Ewe necked

[SilverSkye]

following on from my before and after post is my mare ewe necked???

I know she is lacking some topline and slightly over muscled under her neck, but never thought of her as ewe necked before!

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Baaaaaaaa - I would have said she just had an over developed under muscle.

 

[Tia]

No she isn't ewe necked - just over muscled underneath.

 

[MrsMozart]

Agree with ChristmasSparkle. A bit too much development underneath and need a bit of muscle on top

 

[air78]

Agree with above

 

[SilverSkye]

Thank you all posted the same pic on another forum ( that will teach me ) and a couple of people commented on her being ewe necked.
I can completely see she is over developed underneath and needs more top line ( if only it was as easy as taking the underneath muscled bit bit and putting it on top of her neck!!)
but couldnt see the ewe neck.
thanks all xx

 

[PopStrop]

No she's not at all. She's quite upfront and her neck is maybe set on a fraction high, but being ewe necked is a skeletal fault, where as your mare just needs to re-route some muscling!

I googled to try and find a good pic of a ewe neck for reference - this is from http://caringforyourhorse.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/eweneck2.jpg

This horse's neck comes out of it's shoulder at a really sharp angle - and it's head appears to be more "over" it's shoulders than in front - something no amount of conditioning or work or muscling will change!

 

[PopStrop]

oops sorry it's huge