Perfect dressage confirmation

[K9Wendy]

I found this diagram on google when looking for something else and wondered what everyone's opinion would be on it! Is it accurate?

http://www.tvda.org/images/CONFORM3.gif

 

[AmyMay]

I'd buy it

 

[sammys ma]

do horses like that exist ??????

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

Do they have like sohwjumpers etc?

 

[Tempi]

Archie's conformation is like that, except his neck goes a little lower down as its a bit thicker at the base.

not sure about the 'big round feet' bit. you dont really want 'big feet' in dressage, obviously not tiny upright ones either tho.....

 

[amandaco2]

not so sure about a 'short neck', i like mine to have a good length of rein.

 

[samp]

Mine would be no good - long neck, long back, bit upright behind lol

 

[K9Wendy]

Bit like mine then!! I was hoping the illustration was just an optical illusion and no such horse excists!!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Oh dear, mine is exactly like that but he's a couple of degrees away from the 'approx 154 deg hock', well back tt the drawing board!

 

[tigers_eye]

I think Carl Hester's book that was published a couple of years ago gives a great "real life" description of "good" dressage conformation. He also describes which of his match up to it and where they are let down.

 

[Parkranger]

http://www.grandviewequestrianfarm.com/images/Marcy-300.jpg this is my perfect dressage horse.

Working a bit under the bit at the moment though but we'll get there.......

 

[S_N]

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do horses like that exist ??????

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Absolutely - see the foal in my sig

Though his neck is longer.....

 

[the watcher]

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http://www.grandviewequestrianfarm.com/images/Marcy-300.jpg this is my perfect dressage horse.

Working a bit under the bit at the moment though but we'll get there.......

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I am liking this dressage superstar!

 

[siennamum]

Sadly I think people do breed horses like this - (especially the Germans), narrow, no barrel, swan necked, no front & without the ability to move correctly in trot - hence the one leg on the floor pose!!
Give me correct confOrmation any day!

 

[RachelB]

If that were the only horse that could score at dressage, then I couldn't have got two 8s and the rest 6s and 7s even a prelim on my old nag! She is exactly the opposite of that!