Posted 2015-02-01 7:34 PM Subject: RE: Thoughts on her confirmation for barrels
Sock eating dog owner
Posts: 4557 Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah
First nice horse. Slightly long in the back. A bit straight in the shoulders for me.This kind of shoulder makes for a very rough ride. I like the neck a bit higher. I like a lot more wither to keep my saddle.medium to low wither allows the saddle to roll. I love the long legs.Looks to have a kind eye
Posted 2015-02-01 7:46 PM Subject: RE: Thoughts on her confirmation for barrels
boon
Posts: 2
Thanks for compliment and the input. I do agree with you about several things you've pointed out but as for her having a rough ride due to shoulders she is actually pretty smooth and easy to sit. Do you think that her pasterns are to long or has bad angles if you can tell. I know this isn't the best picture but for now thats the best Ive got. A friend of mine said that she thinks to long in the pastern and doesn't like her angles, I didn't think they looked that bad.
Posted 2015-02-01 8:34 PM Subject: RE: Thoughts on her confirmation for barrels
The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
From the pictures she doesn't look long in the pastern, for angles, too far away.
For general conformation she would not be my pick for barrels.
Her shoulder is too steep, and her front end is heavier then her hind end, my experience this type of horse likes to dump on their forehand in the turns.
I would like to see a cleaner throat latch, horses with a thick throat latch have a harder time collecting their head.
Her hocks are a little higher then I like, which generally makes it harder for them to get their but in the ground. Since she isn't standing square, I can't tell if she is camped out.
I would like to see a larger hip, and not as steep of a hip
Thoughts on her confirmation for barrels
