The brutally honest confo thread!

Casey76 said:
Tartine:

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I know most of her bad points, but I'm always willing to learn more :)
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Sorry... just a bump for Tartine ;)
 
Thought I'd play the game, this is goat horse in all his glory, he'll be 4 in July and no idea what his dad was, dam was an ex-racer. Bought him unseen for a bargain price and think I got quite lucky. He's currently going through a growth spurt and also didn't want to stand properly without fidgeting ��

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(Trying to eat me)
 
Anyone want to critique mine? Have a guess at his breeding too if you want and don't know, some do. :) Sorry for the bad and old photos they are from last year.

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CrazyMare said:
Nobody fancy this challenge!?
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I think they're all too nice!

The 4 year old gelding is slightly bum high, but I think that's his age. He is compact and athletic looking with a lovely head, well set on neck and nice slope to the shoulder. I like his quarters and hind legs and hocks. If I were to be at all picky I would say he was a little weak in his second thigh but again this is probably his age. I can't see his feet and pasterns but he is a little tied in below the knee and quite light of bone for his frame, but overall a very nice looking horse.

I love, love, love the mare. Such a pleasing picture and gorgeous rich mahogany bay (or brown?). I think that she is pretty close to perfect IMO. Maybe a little long in the back, but that wouldn't bother me one bit.

The filly is very nice too but only 2 years old so difficult to know what she will be like when fully grown.
 
Casey76 said:
She has a nice neck tie-in, and a good sloping shoulder, a strong loin connection and a good hip angle. She is a little down hill, and very light of bone for her overall build. Long upright pasterns and in the first photo she is standing a lot under herself, though soften this can be affected by hoof care.
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Take the top off and put on better limbs ans she would be a stunner.
 
Lévrier;13513457 said:
Sorry I can't use imgur, but LOVE that trotting pic!
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Thank you! That was her as a two year old at the stud she was bred at, she's four now and is starting gentle hacking out although the weather has given her more time off since she arrived 6 weeks ago. She's a project, very roughly backed last year so headshy as a result, but she's a sweet little mare and we're working her through her fears :)
 
annagain said:
Here goes. Sorry I can't offer any comments, I'm not great on confo (I know the theory but struggle to see it in practice) but definitely learning lots!

What this doesn't show is just how pigeon toed Archie is.

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I don't have any of Monty without me on him sorry! Although I think both of these show his most obvious issue.

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ETA - the first of these photos is early April, the second probably about Nov. He always changes shape this much over the winter!
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annagain said:
I'm going to shamelessly bump my two as well, or are they so bad you can't comment on them even when we're being brutal? :D
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Are they THAT bad? :D :D
 
AdorableAlice said:
Older horse and, so sorry EKW but yuk !
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😭😭😭😭 Lol! He's not actually mine. He is 14yo, very well bred - Danehill x Warning. Group 2/3 winner on the flat as a 2&3yo. Multiple hurdle and chase winner beating 2 Champion Hurdlers (before they won them) and Purple Moon who went on to be 2nd in the Melbourne Cup. He sold in a private sale as a 3yo for reportedly in a excess of £250k.

Meet Degas Art - proving that you don't need to look or be built like perfection to win plenty of races and money.
 
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EKW said:
�������� Lol! He's not actually mine. He is 14yo, very well bred - Danehill x Warning. Group 2/3 winner on the flat as a 2&3yo. Multiple hurdle and chase winner beating 2 Champion Hurdlers (before they won them) and Purple Moon who went on to be 2nd in the Melbourne Cup. He sold in a private sale as a 3yo for reportedly in a excess of £250k.

Meet Degas Art - proving that you don't need to look or be built like perfection to win plenty of races and money.
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Fabulous ! and very true. I had the honour of meeting Soviet Song, Sister Act and Ffestinoig a few years ago, none of which impressed me, but like you say performance is the only important thing with racehorses.
 
Spiritedly said:
Not the best photo but was taken as a 'before' photo when he arrived a couple of months ago. I think he is also a fairly uncommon....in the UK... crossbreed
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Again, with picture....

I'll take a stab, as I quite like him: is he part Arab by any chance? Nicely set on and shaped neck, but looks quite light, also could be short - but that's hard to tell with him turning towards the camera like that. The shoulder is short and the angle a little straight. He has enough bone, but is slightly back at the knee and the pastern is short. Ribs are well sprung, but he could be deeper and the back is a tad too long and goes into a short croup with a bump. Very kind eye and expression.
 
Cortez said:
Again, with picture....

