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Location: Abbotsford B.C. Canada | Stand her square and see if she stands camped out a bit at the back. She looks a little longer in the back than I would like to see and also just the way she stands she appears to be going down hill. Is she really higher in the rear end? It may be a bit harder for a horse like this to collect up and really dig in around the barrels . The cannon bones look a bit longer than I would want so you may have a horse that gets a bit more strung out than a more comapct build. The front shoulder looks quite steep compared to the pastern which seems to have a normal slope so she may pound on her front joints a bit.
Not really too bad a horse but just my observations. I am not sure she will be as strong in the back and use her power from her hind end which could be a little bigger for that matter. I am not a barrel racer so maybe the experts out there can critque my critique.
This horse could be a little more heavily muscled and stronger in the back overall, and I suspect she will not be as agile as you may want. The really steep shoulder and down hill build if true may be a problem for the front joints.
Cheers,
Coastal Rider
Edited by coastal rider 2013-12-04 6:41 PM
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Location: Texas! | I agree with the others on the steep slope to the shoulder and front legs do seem set under her a bit...first pic makes her look like very angular in her pasterns but the others not as bad. Back longish (being picky but I am usually drawn to shorter backs) also as others have said I like more muscle in the hind end but hey my rodeo horse is downhill, pigeon toed short necked bla bla bla he can clock and I love him! I think she's a cutie! |
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Location: WV | She is what she is. I agree with a lot of the other replies so I won't repeat. Hope you have fun with her.  |
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Location: Florida.. | cheryl makofka - 2013-12-04 6:29 PM halter_ego - 2013-12-04 1:25 PM Well, since you asked.... Keep in mind I am looking at her from a perfomance perspective. To me she is a little short necked and steep shouldered, a little flat over the croup, and weak in her stifles and gaskins. Doesn't mean she isn't an awesome horse, just the things that stick out to me. I agree with this but also want to add her front legs are set too far underneath her, this will cause her to have a shorter stride, her hocks are a little higher then I like to see. Also want to comment all you can do is tone the muscle she has you cannot develop muscle she was not born with
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| She has the roughest trot, the smoothest walk, lope and gallop. But I am pretty sure the trot comes from her shoulder. We are working on collection and it has gotten better. She can stretch out and reach too, which is a little odd considering her straighter shoulder. She has yet to lose against another horse in a flat out race. I am just worried once in the barrel arena, she's gonna crap out on me and not go as fast as I know she can go with out another horse egging her on.
She is level headed, but gets hot easily, but seems to be liking barrels. She just loves to go and loves competition. When I got her, I wasn't into barrels, had thought about it but wasn't into it so...... But she seems to have the heart for it and running. She is very hard to get in tune with on the barrels as well. I am finding it hard to figure out how to accommodate her. But I'm learning.
She's not down hill, she is leveled and sometimes she'll stand over herself in the front end like in the second picture and sometimes she wont. When she stands completely square she doesn't do it as bad.
I don't know what to say though lol. She was a BYB accident that I bought 4 years ago. She is what she is, as someone else stated. Wouldn't probably be anybody's barrel choice. But she likes it. |
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