Sorry but , what IS wrong with my horses conformation *VIDEO ADDED*

Yes, she was 7/8ths TB by Stetson out of Button Box.
She had a fabulous temperament and always tried her hardest.
I have a photo somewhere of her with her head in a bucket the same as your one. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up when I saw your pic!
 
obviously the only thing wrong with your lovely horse is that whoever referred to her conformation is very jealous of you.She looks fab !!
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QR: She isn't for me, I am not a fan of her legs at all, she is light of bone for her height and the angles are not my cup of tea but my God I have seen FAR worse.
 
Does it make any difference that bar the two photos she has boots on in all leggy photos were taken nearly a year ago ? She has definately got 'chunkier ' legs that shown in photo escpecially photo of her loose .
But I do agree she is rather angular
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She is a little straight in her shoulder and hocks but that could be the photo's
How is she behaving now?

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FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR BETTER
no rearing , bucking etc etc even though she is only ridden 3 times a week , will post vid on the weekend of me getting on without an unscheduled dismount 5 seconds later
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Does it make any difference that bar the two photos she has boots on in all leggy photos were taken nearly a year ago ? She has definately got 'chunkier ' legs that shown in photo escpecially photo of her loose .
But I do agree she is rather angular
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Possibly - any chance of you getting a stripped up todate photo? As I said though, I have seen FAR worse!
 
Pretty mare, she is perhaps a little straight through the shoulder and the hocks too look a little straight but if this is the worst conformation this woman has ever seen then she can't have seen many horses
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I like her!
 
I think she's SERIOUSLY nice; she's a really scopy young horse who hasn't grown into herself yet.

I love her freedom of movement; I think you've found a really good one.

You said she was ISH? Who are the sire & dam? (There, that shows how much I like her; I'm wondering where to find those bloodlines
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The critic whose comment led you to post in the first place was a bit ignorant, I think, in more than one sense of the word.
 
Just to add; IMO she looks better from the near side than the off because of her markings; if you look at the first photo; the long thin white marking down her hindquarters gives an optical illusion of a very straight hind leg, and sort of cuts off her bottom; if you look at her bone structure you can see it doesn't follow the marking at all, yet its the shape of the marking that you see first and that makes an impression on you.

On the other side (as in the video) you don't get this effect at all.
 
As someone else said, so long as she does the job and stays sound, what does it really matter?

My mare has awful conformation but she copes fine!!

Your girl is very leggy, she doesnt have a lot of bone for her body size and she's upright all round
 
She isnt a show horse, but she looks like she is very atheletic so should be good sports horse i should think. and as for your trainer cribbing your horse that is very unprofessional.
 
Take no notice she is smashing - and still very young
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If you take a look at the horses owned by these opinionated 'conformation experts' they are often awful so they obviously have no idea what they are talking about !!

Henry Horn's reply say's it all me thinks
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firstly there is no such thing as the perfect horse!! So when you look at conformation there are a couple of things that you have to have to mind. What her 'pupose 'in life is going to be and how can you help develope her to improve her purpose.
For me the first thing is she is a bit pigeon toed. This can be helped with a good farrier and now is the time, as she is young to pay particular importance to this as she will be fine in the short term but in the long term this will need management.
For me she is a little long in the pastern and too long from the knee to the fetlock joint. Understanding this means you can be aware of not exposing theses areas to excessive strain, ie working on soft inconsistent going etc.
her hocks are a little on the straight side so when you work her she will have to use other parts of her body more ie the sacroilliac joint. Again by spending time developing her on the flat you can develope the muscle to help support these areas.
That is after all what 'dressage' was originally about. it was away of prolonging a horses working life by the systematic training of it through exercise.The acknowledgement of the weaknesses makes us more aware of the whys and wherefores.
It is hard when your own personal emotions are invloved to remain objective but it is not personal it is just a citique of the biomechanics of the horse.
There is a lot to like and if you understand the problem areas then it will hopefully keep you and your horse working together for a long time to come.
Please look after those feet....' for the sake of a nail the battle was lost..' very old but true rhyme.
 
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