Don’t toot your horn so loud unless you’re driving a Ferrari
Jun 02 2007
A friend forwarded me an advertisement for this filly, described by her optimistic breeder as “flawless.” I am not sure what the word means in their world, but their picture shows a filly who is going to have some training issues as her right front leg wants to go in a different direction as the rest of the horse. That can be a real problem, although it does make leg yielding easier, at least on that side. Like the colt we saw yesterday, this filly has a “nest” – her neck seems to grow straight out from her forelegs with little definition, and it isn’t any longer than her head. While she may somewhat grow out of her downhill conformation, I doubt she will grow out of her post legged back end and short, thick neck.
This opinion is reinforced by the picture of her dam, on the same web site. Note that Momma has the same post legs behind and thick, short neck as the daughter. In addition, she does not look like she ever made it to level – her croup still appears higher than her withers.
This filly is not just going through an awkward baby stage. These folks bred a mediocre mare and produced a mediocre baby in the most common color on earth for absolutely no good reason.
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Scary but the first horse you have on here looks exactly like this horse:
http://www.netposse.com/stolenmissing/whereisowner/FoundLaurensCountySCfeb07.htm
Not a good situation if you ask me. Is there anyway you know where you got the ad and who wrote it?
The buckskin stallion also has one of the worst riders as well as “nest.” He looks like he’s preparing for the horse to rear back and fly him into space.