Is there such a thing as 'a perfect horse'?

[rubyrumba]

I think not as nothing is perfect but i am interested in others views. By perfect i mean conformation and dynamic conformation. Thanks

 

[Holly831]

Mine are all perfect...

Seriously probably not!! One persons perfection is anothers nightmare. I personaly like close coupled horses with short cannons.....

 

[levantosh]

For me its a case of 'handsome is, as handsome does' however I like them to be correct and easy to handle. (A black horse with 4 white stockings and a big white face usually does the trick too!!!!)

 

[JRR]

I might be completely off base here, but I think the stallion Florencio got almost all 10s in his grading? Is that what you mean by perfect?

 

[dannydunne]

quote from Arnaud Evian

''the day you give up taking risks, you give up breeding. Looking for a horse with no faults, you will end up with a horse with no quality. There are no miracles in this business of breeding, be pragmatic, be passionate and keep your eyes open.''

 

[Eothain]

There is one; One horse to rule them all. One horse to find them. One horse to bring them all and in competition beat them!
For if God was a horse, he would be Cruising.

 

[TarrSteps]

Perfect for what?

 

[Ponyplanet]

my horse is perfect for me ;o)

We will always want to improve on what we have, so I doupt perfection will ever be achieved.

Agree Cruising is great, but not perfect, for perfect he would need to be Bay

 

[hippomaniac]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

[ruby1]

Only in the eyes of the owner,but to be fair ours are not perfect but i wouldn't swap them.

 

[Bearskin]

Milton

 

[Enfys]

Yoiks, how long is a piece of string?

They said, in the Quarter Horse world, that Impressive was pretty near perfect, yet look what his legacy to the world was

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/impressive6

[The genetic disease Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP) has been traced back to this horse. ]
For more info: AQHA
http://www.aqha.com/association/registration/hypp.html

 

[hilly]

In a word, no.

 

[Alec Swan]

rubyrumba,

define concisely, "Perfection", then the rest of us will tell you where it can be found!

In the mean time, God knows.

Alec.