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| I have a 6 yr old race bred gelding that stands 16'2 and has a narrower frame , very racey looking. He looks awesome from a side view, super shiny and healthy, no ribs showing, good topline. However, if you look at him from behind he looks like his hips are sunken, big dimples on the sides, not rounded. He's UTD on everything, sound, the vet said it's just his conformation that he's healthy. 1# of renew gold, 2 flakes of alfalfa, a flake of coastal plus pasture daily. I've seen other horses built like him but it freaks my daughter out bc it looks different than all our other horses. His dam does have an ugly butt, not sure about his sire.
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| Riding up and down hills or slopes |
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| This I gotta see. Pictures? |
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| I don't know how to upload pics on here. It ALWAYS tells me they are to big. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | I had a horse way back when that I was having real difficulty getting her muscles to develop in her rear. I start trotting and loping circles on a slope/hillside. Whenever we started downwards, I'd keep her really collected and not let her just race down the hill. After a month of this exercise, there was a big difference in her hindquarters.
ETA: I would also tell your daughter that it doesn't matter if he's purple with green dots and two heads. If he's clocking the way she wants him to and she's happy with him, that's all that matters. It really may just be his conformation!
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| I genuinely think it's his conformation. His frame is narrow but his bones are big if that makes sense. |
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Location: California | My 4yr old has butt dimples on the back of his cheeks. Lol |
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| Serenity06 - 2016-08-30 11:19 AM
My 4yr old has butt dimples on the back of his cheeks. Lol
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| I think I know what you mean - kind of like the hooks and pins on a cow is what he looks like from behind. I work at a Standardbred harness racing track and a lot of them are built like that. I'll see if I can find a picture. |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | classicpotatochip - 2016-08-30 10:32 AM
This I gotta see. Pictures?
Me, too. I can't quite grasp the concept, lol. Are you talking about what they used to call "poverty creases"? 
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| cloverleaf - 2016-08-30 12:40 PM
classicpotatochip - 2016-08-30 10:32 AM
This I gotta see. Pictures?
Me, too. I can't quite grasp the concept, lol. Are you talking about what they used to call "poverty creases"?
LOL I don't know. I have pics but am unable to make them small enough to upload. |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | Let me see if I can find a pic of what I'm talking about- I might be totally off- OK, this horse is old-time QH and is obviously heavier than what you're talking about, plus the pic is pretty dark, but you can see the creases in his rear end-
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| cloverleaf - 2016-08-30 12:43 PM
Let me see if I can find a pic of what I'm talking about- I might be totally off- OK, this horse is old-time QH and is obviously heavier than what you're talking about, plus the pic is pretty dark, but you can see the creases in his rear end-
Yea this horse is a hoss! My guy is tall and lanky. What I'm referring to is the side of the hip, not the backside. Darn my technological challenged arse. |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | OK- does he have kind of an "hourglass figure"? Bigger at the top, narrows, then gets bigger through the stifles? If so, that's fine. Bonus points if he's bigger through the stifle area than the top of the hip. Plus, he should fill out some more- some horses are just slower to fully mature.
Don't worry about being challenged- I learned my horse terminology from my dad and it is quite colorful, to say the least.
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| cloverleaf - 2016-08-30 12:58 PM
OK- does he have kind of an "hourglass figure"? Bigger at the top, narrows, then gets bigger through the stifles? If so, that's fine. Bonus points if he's bigger through the stifle area than the top of the hip. Plus, he should fill out some more- some horses are just slower to fully mature.
Yes! Like an hour glass sort of |
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| You can sort of see it in this horse - is this what you're talking about?
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | The horse directly above looks just like my thoroughbred gelding. Just kinda "sunken" in the middle. I was hoping it would fill out, and it may as mines only 6 as well. But he is racey built. Could just be how he stays. As long as he's healthy, what does it really matter? |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | That's just more a difference of being a runway model and being a gymnast. Tell you daughter he has the Calvin Klein look- |
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| More calories, more protein, and more low slow excercise. |
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| WiscoRacer - 2016-08-30 1:06 PM
You can sort of see it in this horse - is this what you're talking about?
Yes this is exactly what I'm talking about! His dam is a daughter of runaway winner out of Sinn Fein mare which I don't know anything about. His sire is all QH but I only saw pics of him as a 2 yr old. He was big and rounded. Thank you! |
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