New Conformation Photos

Post Reply
User avatar
mariasmon
Posts: 6169
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:38 am

Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:23 pm

Rattlesnake Bridge

Image
User avatar
mariasmon
Posts: 6169
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:38 am

Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:24 pm

First Dude

Image
RuffiantoRags
Posts: 821
Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:09 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:51 pm

Majician & Camelot are very nice looking horses, as is Rattlesnake Bridge. Rookie Sensation is okay but I've never heard of him. Why does Mucho Macho Man look so stiff and thin? He really needs to fill out still. First Dude looking good too.

Golden Ticket needs about a year to change, he is not very attractive, but he ran like hell, I'll give him that!
Last edited by RuffiantoRags on Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
sweettalk
Posts: 2838
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:05 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:54 pm

mariasmon wrote:War Command

Image
holy contrast batman
User avatar
Flanders
Posts: 9916
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:01 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:15 pm

RuffiantoRags wrote:Rookie Sensation is okay but I've never heard of him. Why does Mucho Macho Man look so stiff and thin? He really needs to fill out still.
I think he won a graded stakes on the Breeders Cup undercard in 2014 at Santa Anita, that was pretty much the only time I ever heard of him. He has nice breeding.
Mucho Macho Man has always been thin. Some animals just don't fill out. My friends have a boxer that looks like he is starving but he can eat all he wants and there vet said he is fine being the weight he is. I'd much rather see horses looking like Mucho Macho Man than being ginormously fat.
Izvestia
Posts: 5691
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:16 am

Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:00 pm

First Dude is very uphill.
User avatar
Insane Crazy
Posts: 3045
Joined: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:26 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:14 pm

Izvestia wrote:First Dude is very uphill.
Hmm, he doesn't look that much to me -- but maybe the trees in the background are throwing me off, it's hard to get a read on his topline.

Whatever he is, I have a wild fondness for him. Big, chunky guy, lots of bone, a huge noggin. He can come live with me if his stud career takes a dive!
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
User avatar
Treve
Posts: 4699
Joined: Fri May 08, 2015 5:12 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:42 pm

Insane Crazy wrote:
Izvestia wrote:First Dude is very uphill.
Hmm, he doesn't look that much to me -- but maybe the trees in the background are throwing me off, it's hard to get a read on his topline.

Whatever he is, I have a wild fondness for him. Big, chunky guy, lots of bone, a huge noggin. He can come live with me if his stud career takes a dive!
He looks near perfectly even. Putting a straight line horizontally there is like 1mm of his butt that is higher.
A filly named Ruffian...

Eine Stute namens Danedream...

Une pouliche se nommant Trêve...

Kincsem nevű kanca...


And a Queen named Beholder
User avatar
Insane Crazy
Posts: 3045
Joined: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:26 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:52 pm

Treve wrote:
Insane Crazy wrote:
Izvestia wrote:First Dude is very uphill.
Hmm, he doesn't look that much to me -- but maybe the trees in the background are throwing me off, it's hard to get a read on his topline.

Whatever he is, I have a wild fondness for him. Big, chunky guy, lots of bone, a huge noggin. He can come live with me if his stud career takes a dive!
He looks near perfectly even. Putting a straight line horizontally there is like 1mm of his butt that is higher.
I was going to say he even looks kinda downhill, but I worried I was crazy. :lol:
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
Izvestia
Posts: 5691
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:16 am

Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:54 pm

I'm on crazy pills. I meant DOWN-hill.
User avatar
Insane Crazy
Posts: 3045
Joined: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:26 pm

Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:59 pm

Izvestia wrote:I'm on crazy pills. I meant DOWN-hill.
Ah ha! The mystery is solved. He's uphill in reverse :D
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
User avatar
Treve
Posts: 4699
Joined: Fri May 08, 2015 5:12 pm

Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:02 am

Insane Crazy wrote:
Izvestia wrote:I'm on crazy pills. I meant DOWN-hill.
Ah ha! The mystery is solved. He's uphill in reverse :D
In that case hahaha! I was thinking "if anything he gives the illusion of being downhill, but then when I squinted and looked at his withers vs his butt they seemed fairly even.
A filly named Ruffian...

