I just tried posting this a few minutes ago...but I think my computer logged me off and it didn't get posted...if double posted sorry.
I just watched the 1996 AMHA National show tape for the 28-30" senior stallions. I was shocked at the physical difference between then and now.
The horses were shown I believe about 10 to 20 lbs heavier then than is considered ideal show weight today. It was hard for me to tell if some of the lack of refinement I noticed in the horses then was due to the weight or was indeed lack of refinement.
I also saw a major inprovement over those horses in todays minis head and necks. But felt we have lost something in todays minis hip and toplines. and overall flowing together...todays look more angular and less muscled. Not sure if that is part of the weight again or not.
These were very well known horse in this class and are represented in todays pedigrees very frequently. So these were not slouch horses in the 96 class.
It was a neat and thought provoking look into the past for me. I am going to the AMHR nat show on Tuesday to watch the classes there. It will be interesting to see how they compare to the horses I saw at the Central Regional just a month ago. I am sure there will be some of the same horses..but not all.
I just watched the 1996 AMHA National show tape for the 28-30" senior stallions. I was shocked at the physical difference between then and now.
The horses were shown I believe about 10 to 20 lbs heavier then than is considered ideal show weight today. It was hard for me to tell if some of the lack of refinement I noticed in the horses then was due to the weight or was indeed lack of refinement.
I also saw a major inprovement over those horses in todays minis head and necks. But felt we have lost something in todays minis hip and toplines. and overall flowing together...todays look more angular and less muscled. Not sure if that is part of the weight again or not.
These were very well known horse in this class and are represented in todays pedigrees very frequently. So these were not slouch horses in the 96 class.
It was a neat and thought provoking look into the past for me. I am going to the AMHR nat show on Tuesday to watch the classes there. It will be interesting to see how they compare to the horses I saw at the Central Regional just a month ago. I am sure there will be some of the same horses..but not all.