Horse Judging: Terms for Oral Reasons, UNL

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Head/Neck/Topline

• Presented a shorter ear • Was more feminine as she showed more shape and quality to her face, while carrying that femininity back to a thinner and trimmer throatlatch and neck. • His neck tied into a more dramatically sloped shoulder, was shorter from wither to coupling and more correctly turned over the croup, giving him a longer hip. • Blended smoother from neck to shoulder • He is cleaner through his throatlatch and higher in his neck to chest attachment • He is stronger over the loin, is squarer hipped and is thus more preferred in the shape of his croup • More extension through the neck • More ideal in his topline, having a longer cleaner neck that attached higher to his chest with a shorter stronger back while having a more ideal turn in the croup topped off with a more desirable set to the hock. • More defined eye • More attractive head and neck • More feminine headed • Cleaner headed • Smaller eared • More quality to her head and neck • Showed more strength from withers to loin • Neck ties higher into his withers • Blended smoother from neck to shoulder • He shows a more desirable turn to his croup and a fuller hup when viewed at the profile

• Had a higher neck to chest attachment • Was more correct in the shape of his neck • Tighter and cleaner throatlatch • Longer, more sloping croup • Longer croup • Exhibited more topline levelness • Sharper withered • Longer, smoother shoulder • Greater length of hip • More correctly turned over the croup • Higher neck to chest tie in • Wider from eye to eye • More desirable turn to his croup

Faults

• Plainest featured • Common about head • Quick over the croup

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