Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] bone/feet/topline/weight/girth

Sounds like "Rascal" my boy. My only concern is he has 00 feet, but  my 
farrier says he has good feet, nice cup and very tought horn, guess you 
don't get everything. (actually he wears either 00 or 0 shoe)farrier says 
sometimes the shoes he gets are sized different  from where thay are made.) 
He is 50/50 Crabbet,Witez II, polish), looks just like them too.{none of 
this "beautiful, dish faced, tall  halter horse type, " just my tough little 
runt.






> From: heidi sowards <ribbitttreefrog@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   bone/feet/topline/weight/girth
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:53:44 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> So to recap, cannon length in comparison to the diameter as
> well as the horses weight included are the more important
> clues? I was at a barn not long ago and a gal was saying
> how big her horse's cannon bones were (diam.) at 7.5
> inches. Her horse was tall (over 15 hands is tall to me)
> and the cannon bones longer. Since I didn't know if this
> was necessarily a good thing, I kept my mouth shut. (Not
> like I would have argued or anything, I generally keep my
> mouth shut!!) When I first got Ash I posted he had 8"
> cannons but now I see the overall picture would have been
> to also post his weight (he's about 900 lbs. and he's 14.2
> and a half.) Too heavy of cannons or should I not even
> concern myself? He is put together pretty nice, had 00 feet
> when I first got him and now after regular trimming has 0.
> Trot is not super smooth like my older guy, but not bad at
> all. I also think barrel/girth area is another important
> aspect that is overlooked (as well as the topline as Heidi
> Smith suggested) and this guy has tremendous lung capacity
> with well sprung ribs and one of my big concerns when I got
> him was that when he trotted, he didn't interfere. I had
> looked at a 2 year old that when trotting darn near hit
> himself and Ash opens up those back legs and his feet land
> almost as far apart as his hip line. I really like that as
> my older (smoother) guy clips himself, especially when
> tired. I guess only time will tell how Ash does, as he's
> only completed one easy 25 this past summer. He's getting
> fatter right now, as with Christmas and tons of work, he's
> been left to eat alot!!!
>
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