Critique please

He is Cute!!!!!!!!! I bet he will look so pretty with his summer coat!

            

How do you tell from a horses face he's proud cut? Just out of curiosity ;)

            

^^ thinking same thing.

He's not toed out but he stands with the hinds a little far apart.

            

he's a bit downhill which I realise you've been told allready , this can lead to powering to much with his frount end and not engaging with his hind legs , its o too much of a problem it just means it will be harder to get him working from his behind . He also lacks mucscle on his shoulders and where his saddle should go , check his saddle isnt pinching just above the knee pad . Thats about it , he looks a lovely horse =]

            

Being downhill is not such a bad thing on a horse that is used for western purposes, it makes it easier for them to drop down in front of a cow and lean into a rope. Not so good for english purposes where working off the hind end is crucial.

In all honesty, you really can't. Many geldings who are cut late will have bigger jowels than a gelding cut at an early age. You take 2 horses of similar breeding and conformation but one is a stally and one is a gelding, the stally will have a bigger jaw almost every time. Many people assume that when a horse has a large jaw or throatlatch, that he is either proudcut or was cut late. That is sometimes true but not always.

            

Originally Posted by smrobs     Being downhill is not such a bad thing on a horse that is used for western purposes, it makes it easier for them to drop down in front of a cow and lean into a rope. Not so good for english purposes where working off the hind end is crucial.

Many geldings who are cut late will have bigger jowels than a gelding cut at an early age. You take 2 horses of similar breeding and conformation but one is a stally and one is a gelding, the stally will have a bigger jaw almost every time. Many people assume that when a horse has a large jaw or throatlatch, that he is either proudcut or was cut late. That is sometimes true but not always.

            

I've always heard that too. I take it with a grain of salt, but have also seen it

            

almost every QH stud I have ever seen has big jowel muscles.

            

my cut late QH has big jowels too.

            

ya a QH gelding im looking at, wasnt cut till he was 7 and he has big muscular jowels. A QH gelding that some people borded at the ranch I work at, was gelded late and he had huge jowels.