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This was greath fun. I do like her and she moves moderately well, her high point is her character, she is the sweetest and most well mannered filly I know, my biggest concern is the lack of depth in her girth.

 

Tuni

2008/7/10 Kathy Mayeda <klmayeda@xxxxxxxxx>:

She has a build like my older endurance horse Beau.  Long legged, long pasterned, long back... Looks like she could cover a lot of ground, though. I bet she has a smooth trot. Her stifle looks a little straight right now which may predispose her to upward fixation of the patella.  I would like to see more slope in the shoulder, but she is holding her head way up high in all these photos.

 

No horse is perfect, I think she's real pretty, and all the wonderful conformation in the world won't make up for having heart for the sport.  16 months is such a hard age to judge these things.  Beau taught me a lot about how important it is to ride a horse balanced and round without the dang head held high which is what you have to pay attention to with a horse like this.  But he could run like the wind when he was younger.

 

I often envy people with the little Crabbet arabs with the short backs and apple butts who could trot downhill like a river. 

 

This filly will probably not be a good "downhill" horse because her legs are so long they get in the way!   I have too tall Arabs and they just kinda "stumble" going on downhills sometimes.  This is just a guess though.

 

If she moves nicely I would say go for it, bring her on slow and have fun.

 

K.

 

 

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Tuni Briz <tunibriz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello

 

Would anyone care to comment on this filly´s conformation, and possible future suitability for the sport. She is 16 months

 

 http://picasaweb.google.com/tunibriz/Anta

 

Thanks

 

Tuni