This message is from: Genie Dethloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This message is from: "starfirefarm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IT SEEMS TO ME that "high headed" must logically be tied in with the neck,
length, how it is seated and relates to the shoulders, etc.
Yes, you are right Ruthie. Not necessarily the length of the neck,
as a horse with a short neck can also be "up headed" or "high
headed". It mostly lies with how the shoulder lays (whether it is
well laid back, as in a good riding horse, or straighter, as in a
draught horse) and with how the neck is attached to the shoulder and
wither.
I was a little confused the other day as it looked like the highest
point on Finne's neck was in the middle instead of at the poll. But
when I looked closer, I realized his head set was fine, but that the
nice arch in his mane made his neck look bent in the middle. I love
the look of the arch in the mane but wonder if dressage judges would
get confused too!
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Genie Dethloff and Finne
Ann Arbor, Michigan
