Anyone interested in critiqing a mini?

Kassie Finley · Member Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Texas

This is our mini mare Daisy she is AMHR registered and 34" tall. I do not know anything about mini's so I have no idea what her flaws are.

And motion pictures:

Joey's_my_darlin' · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

Awwwwwwww what a ceeeeuuuuuutteeee!!! Very Happy

Don't know enough about conformation to critique, but absolutely love her!! Those motion pictures are awesome.
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horsewoman1965 · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:56 am Post subject:

She's a cutie! I really like the last couple of pics. Is she pregnant or just a big belly?
I also know nothing about minis Very Happy

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Kassie Finley · Member Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Texas

I don't know, I think she looks pregnant also, but she was bred in March so she should only be about 2 months if she is. I wonder if she possibly is in foal from last year and the people we bought her from don't know it. they had their own stallion and she was in with him. They had had her since she was a yearling and she is 3 now. She is so sweet and so funny, I call her our ranch clown lol.

dctrainingandlessons · Very Active Member Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 548

I think she looks full term pregnant. She's got that baby look, not fat hay belly look. It is also possible that she would stand for a stud and have a false heat in March. Was she for certain covered and penetrated in march? Or was it that she was turned out with him for pasture breeding? Does she have any udder development? I think you should have your vet take a look at her.

I think she's sooooo cute, I just want to play with that fluffy mane and cuddle her! Very Happy

Kassie Finley · Member Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Texas

I had my vet check her and the test came back inconclusive. Her numbers where in the middle, high for a non pregnant mare, but low for a pregnant mare. So we still don't really know, We are going to have her checked again in two weeks. I have not seen or felt any foal movment but then I don't know if that is easy to see or feel in a mini. She does not have any udder development so far. She is a doll, we just love her, she is so full of life. And the people we bought her from said they saw the stallion mount her once in March, so they thought that was when she was bred, but she was with the stallion from end of January to the first of April. So I still have no idea Sad

. I guess we will check her again in two weeks and see if there is any difference.

Bondama · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:25 am Post subject:

Can a mini be palpated, or no? This would be conclusive!
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Bondama · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:25 am Post subject:

Can a mini be palpated, or no? This would be conclusive! Very Happy

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Kassie Finley · Member Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Texas

Unfortunatly no they can't. My vet said the are just to small. So the only way to get a preg check done is with the blood test. I wish we could palpate them, that would solv a lot of problems Smile

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Pedigree Fanatic · Member Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 120

Oh how cute...I love the photo where she's running away from the camera. And I agree, she looks preggers to me!

It's hard to critique a minuature horse, since technically the standards call for them to actually look like a miniature version of a horse, with the same ratios and angles of a full size horse.

But most minis I have seen still have pony-like conformations. I have seen a few minis in horse shows and magazine ads that really and truly do look like small versions of a fullsize horses. But whenever I drive by a pasture full of them (we pass by several mini breeding farms a couple of times a week) and whenever I see those mares and foals out in the field that aren't the hand-picked show animals...they look to me like cute ponies...with short legs in relation to their bodies, thick necks and furry legs. Not all of them...but most of them seem that way.

dctrainingandlessons · Very Active Member Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 548

Agreed, they should look just like a horse but miniature. I'd like to see her without the big belly, maybe with her mane a little slicked or braided so it shows her neck and shoulder, and pictures from her level, which means someone down on their knees or laying down to take the photo. The only thing I really notice for critique is that I think her front hooves may turn out a bit.. Otherwise, she looks good.

As for the preggers, I have heard that often times the mini's will not bag up and that they do have a higher percentage needing help giving foal. This concerns me to the point that when I contemplated breeding mini's, to decide against it. At this point in her pregnancy, if she is, which she obviously does look like, I think you would have a very hard time feeling the baby move, they usually get so squished in there that they can barely move. I'm going to attach a few website's I found for a friend of mine and saved on my computer. She also breeds registered mini's, the arabian looking type, and just started in the last couple years. The first year she had 3 mares foal out unattended, two of those foals died. This spring, she has attended all three mare's foalings and now has three healthy mini babies running around. She did have to help with all three of the foalings.
http://www.guidehorse.org/news_foaling_test.htm
http://www.crayonboxminiatures.com/foalingsigns.html
http://www.americanminiaturehorse.com/foaling.htm

horsewoman1965 · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject:

yeah, I've heard some of the same DC. I have been checking out the marestare message board since the first of the year. the owner of the board raises minis and you can find info on there too.
either way, Good Luck! and Hope all is Well.
She is just sooo super cute Very Happy

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horsewoman1965 · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:11 am Post subject:

any updates on this little girl? was she pregnant?
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Kassie Finley · Member Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 95 Location: Texas

I did go ahead and sell her to a really nice older man that wanted to have some horses, but was to old he said for the big horses. He had a huge pasture and just wanted to have some horses in it to love and mess with. She never did have a foal, and never showed any signs of foaling either. I think she was just a really big girl.