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Hattiehorse

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This is my old mare who is no longer with us.

I was wondering if any of you clever lot would be able to give her conformation a bit of a going over.

I'm mostly interested in knowing if there is anything blatantly obvious which could have led to her 'downfall' but would still like to know general stuff, I know what I think is wrong but that is with my extremely basic confo knowledge.

Massive thanks and chocolate for everyone!

PS. Sorry about the pictures, these are the best I could find confo wise.

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I know nothing about confo, but is it to do with the way her spine seems to curve up slightly before the natural upward curve of her rump?

Rip - beautiful girl :)
 
only_me said:
imo she is slightly roached back - were back problems a cause?
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A slight roach isn't too bad and shouldn't stop a horse having a useful ridden career as long as it isn't combined with another back conformation problem. A weak, long, dippy back is far worse.

However a bad roach.... is bad, this is the worst roach I've ever seen... the aptly named Miss Camel.

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I saw the roach back as well. Apparently it means they have a slightly weaker back and can be uncomfortable to ride. I personally found her extremely comfy.

She was eventually put down due to a torn tendon out riding but I felt her confo may have something to do with it.

She quite regularly injured her legs and her back legs crossed over (forgotten what its called!)
 
Faracat said:
A slight roach isn't too bad and shouldn't stop a horse having a useful ridden career as long as it isn't combined with another back conformation problem. A weak, long, dippy back is far worse.

However a bad roach.... is bad, this is the worst roach I've ever seen... the aptly named Miss Camel.

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That has GOT to have been photoshopped!!! :O
 
Hattiehorse said:
I saw the roach back as well. Apparently it means they have a slightly weaker back and can be uncomfortable to ride. I personally found her extremely comfy.

She was eventually put down due to a torn tendon out riding but I felt her confo may have something to do with it.

She quite regularly injured her legs and her back legs crossed over (forgotten what its called!)
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No, a roach actually gives you a stronger back, but is not good in other ways. Think of a hump-back canal bridge... it's strong! A dippy back is weaker. I think your horse was a bit weak in the loin and a bit long in the back however not enough to cause a problem unless she was going around Badminton! As I said it's the camped-under that jumps out to me. She also had an upright shoulder angle but again nothing awful.

I'm sorry that she's no longer with you, she looks very sweet.
 
Thanks guys!

And Faracat, I hadn't thought about it like a bridge! lol. Luckily, she wasn't going round Badminton, didn't really wanna jump anything bigger than 1 foot 6! :D
 
Hello, I would say your mare was sickle hocked,over at the knee and roached backed. All quite slightly and not exagerated. Debateable slightly herring-gutted.
The leg conformation would lead to excess strain on the legs.
Hope this helps.
 
she's quite long in the pastern and a touch stood under at the back. She has a fraction of a roach back but it shouldn't have caused many problems.

The pasterns could lead to tendon strains and arthritis but they're not the worst I've seen, and it looks like she's pretty well shod, so that her heels are supprted, which reduces the strain on the tendons.
 
Still speachless... Can't believe that that poor friesian was in foal??

Back to the question. For a happy hacker - light competition there is nothing I could see that woudl cause your mares problems to be conformational.

She isn't the most perfect text book but to be honest I have yet to meet one that is.
 
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