Re: Cowhocked Horse

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

There was a series of studies published a few years ago looking at several
hundred dressage/jumping and eventing horses in Europe evaluating the
effects of different conformation points, including cowhockedness.  The
conclusion was that cow hocks didn't seem to be a significant detriment even
in the Olympic calibre horses.

Couldn't tell you how relevant this is to endurance horses.

Susan G
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: RC: Cowhocked Horse


> Beverly McDaniel bev@windridertack.com
> I'm currently considering a horse that is cowhocked--not just
> "toeing out", but actually cowhocked.  My question is this:  What
> type of problem (as far as soundness) will this trait be likely
> to cause in the future?  This horse is very nice otherwise.
>
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