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Old 24th Oct 2006, 10:34 PM
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Conformation Critique

Would any showing people be able to have a look at Phi's conformation for me? I've always been told it's lovely, but just thought I'd check as I want to show her in-hand next year! She does have a tendency to stand cow-hocked, but she's not I think it comes from when her feet were too long and she had to either stand like that or fall over

Her neck is more the other way round now, the muscle is building, she has more muscle in general actually!





P.S. She's standing on a slope in that photo - she's not really croup-high!
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Old 24th Oct 2006, 10:42 PM
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You really can not tell good conformation from a picture, you need to feel lol.
You can see if they are well put together thogh.
this is all my opinion if any one jumps at me again.
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Old 24th Oct 2006, 11:11 PM
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Generally I think shes a nice looking pony/horse.

Things that I immediately notice are that her neck is set on quite high and with rather too much underneath rather than on top. Also her legs on this photo- she looks a bit over in front and sickle hocked behind. This could just be due to the position she happened to stand in at this particular time but she would look and be much better balanced with her front legs a bit more in front her back legs a bit more back! Basically looking much more vertical down the legs.

I like her.
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Old 24th Oct 2006, 11:47 PM
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I am absoloutely no good at these things, but i have to say, i cant see anything wrong . Is she welsh D?
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Old 24th Oct 2006, 11:53 PM
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Thanks

As I said, her neck muscle is improving, she has a tendency to evade the bit by poking her nose which has led to that building up.

I'll try and find a picture of her on level ground....

I don't know if this is any better? You can see what I mean about her sometimes standing slightly cow-hocked - I've got hundreds of pictures of her standing properly, just at the wrong angle for her conformation to be looked at! Horses, eh?



ETA: Yes Jenren, she's as pure as they come!
You can see her pedigree here: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/uppergraig+princese
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