MyMenagerie
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I'm still looking at stallion prospects for my little program. I'm looking at all different ages; newborn through older. On the young guys (2-3 years old) I can tell whether they're what I'm looking for or not...they're still trim & sleek, so I can see their lines & angles easier, and can see whether they're thick-necked, thick-bodied, stubby-legged, etc. Because at that age they shouldn't be "thick" yet; if they're thick young, they'll always be thick!
But I'm having a tough time with telling what is "OK" or not on aged stallions stallion. I know with age, horses, like people, tend to get thicker, lumpy & saggy in various areas. My problem is that I can't tell if "back in the day" he was a good quality boy & age has simply effected his look and thickened things up. Or if he was poorer quality to start with & now he's just a low quality old boy. Adding to that, most older boys are no longer being shown, so are not in show condition like the young ones. So they're overall chubbier & just not as conditioned as the young ones I'm looking at; are in pasture condition.
I know that overall conformation doesn't change with age. But I'm having a tough time seeing through the age & changes it's made on them, and seeing the horse underneath & whether he is just a fat version of a good quality horse, or if he's just a fat mini!
If you have pictures of your good-quality older boys 15+ years old, that you'd be willing to post, that would be wonderful & oh-so-helpful! And if you have "before & after"/ "young & old" pictures, that would be even better! Then I can see what good quality ones look like when they age & kindof know what to look for or aviod in my ventures.
Thanks so much
PS. Does anybody know what happened to that old thread that used to be on the forum, where somebody had put all different pictures of horses with descriptions and lines showing good & bad parts & angles of their conformation? I'm pretty sure it used to be on the youth board. Can't seem to find the thread anywhere now though.
But I'm having a tough time with telling what is "OK" or not on aged stallions stallion. I know with age, horses, like people, tend to get thicker, lumpy & saggy in various areas. My problem is that I can't tell if "back in the day" he was a good quality boy & age has simply effected his look and thickened things up. Or if he was poorer quality to start with & now he's just a low quality old boy. Adding to that, most older boys are no longer being shown, so are not in show condition like the young ones. So they're overall chubbier & just not as conditioned as the young ones I'm looking at; are in pasture condition.
I know that overall conformation doesn't change with age. But I'm having a tough time seeing through the age & changes it's made on them, and seeing the horse underneath & whether he is just a fat version of a good quality horse, or if he's just a fat mini!
If you have pictures of your good-quality older boys 15+ years old, that you'd be willing to post, that would be wonderful & oh-so-helpful! And if you have "before & after"/ "young & old" pictures, that would be even better! Then I can see what good quality ones look like when they age & kindof know what to look for or aviod in my ventures.
Thanks so much
PS. Does anybody know what happened to that old thread that used to be on the forum, where somebody had put all different pictures of horses with descriptions and lines showing good & bad parts & angles of their conformation? I'm pretty sure it used to be on the youth board. Can't seem to find the thread anywhere now though.
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