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RE: [RC] conformation-toed in vs. toed out - Kimberly HuckHi Angie, Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. On the back question..... the horse really isn't rump high, per se, cause it's level with the withers if your draw a straight line, it's just that there's a slope from croup to withers. Does that make sense? That's my interpretation anyway. :) -----Original Message----- From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx [mailto:rides2far@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:21 PM To: distancerider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] conformation-toed in vs. toed out I'm getting ready to look an endurance prospect that is "slightly" toed in. I've always heard the saying.."better toed in than toed out". Why is that? I dunno, maybe a toed out horse has an extremely narrow chest and a toed in one has a slightly wide chest, so at least there's ample room for heart & lungs. All I know is that there's lots of good endurance horses that are slightly toed in. The first one that comes to mind is Charbiel, AERC 100 mile horse of the year, PAC silver medalist, etc. etc. My new horse is a little toed in but I liked the rest of him so well figured I'd live with it. He seems less toed in now that he's getting in shape. On the back question. Kaboot was a little rump high if that's what you mean. I'd rather he wasn't, but he was. He was kinda heavy on the forehand, had a wonderful turbo-trot where he'd spread way out in the back and level out, but my new horse that isn't rump high has a much better canter. 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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