Comment on my gelding, please!

LakotaSurprise · Yearling Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 27

Comment on my gelding, please! He just turned 3 today.This picture was taken 2months ago.

Not the best picture.

TX-WI · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject:

Ya sure ya want us to that? Wink

Some think some of us are pretty harsh.

He's a pretty well put together package and looks like an excellent youth prospect. With pic you have provided, the only thing I can really really fault him on is his shoulder. It looks rather straight up and down to me.

He as balance to him but for a comformation pic, you need to have his head and neck in a good position for us to tell more about him. He may tie in ok into his chest from his neck but he has his head down.

personally, I dislike mane banding but that is a personal preference. However, with your band job, I would like to see the mane thinned a bit so it will lay more proper.

I love his color!
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LakotaSurprise · Yearling Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 27

Yes, I am sure. I want to learn I am new to the halter ring. I will try to get better pictures of him. And his mane was a last min. thing. We didn't decide to go to the show until the night before. But thank you for you honesty. And we did good got a 3rd out of 15 horses our first show.

TX-WI · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

Congrats on your win.

what other events do you show in?
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LakotaSurprise · Yearling Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 27

He has been started on the barrel pattern he gets 25s trotting the pattern. Oh yea did I say he is 15.2 hands 1300lbs at 3yrs.

TX-WI · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject:

you must be very tall then.
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lucky Clover Farm · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:48 am Post subject:

his neck seems a little on the short side-or perhaps it could do with a little sweating to neaten it up. For a horse with a shortish neck-the more bands you put in the longer it appears-I believe the estimation was close to 100 bands in some show horses to make them look like swan necks. I think I've managed to pull off 75 before my hands gave up-really screwed when I get the surgery for my hands lol
You might also want to consider-due to so much white on his face-not braiding his forelock-instead putting in one band to let the darker colour lesson the boldness of white.
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Inyureye · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:06 am Post subject:

I've never heard of "sweating a neck". What do you mean by bands?
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TX-WI · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:08 am Post subject:

LakotaSurprise · Yearling Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 27

I will work on some better pictures.

horsewoman1965 · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject:

I think he's pretty nice to look at myself. I just love to see a horse that is obviously well cared for. And at 3 years he could still do some more growing.
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