Horse Judging: Terms for Oral Reasons, UNL

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• Tracks more up into his front foot print • Takes an even stride behind and/or up front • Deeper hocked • More collected and thus has more forward motion • Balanced at all three gaits • Freer mover • More functionally correct

• Stayed more collected, helping to propel himself forward • Reaches more through his shoulder and steps up from behind • Deliberate in the placement of his foot • More hindquarter impulsion • More supple, freer striding individual who exhibited more forward motion • Ideal way of going • Free flowing movement • More on the bridle allowing him to rock back on his haunches

• Longer, more sweeping stride • Longer more extended stride • Traveled with more impulsion • Had deeper engagement with his hindquarters • More consistent in his speed • More purposeful stride • Longer more fluid, sweeping stride • Smoother, more consistent in the beats of his stride

• Covered more ground in fewer strides • Drove more effectively from the hocks • Traveled in a more distinct manner • More effortless and fluid stride • Exhibited a greater length of stride while moving lower to the ground • More extension from the shoulder • Reached further at the trot • More drive and forward momentum at the center

• She was more correctly hinged in her shoulder and hip consequently lifting her back more, thus enabling her to strike off into the canter with more reach off her forehand, and a deeper stride behind. • He reached further from the shoulder while being flatter at the knee and working with more drive and impulsion from behind. • He was freer moving, landing on the ground lighter and softer. • Had more engagement, being round backed, balanced, and driving his hind legs underneath him. • Bolder mover that showed more length of stride as well as more impulsion and drive with his hocks.

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