what does everyone think of my mare? she is a 10 year old AQHA Appendix. 15.3 and about 1100 pounds (she pushes 1300 when in condition)

i am training her on barrels right now....she s doing great!!!

Tell me what you think of her confirmation
if she was in condition, do you think she is built for speed events?







Sorry i wasnt very straight on witht his shot.


Thanks!!!!!!!

Well, I am not so up on QH confo and whether or not shes built for speed, but I'll give it a go,lol.

She seems to have nice straight legs, maybe toes out just a touch or it could be the way shes standing. Nice slope to the croup, her shoulder may be just a bit straight. Again, it's hard to tell sometimes and especially when they're in their winter woolies, but in one shot her neck looks a little short and in the other it doesn't.
She has a beautiful, sweet eye and of course I'm a bit partial to bays anyway,lol.
I ride Mountain Horses and the conformation required for the gait is a bit different than that of Quarters, but I would say you have a really nice girl there. The few faults I see are very minor.

There is a differnce when looking at a horses conformation judged to performance or to ideal conformation.
I'll judge her for performance.
As a speed horse yes;
She has a short thick neck attached fairly high into her chest-that will keep her from getting heavy on her forehand.
Straight thick shoulders-will be able to hold the ground on the turns.
Left front leg does turn out-just a general fault that should be monitored for injury, especially splints.
Short thick fairly straight front end-although round "apple" fetlocks, they tend to be a little bit weak.
A nice upward slope to the wither and a strong topline.
Her barrel is longer than her back, so she should be able to get her hind end up under herself without interfering.
Her hip is the weakest part, ideally her hind legs should be set at such an angle that a straight line drawn from the point of her but to the ground would run down the back of her leg. She is what is called camped under, not bad but makes her pushing ability slightly weaker and will inhibit some turning manuevers.
Didn't look at the head as you can't ride those. But clean looking and soft eye.
And just couldn't judge the sideways ones.
Overall a good performance horse.

Thanks!!!! i did notice she was a little camped under in the back but she can really sit and spin and get her butt down for turns!!!!! its really amazing how well she can manuever........as soon as i can find a video, i will get one posted. i know i have one that was taken that day, i just need to find it......


okay AQHABreeder!!!!!!!! i know your out there some where!!!!!!! i thought for sure you would snatch this thread up!!!!!!!!! give me what ya got!

Hey! Looks like I'm late for this one. Ltc4h has chopped this one through pretty well. I very much like this mare, she is gorgeous!

As far as over-all Appendix confo; above average for what I generally see! The least desired spot on her in my personal opinion (aside from legs/hooves) would be her under-toned hindquarters which is perfectly improvable through conditioning such as up-hill work, and walk/canter transitions where you ask for canter from the walk and after only 1-2 strides, slow back to a walk. 3-5 times in a session, with a couple sessions in your ride. When a horse picks up the canter from the walk he/she is using alot of hind-end power by pushing the rest of their body forward with their hindquarters (this also helps for a horse that is heavy on the forehand).

As far as her left leg being turned out, her hoof is also slightly toed-out. The right leg, since it is positioned further back, is harder to tell so I'm not saying whether she is just toed-out on both hooves, or the left. This also is "help-able" through some correctional trimming.

Overall, I think her faults are few and minor and I do also believe she would make a great speed event horse!

Other than that: she is beautiful, Beautiful BEAUTIFUL!!

Good luck!