Show me a horse with near perfect conformation :)

[dominobrown]

Firstly I agree with some of you about legs. Limbs are all important!! ( I think some of the stallions are bit out behind and agree about the herring gutted one)
Also the conformation 'rules' are basically the same, e.g good proportions not matter what breed, good limbs etc.
DressageFjordNorman- your're harsh! Your mare isn't that bad!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Sorry, I've not looked into every pic fully, so I could be wrong.... but are all the horses that have been posted so far Warmbloods? I don't believe that it's only WB's that can have good confo.

I like this Arab

this TB

and this Welsh C

Sorry, I cannot find a side on pic of him.

It's taken me so long to find pics that there's probably loads of photos of other breeds posted now! Oh well, nevermind.

 

[DressageFjordNorman]

DressageFjordNorman- your're harsh! Your mare isn't that bad!

I am always harsh when it comes to comformation. Otherwise I get crap foals that are worth 2000 euros and won't be great sporthorses, but just a happy hacker. Breeding a good quality foal that makes it to the top is tough in Holland, so you have to be strict and harsh.

 

[Enfys]

Does it not also, to some degree, depend on the actual breed specifications?

You could put up what Quarter Horse afficionados think of as near perfect and compared with some others they wouldn't be at all, because they are bred to be suitable for the job, be it reining, cutting, racing.

What about arabians too? They don't even have the 'correct' amount of bones for a start, or, is that most other breeds that don't ? Their croups are meant to be less sloping, does that make them less than perfect in the eyes of someone who prefers a warmblood?

Akhal Tekes, well, they just throw the book out of the window, but to breeders there will be some as near 'perfect' as can be.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080514081847AAnuOxq

Interesting can of worms to open OP

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I would say that the basics of confo can be applied to any breed. Eg. not back at the knee.

 

[siennamum]

I also like Baryshnikov:
http://www.sporthorsegb.co.uk/members/Horses.asp?ID=131945


I think Libro is a beautiful horse:
http://www.sporthorsegb.co.uk/members/Horses.asp?ID=125167

No Submission:
http://www.sporthorsegb.co.uk/members/Horses.asp?ID=123191

The most perfect conformation is exemplified I think by the Philanderer:
http://www.equinetrader.co.nz/Content/ViewContent.aspx?id=cda0e740-72cc-44b9-963a-91aa0dc89c75

 

[Mistletoe-Kiss]

I'd like to say H, but I can't find any side on pics where he's standing nicely, plus even I can see that he isn't totally perfect

As an aside, I can't be the only person sick of seeing badly croup high horses!

 

[only_me]

this horse got 10/10 for his conformation at hoys (i think?)
http://www.topspec.com/images/photos09/THE-HUMDINGER-Carol.jpg

 

[dominobrown]

Agree with The Philanderer. Who is he by?

 

[Bay_Beasty]

I dont like the first of the Swedish warmbloodss, got very greyhound look to it. Or wembley or winton. Some of the others are very nice though. I really like the welsh C and Espoir. Yum.

 

[Enfys]

Perfect or not?

The AQHA thinks so.

 

[siennamum]

Perfect or not?

The AQHA thinks so.

I agree with them. Looks tied in below the knee but that would be artistic license I think. Otherwise just beautiful.

 

[siennamum]

Agree with The Philanderer. Who is he by?

He's by Kilvington Scoundrel, (yes I did have to go off any research that!) So riding pony breeding on dads side.

 

[Bay_Beasty]

Perfect or not?

The AQHA thinks so.

NO!

i dont like the shoulder, it has a horrid middle, to tucked in before the sheath. dont like the placement of the neck and what are they breeding if for?? meat?? those muscles on its rump and shoulder make it look like a beef cow. though I often think this about quarter horses

 

[siennamum]

NO!

i dont like the shoulder, it has a horrid middle, to tucked in before the sheath. dont like the placement of the neck and what are they breeding if for?? meat?? those muscles on its rump and shoulder make it look like a beef cow. though I often think this about quarter horses

It just looks like a sprinter to me, they have huge muscles in just the same way.

 

[TGM]

I always start from the bottom up, and with most if these horses I didn't get that far!

Same here - there was one in particular where I didn't get above the hoof! Quite shocking that it was used for breeding unless the hoof conformation is actually an optical illusion!

 

[PapaFrita]

 

[dominobrown]

Kivillington Scoundral stands near me. He is one hell of a stallion. Shame there isn't a 'tall' version nearby!

 

[Bay_Beasty]

I quite agree!!