Grulla Quarter Horse Filly

HorsePoor · Weanling Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Montana

Hello everyone, I was hoping for a critique on my filly. She had just turned two years old in these pictures. She is now two years and seven months old. She is very very hairy so no new pictures. I had her started and have been riding her lightly since then. I don't want to push her but want a good foundation on her.

I would like to get into either reined cowhorse, reining or possibly cutting. It depends on her and how she progresses. I have a few schooling shows planned for her this spring. Nothing to push her in just to expose her.

I see that she is a little rump high at the moment which is to be expected with young age. Her neck ties in a little low and she is also a bit back at the knee.

Does anything else stick out to you? Thank you for looking.

This is her pedigree.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/nu+star+in+hollywood

Inyureye · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject:

Hi, I'm no expert either, but I thought I'd say what I thought anyway. Others might step in.

I agree with what you are seeing. Yes, she is rump high and we would expect that for her age. She seems built slim to me, and I guess I like the hancock horses for working cows, and her pasterns are long, so I would want to wait until she was older to see what her talents were, and be open to the possibility it might not be reining, but I am not a reiner, so those who are would know what they like to see in a using horse.

I also would like to wait to see how she fills out to see how her parts tie in to each other later, when she's mature. She look even better, back-wise, and with her neck, when she's muscled up and her topline is strong.

My next thought would be that next spring is early to ride her much. Personally, I would back her, and teach her all her manners, do alot of "in hand" work with her, but be very easy on her so that her joints fuse before she is ridden. I'd work with her in the spring, back her some and turn her out for another season to mature. She is a slight filly, and I would not want to start anything too early which would bring on early arthritis and stress her joints. That's just me. I'd wait to show her fo rthe first time the following spring. Bring her to the shows to look around and get a sense of the business, but stay off the joints. That's my thoughts on her.

Good luck, I love her head and eye. Very intelligent looking!
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All I get is "this image has been removed or deleted"

dqh · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject:

Can you re-post your photos?
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HorsePoor · Weanling Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Montana

Sorry that was my fault, I moved pictures in photobucket. I will repost them right now.

HorsePoor · Weanling Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Montana

HorsePoor · Weanling Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Montana

Thank you Inyureye for your critique.

Although I don't believe she is small horse. She actually has very thick bones. These pictures were taken right at the age of two. Though I'm bias of her. lol

I have continued to ride her and will keep riding her. I know her knees haven't developed but like I said she isn't doing anything hard or alot of turning. She will be three in four months. I don't expect her to get very tall probably 15. hands. Also she weighs about nine hundred pounds right now.