Does anyone have Any experience with “goose rump”?

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I just got a 2yo filly, I knew her as a foal and she’s lovely but her breeder is not happy at all with her confirmation or how she has grown. She’s very little but moves fairly straight, is very clean in the legs but she has what I’m guessing is a fairly severe “goose rump”. Her rump drops off fairly steeply to her tail which is also set very low. Has anyone here had a horse with a goose rump? Has it caused any issues? Soundness issue? Did strengthening work and putting on some extra condition help improve it? Did it cause any riding issues? She’s only 2 so I’m going to take my time backing her and she will ideally become a decent stock horse but I’d like to do whatever I can to help improve her somewhat deformed looking rump.
 
Do you have a photo of her side on?

I've not ever had a horse with a goose rump. I currently have a pony whose rump is a little too short and straight for my liking. I'd prefer a rump bordering on too low a tail set than too high.

My feeling is that, as the breeder, the lady you bought your filly from feels quite strongly about the filly's rump's conformation because she would feel more critical of something she bred herself. Maybe. (Then again, sometimes a breeder will have rose-coloured glasses with their own stock.)

In any case, I don't think you should be concerned overly with this.

I once heard that some good jumping horses can have a goose rump. I would think that low set tails give quite a bit of strength to the hindquarters.
 
So long as you aren't showing her it's unlikely to be a problem. If she has got it from a parent , how have they performed?
 
A classic goose rump is just a steep angulation of the pelvis. It's not ideal and I certainly wouldn't want a horse with this conformation, but unless you are planning on high-level competition it probably won't affect the horse's usefulness. Since young horses grow in spurts it may even become less noticeable when she is mature and her front end catches up with her hind.
 
I had one as a child, quite markedly so. But he was the most fabulous child's all rounder fun pony, steady neddy, always gave it his best shot, no super star and certainly wouldn't have won any prizes for looks at all. But he was priceless and I believe the child he went onto after me was equally smitten with him. I wish I could have found my sons such a perfect child's pony when they were youngsters.

I guess the bottom line is what do you intend doing with her in the future - would it be a deal breaker if you decided to sell on for some reason?
 
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