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Love the color.
Nice shoulder on her.
Neck may be set a tad high.
Good depth of girth and I like her front legs apart from her feet. She seems to sit back on her pasterns quite a bit.
Back is a little long.
The line from the point of croup to her croup is sort of sallow but otherwise she has nice hindquarters.
Back legs look alright, though she is cow-hocked.
Love the color.
Nice shoulder on her.
Neck may be set a tad high.
Good depth of girth and I like her front legs apart from her feet. She seems to sit back on her pasterns quite a bit.
Back is a little long.
The line from the point of croup to her croup is sort of sallow but otherwise she has nice hindquarters.
Back legs look alright, though she is cow-hocked.
By feet are you referring to her trim, or the fact that she toes out slightly?
I think she toes out slightly, in all four feet. Definitely posty in the rear. I'd like to see if she has passed that on to any of her babies. If so, I definitely wouldn't breed her again. Plus she's 18 and doesn't really need to be making babies.
By posty legged.. do mean Sickle hocked ? She is standing with her legs under her wrong , she needs backed up , then moved forward.
Google sickle hocked it will show you pics etc
It means she's a bit straight in the rear. Ie. Not much angulation. A nasty fault in horses and dogs. It is genetic. You can see the difference here, between a horse with a very straight rear and one with nice angulation.
Lizzie