Anything can be a purebred!
Jun 13 2007
Have a horse you can’t sell? Backyard filled with misbegotten, mixed-breed mistakes? No problem – just make up a new breed! You can start the registry yourself. It is kind of like becoming a minister from that ad in the back of Rolling Stone. Anyone can do it!
Example #1: Have an unregistered, narrow chested filly that rotates out starting at the knees and hocks? Is she out of a grade mare that you bred for some ridiculous reason? Worried she will go at the local meat auction for $75 to the killers? Never fear – all you have to do is call her a “German Riding Pony” and now you can put her on the Internet for $3500.
This mare is advertised as a Campolina. While I have no freakin’ clue what that is, it is kind of an appropriate name as she is more camped out than Paris & Nicole on this season of The Simple Life. Her underline is so long that she actually appears to be u-shaped, a look that is somewhat minimized by her mutton withers. She has a classically formed “nest” growing straight out from her front legs, thick and short. In this pose, with her front feet so far out in front, her shoulder should look awesome. It doesn’t. It is as straight as that paint horse from the other day. Yuck, yuck, yuck. And someone will probably breed her because she’s a “rare breed.”
6 comments to “Anything can be a purebred!”
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Love the “nest” LOL… my horse is built like that, to my never-ending embarrassment. But what can you really expect for $800? heh. Keep up the snark!
She may have her front feet so far out in front because her feet hurt and she’s trying to support her weight on her heels…. navicular, laminitis or even foundered?
Campolina, a gaited horse breed from Brazil. More info here:
http://www.thegaitedhorse.com/campolina.htm
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/campolina/index.htm
Actually, German Riding Ponies have been around for a long time as well. (They are even a recognized breed in Germany! hehehe)
I dont think the first filly looks that bad. The only major thing I can fault her on is her front feet toeing out a bit. She looks to be a long weanling or a yearling, so the cowhocks are probably associated with her age. They are something she should grow out of with work and height. If she doesnt grow out of them, then I would fault her for it, but not before she is at least 4 yrs old.
agreed chromecowgirl, the germans have been breeding their riding ponies for over 30 years, l wouldnt say thats a seriously good quality one but there are many of them out there.The riding ponies are purpose bred and if ever you get the chance to see any competing at dressage some of them are certianly coming up to Olympic dressage standards very quickly but theres still too big a selection of ‘types’, as breeders of such animals we have to get to a set conformational standard thats the same for all of these ‘sport’ ponies but it all takes time the sport pony registries tend to have extremely good selection criteria for registerable breeding stock
Technically speaking, German Riding Ponies are bred in Germany following the same guidelines as warmbloods. However, that doesn’t mean people here do. And sometimes slapping a random “special” breed on a nag helps sell it.