Re: Height in FEI Horses

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/99 9:08:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
michrowe@frontier.net writes:

<< So given one or the other, is it your feeling that it's better for a 
smaller
 horse to be out of balance? >>

No.  IMO, balance is the most essential part of the whole package.  I won't 
even bother looking at the legs unless the horse is balanced.  A horse that 
is not balanced will often trash even a perfect set of legs, whereas a 
balanced horse will often go far with a minor leg fault.  Now don't read 
anything into that--this is NOT a defense of poor legs!  But boy, I've sure 
seen poorly-built horses trash the most lovely sets of legs, over and over 
and over again.

Heidi


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