Looking at a yearling that to me looks slightly cow hocked. He is very quick and light footed.... floats across the ground... when he stands he looks a little cow hocked to me. Would you pass or be worried?
Pictures of horses that are just standing there, eating or tied up are going to give you some weird looking conformation problems ... that actually don't exist ..
This is the reason vets and trainers want to see the horse walk, trot in a straight line while they look at front to rear lateral movement ...
Cow hocks is a conformation fault to any trainer or vet you talk to except barrel horse people... .. anytime even one of a horses feet hit the ground outside his frame structure that foot/leg gets too much pressure to remain sound for long ... faster the horse the more likely the defect will show up sooner than later ..
Here is one of my seriously deformed babies while eating .... needed a body stretcher to get her fixed up ... lol
BMW - 2013-11-21 12:14 AM As yearlings grow their pelvises get wider and will eliminate some of the cow hock.
That's what I was thinking... I went back and looked at my now 5 yr old geldings baby pictures for reference... he looked cow hocked. He is so far from cow hocked. He has widened out and is very correct and balanced. Looking at babies is so hard sometimes.
This post makes me feel so much better about my colt! I looked back at some older pictures. Maybe it just is the way he is growing for now - because he wasn't bad as a foal?
My mare is cow hocked.... her only "flaw" she is the smoothest, most athletic horse I've ever owned..has never bothered her yet... she is out of Alive n Firen.
Cow Hocked