Eine Stute namens Danedream...

Une pouliche se nommant Trêve...

Kincsem nevű kanca...


And a Queen named Beholder
RuffiantoRags
Posts: 821
Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:09 pm

Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:44 am

mariasmon wrote:Mucho Macho Man

Image
I really want to like this horse, loved him as a race horse. This picture is just horrible, he seems not interested in posing, his head is too low, too much in the background, and I think he needs more weight. I hope he turns into a useful sire.
TBird
Posts: 312
Joined: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:09 am

Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:33 am

RuffiantoRags wrote:
mariasmon wrote:Mucho Macho Man

Image
I really want to like this horse, loved him as a race horse. This picture is just horrible, he seems not interested in posing, his head is too low, too much in the background, and I think he needs more weight. I hope he turns into a useful sire.

I never comment on conformation pictures but I have to say that I have the exact opposite reaction to that photo.

I love seeing a stallion who looks fit and ready to run. He's a beautifully balanced horse and I love his layback of shoulder and great hip. He's got a nice topline and a well shaped neck. Once I've formed that initial opinion, then I begin to nitpick. In this picture it appears as though his pasterns are a little upright and he might be slightly sickle hocked. I wish his hooves had more heel (not necessarily his fault.) Judging by the picture, I probably wouldn't want to take a light-boned mare to him.

All in all, that picture is definitely appealing enough to pique my interest and make me want to go see the stallion in person. So for me, it fulfills its function perfectly.
User avatar
Insane Crazy
Posts: 3045
Joined: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:26 pm

Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:31 am

My first thought of Mucho Macho Man was that he was deceptively plain. He certainly doesn't look like the striking, beefy, cresty guys that get a lot of attention here. But his conformation is quite nice, he's very balanced, and very functional. The more I look, the more I like.

I showed him to a friend and her response was, "He's a greyhound." He looks ready to run.
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on the horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
Izvestia
Posts: 5691
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:16 am

Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:42 am

I like my Thoroughbred's long and leggy - and Mucho Macho Man is what I like to see. He reminds me of the big steeplechase horses a friend of mine has in England (minus the horrible head). Other than being a bit on the thin side, he has a good frame to fill into (imo). He's got a nice topline, a lovely neck set (although his neck is skinny, it's a nice length), and a strong shoulder and hindend. I'd send him to a mare who throws correct babies, and yes, with some bone. I think he's quite elegant, but I also don't like the Quarter Horse-type Thoroughbreds.
User avatar
mariasmon
Posts: 6169
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:38 am

Sun Nov 15, 2015 1:35 pm

The photo of Mucho Macho Man is really nice, IMHO. The lighting is nice and the horse is standing well. I don't like Photoshopping the shank out of pictures. It's silly. Everyone knows the horse isn't just randomly standing there behind the barn. He may not be 100% perfect, but he looks like an athlete.
User avatar
Le Beau Bai
Posts: 590
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:48 pm
Location: UK
Contact:

Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:36 pm

One of Fast Anna from TDN yesterday...
carole
Posts: 2734
Joined: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:57 pm

Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:36 pm

Le Beau Bai wrote:One of Fast Anna from TDN yesterday...
That is quite the filter on that photo!

As for Mucho Macho Man, I think he is a horse who would appeal to European breeders. I like him actually and I think some stallions are just overly big, he looks fit. I do think though that they could have tried to get his neck to lift a bit, it looks a bit displaced in my opinion.
Twingo
Posts: 192
Joined: Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:54 am

Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:56 pm

Holy Bull, Macho Uno... Mucho Macho Man and European breeders?
Post Reply