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Lisa - I'm not sure about the particular horse you mentioned, but for  
the most part these horses are in good 'racing form'. It's unusual to  
see a truly 'thin' horse. There are certainly exceptions to the rule  
(and I've seen a few that I thought were too thin) and I don't want  
to imply that every horse is in perfect flesh - but in generally  
these horses are trained and prepared to perform. A horse with excess  
body fat can't race at these speeds, they would overheat.

Steph



On Feb 18, 2008, at 8:00 PM, oddfarm wrote:

> John or Steph, I was looking at some of the images from the  
> President's Cup and noticed too many skinny horses. One horse  
> particularly is image 0779. S/He is shaved except for the saddle  
> area and is a chestnut or dun color. For all that "strict" vetting  
> everybody swears to, I am just surprised to see this. Not only can  
> you count the ribs, but if you painted that horse black and laid  
> him on his side on some white paper, I'll bet you would get a  
> perfect shadow of the equine skeleton.
>
> This horse to me, doesn't look healthy, fit or athletic.
>
> Do you have any idea how this horse finished? I'm just curious.  
> Especially since I don't know anything about this kind of stuff.
>
> Lisa Salas, The Odd fArm


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