Corner By Judy Wardrope Headley Britannia
4* events: Badminton (2007), Burghley (2006) and Kentucky (2009). She also won the Barbury Castle 3* (2008), won the Blenheim 3* (2002) and was 10th at the 2008 Olympics. As an Irish Sport Horse, she is technically 11/16
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Thoroughbred and has produced two embryo foals by the jumper Jaguar Mail, who also carries a high percentage of Thoroughbred blood. Brit is usually in or near the lead after dressage.
Let’s see if we can identify why that happens with such regularity by examining her conformation from a functional perspective.
orn in England in 1993 and commonly known as Brit, this 15.2-hand, dark chestnut was the first mare to win all three of the big
As we would expect at the top of this demanding sport, her LS gap (where the articulation of the spine changes just in front of the high point of croup) appears to be in line from top point of hip to top point of hip. This is the ideal position for strength and athleticism. In simple terms, this area, where the up and down movement of the spine occurs, functions as the fulcrum of a teeter-totter, aiding in lifting the forehand. It also functions as a transmission for the power generated in the hindquarters. Like the top dressage horses, her ilium (point
of hip to point of buttock) is the shortest side of her rear triangle. Some eventers exhibit the longest side of the triangle from point of hip to
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Conformation
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