H Horse Program Educational Contests.

The citation abbreviation is listed next to each source in parentheses.

All vendor information that is listed after each source is the most current information that we have available. If any of this information changes, please let us know.

Please make certain that you are using references that are approved for the specific age division that you plan on competing in. Senior and Mixed Division references differ from those at the Junior Level. All sources listed are to be used at the district, state, and national level.



Hippology Senior Division Sources and Horse Bowl Senior and Mixed Division Sources

Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms (NEWHOR) 

New Horizons Education Center, Inc. Alpine Publications, PO Box 7027 Loveland, CO 80537 Phone: 1-(800)-777-7257 Fax: 1-(970)-667-9157 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.alpinepub.com/ 

Horse Anatomy: A Coloring Atlas, 2nd Edition (KAINER) 

Authors: Robert A. Kainer and Thomas O. McCracken Alpine Publications, PO Box 7027 Loveland, CO 80537 Phone: 1-(970)-667-2017 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.alpinepub.com/

Horse Industry Handbook (AYHC HIH) 

Author: the American Youth Horse Council American Youth Horse Council 4093-A Iron Works Pike Lexington, KY 40511-8434 Phone: 1-(800)-879-2942 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.ayhc.com/shop Note: this source is updated frequently, so please make sure to buy the supplemental additions

Feeding and Care of the Horse, 2nd Edition (Lewis2nd) 

Authors: Lon D. Lewis, Anthony Knight, Bart Lewis, Corey Lewis Williams and Wilkens, PO Box 196 Baltimore. MD 21298-9724 Phone: 1-(800)-638-0672 

AYHC Horse Smarts (AYHC HS) 

Author: the American Youth Horse Council American Youth Horse Council 4093-A Iron Works Pike Lexington, KY 40511-8434 Phone: 1-(800)-879-2942 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.ayhc.com/AYHC_Store.htmlBe sure to download the list of corrections 

Equine Science: Basic Knowledge for Horse People of All Ages(GRIFFITHS) 

Author: Jean T. Griffiths American Youth Horse Council 4093-A Iron Works Pike Lexington, KY 40511-8434 Phone: 1-(800)-879-2942 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.ayhc.com/AYHC_Store.

Hippology Junior Division Sources and Horse Bowl Junior Division Sources 

Please be mindful that in the Junior Division, the Horses and Horsemanship & Horse Science references are the 2001 editions. They both have green covers and have a clover on the front with the statement “Revised and Expanded by Ray J. Antoniewicz”. It appears many are still using the old editions that have a blue and green cover. 

Horses and Horsemanship, 2001 Edition (H&H2001) 

Author: National 4-H Council, revised and expanded by Ray J. Antoniewicz National 4-H Council 7100 Connecticut Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815 To purchase online, please visit the following website: https://shop4-h.org/products/horse-program-curriculum-set-of-2 

Horse Science, 2001 Edition (HS2001) 

Author: National 4-H Council, revised and expanded by Ray J. Antoniewicz National 4-H Council 7100 Connecticut Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815 To purchase online, please visit the following website: https://shop4-h.org/products/horse-program-curriculum-set-of-2 

Illustrated Dictionary of Equine Terms (NEWHOR) 

New Horizons Education Center, Inc. Alpine Publications, PO Box 7027 Loveland, CO 80537 Phone: 1-(800)-777-7257 Fax: 1-(970)-667-9157 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.alpinepub.com/ 

Beginning Horsemanship (BH) 

Author: Jennifer Leach Washington State University Cooperative Extension 

AYHC Horse Smarts (AYHC HS) 

Author: the American Youth Horse Council American Youth Horse Council 4093-A Iron Works Pike Lexington, KY 40511-8434 Phone: 1-(800)-879-2942 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.ayhc.com/shopBe sure to download the list of corrections 

Equine Science: Basic Knowledge for Horse People of All Ages (Griffiths) 

Author: Jean T. Griffiths American Youth Horse Council 4093-A Iron Works Pike Lexington, KY 40511-8434 Phone: 1-(800)-879-2942 To purchase online, please visit the following website: http://www.ayhc.com/AYHC_Store

Links to Online Sources

North Carolina 4-H Horse Program Rules & Regulations Manual

North Carolina 4-H Horse Program Introductory Horse Judging Manual (4-HJM)

NC 4-H Horse Manual