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Re: [RC] Conformation - rides2farJohn Henry won horse of the year twice - five years old and 9 years old. Yep, but he was gelded because he had a nasty termperment. How many of the great stallions were retired young to breed who could have run more? So many variables. Yes, Frank, I agree the brain is part of the package. We have a local vet who used to claim he's never done a prepurchase where he couldn't find something wrong with the horse. Well, he finally found one and gave it a 100% endorsement. That horse turned out to be GRADE 3 lame brain! I tried him out when they wanted to sell him but he was a huge pain in the butt...and guess what...when somebody did buy him they were trail riding him and he bowed a tendon. >g< Meanwhile, same vet told me Kaboot wasn't really built to handle endurance (didn't like his knees) and he competed 11 years and 3050 miles, 7 100's. His knees were never a problem. I still don't feel like I'm a great judge of conformation but I could look at a picture of Brown R Timothy all day. Look at the length of his forearm compared to his cannons...then compare to Bearcat O'Reilly...two totally different animals, who if I remember correctely excelled on a different style course. Timothy was great on an OD type course. Bearcat excelled on the flat, sandy course. I wish I could have gotten a better shot of Jayel Super. He just wasn't in the mood to pose that day. He did roll for me though. :-) Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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