Horse Judging: Terms for Oral Reasons, UNL

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• Had a more desirable slope to her shoulder and was nearer and sharper at her withers. • Showed more quality and balance by possessing a longer, cleaner neck that attached higher into a shorter, stronger back • More desirable balanced • He had more chiseled features about the muzzle while being shorter and wider in the face, tighter in the throatlatch, longer cleaner and higher attaching in the neck. With a shorter back longer more sloping underline, deeper heart and flank, and more desirable angel to the hock, he easily is the most complete individual. • He was more correct in his combination if balance and muscling as he was a smoother blending individual from front to rear who was shorter and stronger in his back and more correctly turned in his croup. • Higher degree of balance and symmetry • His shortness of back, length of underline, and depth of heart better combine to give him a more balanced appearance when viewed from the side. • He ties a longer cleaner neck higher into a more laid-back shoulder. This allows him to have a shorter stringer back in relation to a longer underline, while also having a greater length of hip. • More prominent withers which extends further into his back, thus giving him a shorter, stronger back in relation to a longer, more sloping underline. • Exhibited a more correctly angled shoulder and more prominent withers, thus giving her a short stronger back in relation to a longer underline. • She gains the edge in quality and balance. She is shorter from eye to muzzle, cleaner through her throatlatch and possesses a longer, cleaner neck. This combines with a more angulated shoulder giving her a shorter back in relation to a longer more sloping underline. • More correctly balanced from end to end • Taking balance to a higher degree • He has more balance and symmetry because he has a longer cleaner neck that ties into a more desirable angle to his shoulder, more depth of heart and he’s squarer hipped. • He was shorter over his back in comparison to his underline giving him a more balanced appearance when viewed from the side.

• Quality to a higher degree • Showed more overall quality • More youthful appearance • Stands on a straighter column of bone

Faults • Lacked the positive characteristics of those placed above him • Poorly balanced • Rough • Plain • Lacked quality

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