The brutally honest confo thread!

SC is yours a spotty elephant?

Lev, EKW described it better than me from my days of reading FHOTD yours would be on the edge of being described as having a bit of a 'nest' I think, ie not much definition between chest and neck because of the low neck set.
 
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SC is yours a spotty elephant?

Lev, EKW described it better than me from my days of reading FHOTD yours would be on the edge of being described as having a bit of a 'nest' I think, ie not much definition between chest and neck because of the low neck set.
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Yep, British Appaloosa. X
 
MasterBenedict said:
Interested to hear views on Zebadee (Zebadonkey as he is affectionately known) :) He has a bum leg so is now an expensive ornament but I've always thought he was a rather nice 'useful' type, if a little coarse.

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I think he looks very lovely. Shoulder is a bit straight, but he looks strong & purposeful. But those front pasterns are too long to me.
 
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Some interesting comments on here. Spotting flawed confo, especially using photos as the source, is not in my skillset (unless blatantly obvious), tbh. I did spot a couple, but some of the critiques on certain horses have both surprised and puzzled me. *hangs head in shame*
 
VikingSong said:
Some interesting comments on here. Spotting flawed confo, especially using photos as the source, is not in my skillset (unless blatantly obvious), tbh. I did spot a couple, but some of the critiques on certain horses have both surprised and puzzled me. *hangs head in shame*
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Detail them and someone will explain. we all learn as we go along.
 
MasterBenedict said:
Interested to hear views on Zebadee (Zebadonkey as he is affectionately known) :) He has a bum leg so is now an expensive ornament but I've always thought he was a rather nice 'useful' type, if a little coarse.

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Over at the knee, worse on the right than the left. One of my pet hates. Sorry!

Something not right about how he is standing on his front feet either. If it's not conformational odd day he has sore heels and is loading his toes.
 
vam said:
Current girl, last summer.
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Possibly the only shot I have of her stood up, must try and get a good one as I'd like to see how she changes through the years
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He has the typical flat pelvis of the continental warmbloods that we used to import a couple of decades ago. It's gone out of fashion, and i prefer the look of a 'proper bum', but I'm not sure why the Dutch in particular have stopped breeding them like it, whether for performance or aesthetics.

Front pasterns too long and too upright, shoulder too upright. Sorry!
 
AdorableAlice said:
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.
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And you'll never see a straighter back leg in your life than Party Politics, winner of a Grand National.
 
If I get my links working will someone do mine. I don't know much about confirmation but I have a few ideas about what her "faults" are. Interested to see if those who do know say the same things I " think ".






Sorry about my wellies

 
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bump for mine? :)

Amye said:
I am rubbish with confo so sorry I can't give opinions on anyone elses horse (they all look lovely to me :)), anyone want to have a go with my boy?

He's my first horse so to me temperament was everything, but it'd be interesting to know what others think of him. I know he's not perfect (only in my eyes), so i won't get offended!

Photos aren't the best - but i haven't taken any proper conformation shots and this is as close as I could find (sorry!) Excuse the mucky legs too.








I've learnt a lot from this thread thankyou for starting it - still trying to make sense of some of the terms but it's been really informative putting peoples comments to photos :)
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LeneHorse said:
I won't offer comments on your boy's conformation Ayme as I don't know enough but he is very similar type to my mare (is he a connie or connie x?) and has a similar stance with his forelegs so I will be very interested to hear the thoughts of the confo experts.
He is lovely by the way, just my type.
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He's actually a German Warmblood, though someone has asked me that before so he must look the type haha!
and thankyou! :)
 
mandyroberts said:
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Thoughts?
Amazing how hard it is to get a decent photo of your horse for this!
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What a lovely looking boy!

A lovely head, good length of rein, slightly upright shoulder slightly low neck tie in. A little long in the back with a weak loin. He had a nice hip angle, but slightly undermuscled in this photo. Very (very) slightly sickly hocked. Good big feet! Pasterns are a little long for me, but ok for his type. He is standing over himself in front.

Not one that I would choose to ride, as I prefer something with a little more bone, but he does look lovely!
 
YardGeek said:
Bump :)
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A lovely well balanced, and very mature appearing 3yo and such a beautiful colour! Not a "boring bay" at all :)

Head is a wee bit small, but lovely and elegant. Throatlatch is a tiny bit thick/coarse. Lovely shoulder with a good neck tie. short, compact back. Lovely hip angle. A wee bit straight through the second thigh. A tiny bit light of bone and tied in at the knee, but it certainly doesn't detract from the overall picture.
 
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Feel free to critique Ben, he is conformationally...interesting!
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I adore Ben but he does have derrière that would put Ms Kardashian to shame.

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EKW, your horse looks like a Stubbs painting.

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ETA He's 4 & half in this pic & not yet backed, rather chubs & very woolly.
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I suspect Dave may be the best made horse on this thread.



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Prettiest Long Elegant Horse Swan that I've ever seen 😄
 
Slightlyconfused said:
Yep, British Appaloosa. X
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I asked that partly because both yours have Master Benedicts spotty lad do look to have bodies a bit big for their legs so I I was just pondering if there was some link for that, probably not! Although MB's definitely wins on the kardashian butt stakes :D.
 
have to say i think people are very brave posting photos on here. I have a percheron x and she is built like a brick **** house, im scared to put a pic up!!
 
I think we all know that our horses, how great they are and love for them is not a sum of how well their bits fit together. :)

I do quite fancy a 'can you guess which bit broke' thread ;) as we seem to have a few of those too :D
 
Is there any one who is an expert in both conformation and photoshop who could maybe draw on a photo of one of the better horses on here (maybe Dave or AA's big boy?) to show us what we're looking for please - and maybe one of the less good ones to show how it differs? I don't mind you using my heffalumps - or A's photo seeing as the photos of M are rubbish.
 
This is such a good thread, I'm feeling brave today lol!

He would have been 2 and a bit when this was taking last year.

 
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Tartine:

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I know most of her bad points, but I'm always willing to learn more :)
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Ok so you've got me who knows not a lot but what can see is, she looks a little thick through the throatlash area with a low set neck? Looks to be one who will be prone to putting weight on easily, and could be a bit back at the knee? Overall I think she looks a good stamp really, as that was me being quite nit-picky!

Jenni_ said:
Oh can someone do Skye please :) I have my own opinions and won't be offended x

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Ok so she looks lovely and athletic overall :), but possibly her neck is a little short and low set, her shoulder is quite upright and she looks a touch back at the knee? But the proportions of her legs are nice (pasterns aren't too long and nor are her cannons for her height) and her hocks look nice. I think you're being very sensible with getting her as strong as you can before working her.

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Ok he looks a little long through the back and a touch sway backed. His neck looks nicely set on and his limbs look to have good bone with nice compact cannons, though his pasterns are quite angled in front (not sure what the proper term for this is?) and he looks fairly straight through his hocks.

This is just my observations, I am not an expert by any stretch :o.
 
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