Critique this horse.

[HAY MAKER]

Quarter horse/Apaloosa,cross bred,4 years old 14.2hh about 900 lbs,green broke,Im thinking he is kinda small ?....................good luck

[Jassy]

I'm no horse expert, but I like him,,,as long as he looks healthy, he'll probably be a good horse for someone...

[Chickshunt2]

I'm not very good at this but I'll give it a shot. And stock breeds are way from my normal breeds of horses. But here goes.


I have added the lines "my eyes" see in this horse. This is what I have learned from what I see about this horse. In this picture the horses head is turned toward us making it difficult to see exactly how thick the horse is at the throat latch but it looks to be a bit thick, good length of neck that is set on nicely not to low not to high, the shoulder angle shows a nice long shoulder as well as having a humerus that is well past 50% of the shoulder length giving this horse reach but also limiting the amount of scope due to the laid back shoulder. The angle of the humerus also shows being steeper, giving this horse the ability to also have some height in action of the front legs as well. This horse up front looks to have all the elements of a nice mover with a moderate reach and nice lift, this horse tends to have a shorter back with the croup laying lower than the wither, the lumbo sacral junction is almost over the point of hip. It's hard to tell with how the horse is standing where it's back legs truly stand and I also had to guess as to where the point of it's hock was as the pic is to dark to find it. I think that if he was standing squared his hock would fall either right on the blue line running behind him or right in front of it. Either way his hind end looks good to me. He has long forearms that look to go into a good knee that goes to a shorter cannon bone that goes to a nicely sloped pastern. ( I wish I could see his hoof angles better) With the longer forearm he should have good reach of stride, the shorter cannon bones offer solid strong legs, the pastern angle offers nice shock absorbers. The only thing I would like to see on him would be a bit heavier bone on his legs...but I've gotten so used to Draft crosses that anything without tree trunks for legs looks thin to me ...lol.. Other than that all I can say is that if I was looking at him I would bring him home, I love his color and he has a wonderfully nice eye, if he shows promise I would give him a shot.
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[HAY MAKER]

Thanks Ladies for the comments,I was thinking he was thin legged too,but he is only 4,thought maybe he would bulk out some yet ?
good luck.

PS very good graphic display Chickshunt2.

[Faster horses]

While there are some good things about him, he is not a horse I would buy. Too flat muscled, too fine boned and just not enough horse there.
FWIW

BTW, Haymaker, does he have a decent wither? I can't tell from
the photos.

[Silver]

I would have to agree with FH, although Appy's can be smaller and flatter muscled and still be tough as nails and strong as all get out.

Of course, horses can be too big too. Like this horse of mine for example:

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[Big Muddy rancher]

Haymaker why don't you get someone to take a picture of you riding these horses? Be better than tied to a panel or just standing . The proof is in the pudding . Get on and ride them if they don't work for you then it doesn't matter how good they look.

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