The movement you describe for your new horse is also common. It is
particularly common for a TWH. Again I think it is related to the way the
leg attaches to the hip.
Any conformational experts out there care to shed some light on the subject?
My palomino TWH has eye color similar to your description.
>Many folks may have read Courtney Harts articles on buying an
>Endurance prospect. He talks a lot about conformation, but I have a
>few questions about movement. A mare I used to own was slightly
>cowhocked in the back, but at the trot her back legs are really
>spread out (spread out much more than the front) This horse also
>moves extremely well and is surefooted. I was riding behind a horse
>at Camp Far West and noticed that this horse was EXTREMELY spread
>out at the trot with the back legs. Now my new horse has similiar
>conformation in the back (slightly toed out-which I take is
>preferred), but at the trot her hind legs when wiewed from behind
>come in pretty close together, and she is a very base wide horse.
>
>So I would appreciate any imput on what folks think about this.
>
>Also, on an not-so-related-to endurance note, but some may have an
>opinion-I have noticed this new mare has eyes with a dark sclera,
>but the iris is slightly ringed blue-white, and in one eye has a
>circle towards the back of the iris. Anyone know if this is
>something I should be concerned about, or just simply a quirk of
>coloration? This is a TWH/Arab cross mare.
>
>Karen
>
>To: ENDURANCE@MOSCOW.COM
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