their hocks, elevate their forehands and then lean their weight and momentum into the collar. Horse #3 is an FEI-level and champion in reining, where elevating the forehand and loading the hocks are required. Horse #4 is a champion cutting horse that was photographed at 20 years of age and is still competing in the open classes with an amateur rider. Her sport requires loading the hocks and elevating the forehand in order to get that cat-like movement that scores well; however, her sport rewards a head and neck much lower to the ground.
Horse #5 is a highly decorated Olympic dressage horse that was very capable of uphill movement. He retired from competition in his late teens. Horse #6 is an Olympic eventer and national team representative and was capable of elevating his forehand in dressage as well as over fences. Horse #7 is a World Cup champion jumper that retired just before turning 20 and seldom had a rail down. Objective terminology can be applied to the sample
horses to determine why they were all built to do their jobs, which, in my opinion, is much more accurate than to merely subjectively determine if they are uphill or not. I hope that more fully answers the woman’s question about why I do not use the term uphill when referring to conformation. In Part 2, we'll take a closer look at these seven horses identifying what makes them light on the forehand.
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About Judy: Judy has researched equine conformation for 30 years and has written three books on the subject (the most recent, an e-book). She travels world-wide giving conformation clinics for all disciplines. Judy also analyzes individual horses based on photos and gives breeding consultations. Learn more at
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