Charli- Is that a chance I should just be willing to take? I know a few QHs with the short, stocky necks who are still able to go on the bit beautifully.
I did find out that the dam is Hanoverian/Connemara, which is a great combination (I've got a Conn/Han and he is so level headed and willing, super athletic and a scrappy little jumper

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The sire is also registered DWB, but I may keep looking still...he has only been backed twice, never clipped and 'objects' to being bathed.
Any other confo critiques?? What about his feet and his pasterns?