I'll take a stab, as I quite like him: is he part Arab by any chance? Nicely set on and shaped neck, but looks quite light, also could be short - but that's hard to tell with him turning towards the camera like that. The shoulder is short and the angle a little straight. He has enough bone, but is slightly back at the knee and the pastern is short. Ribs are well sprung, but he could be deeper and the back is a tad too long and goes into a short croup with a bump. Very kind eye and expression.
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Thank you. He is an Arab x American Saddlebred. I think the neck shortness may be down to camera angle as it's actually quite long and usually in my face!...I'm hoping with schooling it will improve...His croup is a bit strange as it seems to curve normally then bump and go straight to his tail but I'm not sure if this is down to the fact he carries his tail flagged.
 
Spiritedly said:
Thank you. He is an Arab x American Saddlebred. I think the neck shortness may be down to camera angle as it's actually quite long and usually in my face!...I'm hoping with schooling it will improve...His croup is a bit strange as it seems to curve normally then bump and go straight to his tail but I'm not sure if this is down to the fact he carries his tail flagged.
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Ah, that's why I like him; two breeds that I'm fond of :-) Yes, his neck will be in your face - that's the Saddlebred part, and explains the lightness of neck and prominent wither. I bet he has a super temprement.
 
Wagtail said:
I think they're all too nice!

The 4 year old gelding is slightly bum high, but I think that's his age. He is compact and athletic looking with a lovely head, well set on neck and nice slope to the shoulder. I like his quarters and hind legs and hocks. If I were to be at all picky I would say he was a little weak in his second thigh but again this is probably his age. I can't see his feet and pasterns but he is a little tied in below the knee and quite light of bone for his frame, but overall a very nice looking horse.

I love, love, love the mare. Such a pleasing picture and gorgeous rich mahogany bay (or brown?). I think that she is pretty close to perfect IMO. Maybe a little long in the back, but that wouldn't bother me one bit.

The filly is very nice too but only 2 years old so difficult to know what she will be like when fully grown.
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Thank you

Well, the gelding and the first bay mare are mother and son!

The two year old is now a 9 year old and is this!
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AdorableAlice said:
4 year old is a nice horse with lots of maturing to do. Little tip for you, don't take so much mane off the base of his neck if you plan to show him again. the picture makes his neck look shorter than it actually is.
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I normally leave more on, his had kindly been chewed away.....
 
Wagtail said:
I think they're all too nice!

The 4 year old gelding is slightly bum high, but I think that's his age. He is compact and athletic looking with a lovely head, well set on neck and nice slope to the shoulder. I like his quarters and hind legs and hocks. If I were to be at all picky I would say he was a little weak in his second thigh but again this is probably his age. I can't see his feet and pasterns but he is a little tied in below the knee and quite light of bone for his frame, but overall a very nice looking horse.

I love, love, love the mare. Such a pleasing picture and gorgeous rich mahogany bay (or brown?). I think that she is pretty close to perfect IMO. Maybe a little long in the back, but that wouldn't bother me one bit.

The filly is very nice too but only 2 years old so difficult to know what she will be like when fully grown.
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It's funny this thread, really enlightening. I think that I like the polar opposite in a horse to you wagtail. I love the gelding but I'm not at all keen on the mare's shoulder slope, lowish croup or pasterns. Though there's not a lot to dislike conformationally in the three of them
 
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I am a total numpty and cannot seem to post photos. If this has worked then it is Young Cob aged four. He has remained at 14.1 on tip toe so just a pony really. I need a more up to date pic but as he is a yak at the moment it will have to wait until his summer coat comes through.
 
Celtic Fringe said:
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I am a total numpty and cannot seem to post photos. If this has worked then it is Young Cob aged four. He has remained at 14.1 on tip toe so just a pony really. I need a more up to date pic but as he is a yak at the moment it will have to wait until his summer coat comes through.
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Look at the front in him, wait until he is six and the back end catches up. He will be a useful cob.
 
There are some stunning horses on this thread that i would happily have in my stable faults and all!!

Heres a set of my boy from 18months to 6 years old. Interested to know what you think and whether the baby should have turned out how he has?

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And one from 7 years old...his neck looks weird, but its one of the few with no tack where hes not been leaning forward to see what the people in front of him have!

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AdorableAlice said:
Look at the front in him, wait until he is six and the back end catches up. He will be a useful cob.
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He is now rising six and working well. He is great to hack and I'm hoping that our instructor will take him out for some dressage soon. I'm really just a passenger so I need someone else to bring out the best in him. He was bred by a friend hoping to produce a heavyweight cob but he is a long way from that! Both dam and sire are 15h so this little guy has turned out to be a bit of a midget gem.
 
Really interesting and informative thread - have just read through all of it in one go, and was struck by the number of comments about horses with long pasterns, and can think of several I know too. Wonder why this is?
 
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