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CONFORMATION

CONFORMATION. SPORT HORSE TYPE HUNTER TYPE STOCK TYPE SADDLE TYPE PLEASURE & VERSATILITY TYPE. Physical appearance of an animal due to the arrangement of muscles, bone, & other body tissue Improved conformation> increased athleticism Each breed has ideal characteristics.

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  1. CONFORMATION • SPORT HORSE TYPE • HUNTER TYPE • STOCK TYPE • SADDLE TYPE • PLEASURE & VERSATILITY TYPE

  2. Physical appearance of an animal due to the arrangement of muscles, bone, & other body tissue Improved conformation> increased athleticism Each breed has ideal characteristics What is Conformation?

  3. Anatomy

  4. Components of Conformation • Neck • Balance • Shoulder • Topline • Hindquarters • Muscle (proportional)

  5. Balance • Single most important characteristic in equine selection • Forms basis for athletic performance

  6. HEAD • Lean, clean chisled • Triangular • Eyes large and set on corners of face • Profile – straight or slightly dished

  7. Neck • Assists with balance • Long,lean,high set • Correlated to shoulder slope • Topline: Bottom line • 2:1

  8. CHEST, HEARTGIRTH & RIBS • Chest deep & moderately wide • Rib cage well sprung • Deep heart girth

  9. Shoulder • Slope critical to balance • impacts proportions of neck • Impacts proportions of back • 45 to 50 degree angle • Pastern angle:shoulder angle

  10. Slope of Shoulder

  11. TOPLINE COMPONENTS • Withers – Prominent, medium height, clean • Back – Short& strong, muscled • Loin –Short & strong, blends smoothly into croup • Croup – Short & Strong, muscled

  12. MUSCLE • Quality • Muscled throughout • Long, clean, defined • Quantity • QH vs Arabian

  13. FRONT LEGS

  14. FRONT LEGS

  15. FRONT LEGS

  16. FRONT LEGS

  17. FRONT LEGS

  18. FRONT LEGS

  19. FRONT LEGS

  20. FRONT LEGS • “pigeon-toed” = toes pointed in • "splay-footed“ = toes pointed out

  21. HINDQUARTERS

  22. Hindquarters- from Side • Level of croup • Length of hip • Angle of hock

  23. Hindquarters- from Rear • Angle of hocks from behind • Hindquarters should appear square • Widest from stifle to stifle • Quantity of muscle will vary by breed

  24. HINDQUARTERS Sickle - hocked Post - legged

  25. HINDQUARTERS Cow-hocked

  26. FOOT CONFORMATION • FOOT AXIS = Angle of the dorsal hoof wall • ~55-60o forelimb • ~55-60o hindlimb • PASTERN AXIS • Line drawn though the center of pastern • FOOT/PASTERN AXIS • Line through the center of the coffin and pastern joint • FOOT LEVEL • Median & lateral wall of equal length

  27. PASTERN

  28. Long, sloping shoulders correlated w/ long, sloping pasterns Long, trim necks & clean throatlatches –balance, agility & ability to work off hocks Depth of heart & spring of rib – lung capacity & endurance Long muscles moves a limb further RELATIONSHIPS OF FORM TO FUNCTION

  29. STRUCTURAL FEATURES THAT ENHANCE ACTION • Long forearms – long strides • Sloping shoulders & sloping pasterns of front leg – graceful, elastic stride • Toe straight ahead in front – truer action

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