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Anyone who made the statement about poor conformation must not know horses.
All horses no matter what breed can have poor conformation.  I can think of
several faults caused from inbreeding certain breeds.  Sue
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From: <Doubledal@xxxxxxx>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Mustangs-Interesting thoughts


> While I'm sure that not every BLM mustang has perfect conformation, I
believe
> that the statement that mustangs are some of the "poorest conformed
horses"
> is uninformed and totally false.  While I'm sure that, like every breed
and
> type of horse, there are mustangs out there without great comformation, to
say
> that the majority have horrible conformation is completely ignorant.  In
my
> previous post I described what I saw in the Salt Lake holding facility -
very
> nice-looking horses, great movement, and balanced conformation.  From
> conversations with other mustang owners, I understand these
characteristics were not
> limited to that facility.
>
> Many wild mustangs have to survive in some of the roughest country and and
> climate conditions out there.  Due to the laws of natural selection,
horses
> without straight legs, tough feet, and bodies built to last don't survive
to pass
> on their traits.  What's laughable is that with all of our "careful
breeding
> programs" out there, I can say that I've seen a huge number of poorly
conformed
> domestic horses in my years of training dressage and endurance horses.
>
> These overgeneralizations about mustangs are irresponsible - I would hate
to
> see anyone who was considering adopting a mustang as a sport horse be
> dissuaded by these uninformed negative opionions.
>
> Karen
>
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