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Well, today I was involved in helping out at the WAERA endurance ride at Boddington. Have to say - I'm liking the look of this sport!

Maybe it was the beautiful scenery, the lovely warm weather an ...

Awww he looks so content!

Love the name, lol!

To me he looks base narrow in front & back. With work, it can place extra pressure on the lower limb joints, and I *think* it predisposes them to paddle? Someone correct m ...

To save people wasting time, here's the story behind this email:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cookiecoco.asp

Edited, as I've since learnt that the email was very old, and the dogs actually lived in L.A Confused

I agree about the hind end.

Can't really see anything to comment on that's glaringly obvious - anyone else?

Good point Ozbatt - now that you mention it (sickle hocked) I tend to think the same.

What about the tail - low set or normal?

Also about the back area, he does have good depth which indicates d ...

Just wanted to add - the orange flowers in my sig are actually Cape Tulips! Embarassed

And no, Velvet isn't eating them. Neither of the ponies touch them. That photo was taken in a patch that I more ...

Nice short back with sloping croup. Increases athleticism.

Edited to add: does anyone know if a back can be too short?

Ok, here's how it works...

* A picture of a horse is posted at the beginning of the thread.
* Each poster has to post one (only) comment about that horse's conformation, desirable or not. Anythin ...

I think more people need to understand the ethics behind horse ownership and care.

Too many people see horses as a 'pet' to be 'acquired' (often for relatively small amounts of money). They see ...

Ok, thanks Smile

*sigh* after having only TB's, all this feeding to prevent obesity & laminitis is such a new world to me, lol!

I feel like such a cow locking her in like that... she keeps givi ...

Fantastic, thanks so much. Yes I've head many conflicting opinions about Founderguard. Perhaps for the time being I'll stick to the simple diet of soaked hay, with a small hard feed of L/chaff + vit ...

Righto. We have a hard, solid crest and fat deposits on the rump... in short, a pony which needs an immediate diet review. This has happened within a fortnight Shocked

I'm keen to reverse this ...