conformation help please!

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spaglucy

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i am just intrested to what everyone thinks confo wise as i dont really know much at all and would like to know!
she is 12 yrs and 13.2, i wont be offended by anything bad i am just intrested thats all!!
sorry they are HUGE!! oops
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She looks a lovely 'leg at each corner' type, with a well set on head and neck. She has a nice deep girth and a fairly short back.
If I were really being picky, I would say her front feet could turn out a bit too much, she is a bit goose-rumped (but that's supposed to be a sign of a good jumper) and she *could* possibly be slightly cow-hocked or close behind. It's difficult to tell everything from side on photos, you really need to be able to see front and back as well and ideally, of course, see the pony move.
TBH I wouldn't worry about her possible 'faults' she looks to be in good condition, well cared for, bright and alert and quite capable of doing any work you will ask of her. No horse is perfect.
P.S. Is her saddle a bit too far forward in the tacked-up pic?
 
ooo lovely thanks and she is a jumping pony so the goose rumped bit makes sense! yes the saddle is forward must have been my hangover tacking up....oh dear ha ha
 
I disagree to a certain extend
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Pearlsasinger .

In the first pic she looks quite long in the back .

Straight through the hock .

She looks quite cresty .

Tail set quite high up .

To look at the top pic, something about her front legs being a little too far in front if that makes sense .



The second pic she looks like a different pony conformation wise .

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Does she always stand that far out behind? Ideally there should be a straight vertical line from point of buttock, down past point of hock, back of cannon, past fetlock and to ground. She stands behind this which can mean she'll find it difficult to engage her hindquarters.

Her front legs look good, nice and straight, she has a good hoof pastern axis and a nice sloping shoulder. She is a bit thick on the underside of her neck, looks like she could be a puller!
 
thanks for all your replys!
she dose not always stand that far out, but does at other times when she is alert looking at something if that makes sense, your right she is a puller big time always wanting to go no matter where you are but this is getting better slowly, only had her since sept so a work in progress!
 
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I disagree to a certain extend
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Pearlsasinger .
In the first pic she looks quite long in the back .
Tail set quite high up .

The second pic she looks like a different pony conformation wise .

Col x

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We are all entitled to our own opinion.
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In the 2nd pic, if the saddle was back in the right place her back would look quite short IMO.
 
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I disagree to a certain extend
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Pearlsasinger .
In the first pic she looks quite long in the back .
Tail set quite high up .

The second pic she looks like a different pony conformation wise .

Col x

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We are all entitled to our own opinion.
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In the 2nd pic, if the saddle was back in the right place her back would look quite short IMO.

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Thanks for taking the time to pm me and remind me of this post
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I did say to a "certain extend" in the FIRST pic she looks like she is long in the back . The second pic not so long, I also said she looks like a different pony in the second pic . So yes of course we are entitled to our own opinions
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Col x
 
I would agree that the top photo, she looks very long in the back... that was my very first thought...

But the second photos she has a lovely girth and nice legs and if the saddle was placed in the right position it would show a slightly shorter back... but short backs are GREAT for showjumpers, as it helps them turn smaller in J-O's!!!


Lovely pony
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