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Bones and Legs
- should be flat
- should be clean
- should be free from fleshiness
- should be free from puffiness
- should have adequate strength and substance to support the horse
Bones and legs 3
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All four legs are set square under the body
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from the front view, the forelegs are parallel with the feet pointing straight
ahead
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from the side view a line drawn perpendicular to the ground should bisect the
foreleg all the way from the shoulder to the rear of the hoof
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from the rear the hocks should point straight back or turn in very slightly
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the hind legs should set well under the horse and the feet point straight ahead
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The Hock
- should be large
- should be clean-cut
- should be wide from front to back
- should be deep
- located on the leg
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Bones and Legs 2
- Gaskin muscles should tie-in very strong and low on the hock
- the knee should be wide when viewed from the front, deep and cleancut
- when viewed from the front or rear knees and hocks should be bisected by an imaginary vertical line down the center of
the leg
- tendons below the knees and hocks appear sharply separated from the cannons giving the leg a flat appearance
Chest and Forelegs
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the chest is deep and fairly thick,with this depth and thickness extending back
into the barrel
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a deep heart girth and well sprung foreribs give room for good respiratory and
digestive capacity
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the forelegs are wide set and blend smoothly into the shoulder
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the forearm muscle is large and tapers into the knee when viewed from the back
or front
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the knee joint should be clean and the pastern medium in length
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the pastern and the hoofs are set at about a 45 degree angle to the ground
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