Re: Re: Height in FEI Horses

["Michelle Rowe" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

So given one or the other, is it your feeling that it's better for a smaller
horse to be out of balance?  Let's say I look at two horses in particular:
one is tall and has long legs.  Very elegant looking & dressage-y.  One is
shorter and comparatively stockier, and has shorter legs and would be
laughed out of the dressage barn.
:-)  (I LIKE smaller horses and being laughed out of a dressage barn is not
always BAD).  For endurance, is the best bet to go with the shorter horse?
Are shorter legs an asset or a detriment (I remember the recent discussion
on long legs, just don't remember how short ones came out)?

m
(aka michelle rowe)
colorado
http://www.redwrench.com
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Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 9:41 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Height in FEI Horses


> In a message dated 11/11/99 8:18:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> michrowe@frontier.net writes:
>
> << Ok, so if one is looking at a tall horse, does the expected
conformation
>  shift any?  What are the critical features?  Are we still talking the
usual
>  perfect straight legs, short back, everything else pretty much balanced
OR
>  are there some things that become very important for a taller horse to do
>  well??
>
>  Sorry for getting behind on this, but I just looked at some very tall
horses
>  tonight (16 H Arabs)!  I wanna know what I am supposed to be looking at
in
>  these larger horses to assess them. >>
>
> I want the same things in a tall horse as in any other horse--first and
> foremost, BALANCE.  My thumb rule is to stand back, and if the horse
appears
> to be tall, he is not balanced.  If, on the other hand, he doesn't "look"
> tall from a distance, but you walk up to him and he is 15:3, then he is
> likely balanced.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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