Sat Sep 28, 2019 8:34 am
I prefer Mendy's conformation while they were racing and although Justify looks a bit better than he did on the track conformationally, I still by far prefer Mendy.
Better proportions, better balanced, better shoulder, better back, better loin, better hip. Most importantly he's extremely correct where Justify is not, notably look at their legs.
Mendelssohn ran way more yet his legs still show correct alignment and angulation. Justify ran 6 times and is over at the knee. He's a bit long pasterned (rear and front) and is a little post-legged in the rear. His left hind is positioned just behind the vertical in part to hide this/make it seem a little less apparent. Mendy's rear left is juuuuust off square but you can tell he would still be correct if his hock was perfectly perpendicular to the ground.
A filly named Ruffian...
Eine Stute namens Danedream...
Une pouliche se nommant Trêve...
Kincsem nevű kanca...
And a Queen named Beholder
), but thanks for giving us another chance to wonder how a horse so heavy-bodied as J could run as well as he did. 
