New Conformation Photos

Treve · Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:15 pm

Texas Red is a very well-balanced, attractive horse. My first thought looking at him through my equestrian eyes is "I'd ride him!"

lurkey mclurker · Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:11 pm

I know she's not a stallion, but... Soul Stirring JPN (Frankel x Stacelita) is pretty as a picture, no?

Starine · Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:16 pm

She is quite pretty. Takes a lot after mom.

Treve · Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:31 pm

She looks like one of those classic oil paintings of thoroughbreds. Can't wait to see her mature.

Ridan_Remembered · Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:37 pm

Soul Stirring resembles her dam. I like that her maternal grandsire is the great German stallion Monsun, mostly because he is can be a valuable source of outcrossing (hybrid vigor).

Treve · Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:16 am

Ridan_Remembered wrote:Soul Stirring resembles her dam. I like that her maternal grandsire is the great German stallion Monsun, mostly because he is can be a valuable source of outcrossing (hybrid vigor).

Hybrid vigor is a misused term/concept. It only applies to interspecies crosses - Mules, Ligers, Coywolves, Wolfdogs etc. Would be hybrids. Two horses of different breeds wouldn't be, much less two of the same breed from different lines.
Outcrossing to a different line does increase genetic diversity and heterozygousness, but it's not hybrid vigor.

lurkey mclurker · Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:56 pm

serenassong wrote:
Ridan_Remembered wrote:I love American's conformation, especially his stout legs.
He gets that from his sire. His legs looked like tree trunks- the most solid I have ever seen in a TB.

I love Americain- such a stunning individual.

He covered 50 mares last year.

The yearling Americains in this sale, for the most part, look to me to be on the sturdier side...

http://bit.ly/2p3YtuY

tachyon · Mon May 15, 2017 8:02 am

Rajsaman(FR) : 2007H. Linamix(FR) x Rose Quartz(GB) by Lammtarra(USA)

at Haras de la Cauviniere, France

bare it all · Mon May 15, 2017 8:32 am

tachyon wrote:Rajsaman(FR) : 2007H. Linamix(FR) x Rose Quartz(GB) by Lammtarra(USA)

at Haras de la Cauviniere, France

Built like a brick house!

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon May 15, 2017 2:02 pm

Chunky little guy, isn't he? Beautiful head, showing that Arabian lineage, but that belly looks like a well-fed Welsh Cob's.

Ziggypop · Mon May 15, 2017 4:22 pm

[quote="BaroqueAgain1"]Chunky little guy, isn't he? Beautiful head, showing that Arabian lineage, but that belly looks like a well-fed Welsh Cob's.

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I was thinking much the same.

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon May 15, 2017 4:42 pm

Maybe not so 'little.' He's listed as 16.0¼ (1.63m) on his Weatherby's Stallion page. I presume that's 16.025 hands? A hair over 16?
Not too tall, but not really Welsh Cob size.

Miss Woodford · Mon May 15, 2017 11:12 pm

bare it all wrote:
tachyon wrote:Rajsaman(FR) : 2007H. Linamix(FR) x Rose Quartz(GB) by Lammtarra(USA)

at Haras de la Cauviniere, France
Built like a brick house!

Nah, he's just fat. A shame, I thought founder-ready TB stallions was a strictly American phenomenon.

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue May 16, 2017 12:38 am

Maybe it's all that French food.

mariasmon · Mon May 22, 2017 11:47 pm

Vancouver (AUS)

mariasmon · Tue May 23, 2017 12:11 am

Air Force Blue

mariasmon · Tue May 23, 2017 12:27 am

Society's Chairman

mariasmon · Tue May 23, 2017 12:34 am

Heaven's Glory (JPN (Tapit/Peeping Fawn)

mariasmon · Tue May 23, 2017 12:38 am

Norumbega

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue May 23, 2017 12:42 am

I think I have a horse-crush on Vancouver. I know MdO sires nothing but good-looking offspring, but I think he outdid himself with that glossy Aussie.