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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | Curious... not talking height...but say tall or short either one. Wide or slimmer. Also with both having equally good conformation..... |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Tough question without seeing the comparison.....I guess, just generally, I'd like wide. |
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| Stout, stout, stout. I love nothing more than those stud like horses. The only issue is saddle fit really. . . but that's an issue with any horse.
I'm not much on the lean horses if I have my choice and say the could run the same. . . I have owned a few. . . Generally they can run faster as they aren't as heavy. GENERALLY.
So, if they are both well built and can perform on the same level - STOUT, THICK, STOCKY. <3 |
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Location: Texas | AfleetEquine - 2013-12-03 3:53 PM Stout, stout, stout. I love nothing more than those stud like horses. The only issue is saddle fit really. . . but that's an issue with any horse. I'm not much on the lean horses if I have my choice and say the could run the same. . . I have owned a few. . . Generally they can run faster as they aren't as heavy. GENERALLY. So, if they are both well built and can perform on the same level - STOUT, THICK, STOCKY. <3
Same here.
I have nothing against the petite looking horses, and wouldn't look past one because of it. If I had a choice though I would go with the stout looking horse.
I just feel very odd on a small horse for some reason, same with short horses. |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | I am more comfortable on big, tall and stout. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | I love them stout too. Seems like you can feel their movements better or something. |
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Location: Paradise , tx | Well, guess I will be odd man out, because I like tall, lanky more slinder built. That being said, my gelding I use to run was slimmer, thorobred type( he's retired) and my mare now is a stocky built horse. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Either way so long as the girth area is huge and a motor to go with. |
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Location: NC | The bigger the better  |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Honestly, I think more people on here will prefer the look of a stout horse. It just looks like power. That said, I've ridden good horses of both types. The key phrase was "if they can run" so that, like that good old saying about a good horse never having a bad color, a horse that can run can be built any darn way he/she likes. :) |
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| I like a stout horse, but they should really V-up in the pectoral region...not have a wide, flat chest floor. |
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Location: Qld Australia | bennie1 - 2013-12-04 9:46 AM
I like a stout horse, but they should really V-up in the pectoral region...not have a wide, flat chest floor.
EXACTLY what I was thinking about stout horses.
I have no problem with either type though. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | bennie1 - 2013-12-03 5:46 PM
I like a stout horse, but they should really V-up in the pectoral region...not have a wide, flat chest floor.
Seems like years ago they thought a horse with a really wide chest couldn't turn as supple....I guess that doesn't hold true anymore? Would you mind explaining why that deep V is better? I know I should KNOW the reason but I don't and would love some education! |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Short and wide. I like big butts....... |
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Location: PA | Wide looks nicer and is a little more mainstream in barrel racing, but I like my mare who is very narrow and gets the job done just as well.
And hey, aerodynamics, she'll cut through the air easier  |
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Location: Qld Australia | hopin4$ - 2013-12-04 10:41 AM
bennie1 - 2013-12-03 5:46 PM
I like a stout horse, but they should really V-up in the pectoral region...not have a wide, flat chest floor.
Seems like years ago they thought a horse with a really wide chest couldn't turn as supple....I guess that doesn't hold true anymore? Would you mind explaining why that deep V is better? I know I should KNOW the reason but I don't and would love some education!
Horses with flat wide chests have trouble reaching across with their front legs. They can do it obviously but do not have the depth of reach as horses with a good V chest. It is really obvious in the reining pen; the horses that can really spin using a minimal amount of strides are the fastest spinners. Flat chested horses have to take more strides to cover the same ground when moving across/around. This then translates to being the manouver around a barrel for our barrel horses.
This is form to function and certainly holds true today. I love stout horses but don't like ones that you can drive a freight train between their front legs. This DOES NOT mean that they cannot make awesome horses by any means however form to function again rules that horses built right will do the job easier. (I know, I know, there are always going to be exceptions.)
Edited 'cos I can't spell today lol.
Edited by rockinj 2013-12-03 7:20 PM
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| I don't really care, I've had both. But the one thing that is a MUST for any kind of "hard impact" event like barrels, jumping, etc, is very DENSE bone in the legs. That's an absolute deal breaker for me. If I find a horse I like but it's very fine boned in the legs...I will keep looking. |
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Location: Over by those oil wells, TX | rockinj - 2013-12-03 7:15 PM
hopin4$ - 2013-12-04 10:41 AM
bennie1 - 2013-12-03 5:46 PM
I like a stout horse, but they should really V-up in the pectoral region...not have a wide, flat chest floor.
Seems like years ago they thought a horse with a really wide chest couldn't turn as supple....I guess that doesn't hold true anymore? Would you mind explaining why that deep V is better? I know I should KNOW the reason but I don't and would love some education!
Horses with flat wide chests have trouble reaching across with their front legs. They can do it obviously but do not have the depth of reach as horses with a good V chest. It is really obvious in the reining pen; the horses that can really spin using a minimal amount of strides are the fastest spinners. Flat chested horses have to take more strides to cover the same ground when moving across/around. This then translates to being the manouver around a barrel for our barrel horses.
This is form to function and certainly holds true today. I love stout horses but don't like ones that you can drive a freight train between their front legs. This DOES NOT mean that they cannot make awesome horses by any means however form to function again rules that horses built right will do the job easier. (I know, I know, there are always going to be exceptions. )
Edited 'cos I can't spell today lol.
What a great explanation. Appreciate it and thanks! I can't wait to pick mine up this weekend. I have had great luck buying horses sight unseen and hope and pray my luck holds...I want to see his chest! haha Hopefully he has a nice V! |
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Location: Qld Australia | hopin4$ - 2013-12-04 11:33 AM
rockinj - 2013-12-03 7:15 PM
hopin4$ - 2013-12-04 10:41 AM
bennie1 - 2013-12-03 5:46 PM
I like a stout horse, but they should really V-up in the pectoral region...not have a wide, flat chest floor.
Seems like years ago they thought a horse with a really wide chest couldn't turn as supple....I guess that doesn't hold true anymore? Would you mind explaining why that deep V is better? I know I should KNOW the reason but I don't and would love some education!
Horses with flat wide chests have trouble reaching across with their front legs. They can do it obviously but do not have the depth of reach as horses with a good V chest. It is really obvious in the reining pen; the horses that can really spin using a minimal amount of strides are the fastest spinners. Flat chested horses have to take more strides to cover the same ground when moving across/around. This then translates to being the manouver around a barrel for our barrel horses.
This is form to function and certainly holds true today. I love stout horses but don't like ones that you can drive a freight train between their front legs. This DOES NOT mean that they cannot make awesome horses by any means however form to function again rules that horses built right will do the job easier. (I know, I know, there are always going to be exceptions. )
Edited 'cos I can't spell today lol. What a great explanation. Appreciate it and thanks! I can't wait to pick mine up this weekend. I have had great luck buying horses sight unseen and hope and pray my luck holds...I want to see his chest! haha Hopefully he has a nice V!
Thank you hpoin4$!! I am glad it was easy to follow lol. Make sure you post pics when you get him!!!!!!!!! |
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