Corner By Judy Wardrope Matching Forequarters to a Hindquarter, Part One
discipline, ability and longevity. By using one hindquarter and imagining a horse with one of three forequarters, we should be able to tune our abilities to actually analyze each segment individually without relying on old habits. For that very reason, the heads have been cropped out of the photos.
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Hindquarter (pic 1) – Based on the excellent lumbosacral placement (the palpable dip just in front of the high point of croup bisected by a line drawn from point of hip to point of hip), ilium side (point of hip to point of buttock) of the rear triangle that is shorter than the femur side (point of buttock to stifle protrusion) and a
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his is the first in a short series intended to demonstrate how the mechanics of the hindquarters and the forequarters affect
stifle (the visible protrusion) placement that is just at the bottom of sheath level, it is a safe bet that this horse could do dressage. The Lumbosacral placement provides athleticism, the shorter-ilium denotes dressage ability, and the mid-range stifle placement also denotes dressage ability. His stifle placement would limit his scope over fences to lower below four feet, allowing him to do jumping or eventing at heights within his comfort zone, depending on the forequarters.
Forequarter #1 (pic 2) – This horse shows a pillar of support (represented by line extended along the naturally occurring groove in the forearm) that emerges well in front of the withers for superior lightness of the forehand and into the rear quarter of the hoof for soundness and longevity. He shows a good rise to the humerus from elbow to point of shoulder, which adds to lightness as well as action of the forelegs. In addition, his base of neck is well above his already high point of shoulder, adding even more lightness to the forehand. He has the forequarters of a dressage horse; therefore, combined with the above hindquarters, the result would be a very good dressage horse.
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Conformation
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