Re: long backed arabians

["Heidi Smith" <heidi@sagehillcmk.com>]

If Thoroughbred conformation is any clue to success in racing, most of the top TB racehorses have very proportional backs--ie they tend to fit the "ideal" proportion where the body can be divided into three equal circles, and thus the back is only a third of the overall body length.  I don't think that Arabs are "selected" for racing because they have longer backs--I think the ones that race well despite longer backs would race even better if they were put together with better proportions. 

 

Heidi

----- Original Message -----

From: Laney Humphrey

To: ridecamp@endurance.net

Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:15 PM

Subject: RC: long backed arabians

I think the racing arabs may be selected for slightly longer than average backs,