On 2/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Janice, > > That is a very nicely made horse. It would be helpful to a newbie like me if > you would describe exactly the points that you consider perfect in its > conformation. > > Thanks. > > Nancy >
that was sorta my point :) I am not one who really KNOWS how to choose conformation. To me he has such a big chest and big rear end, such roundness all over. I always thought a gaited horse should be lighter built, especially in the rear end... all I can think of is altho he appears to be otherwise, if you look closely he has a very short back. If you divide his body into thirds, his front chest and neck and head is actually much longer than his back, altho his 'roundness" makes it look different than that... but I think of him as being built sorta like an icelandic but on a huge scale :) He has the roundness, the round butt, the broad flat back. All I know is, man oh man, he's got it, and since he did a classic RW first time he was under saddle, and ALL offspring I know of out of his sire and dam do the same classic RW, that it must be in his conformation? His sire is built like him. With his dam its hard to tell. She was so old and swaybacked and shorter. She was about 14hh. his sire was 16hh and Fox is 16.2hh. His uncle is a former "big lick" walking horse, and they are usually on the pacey side, but he is 17.2 hh (no kiddin!) and built sorta longer and leaner i think. Janice yipie tie yie yo
