New Conformation Photos

[Flanders]

Northport, Chrome does look fantastic. All dappled and shiny. There is a Japanese lady who visits him often, takes pictures and videos, and shares them with Chrome's non-Japanese fans. He seems happy at Arrow Stud. I hope he is successful for them and stays there for the rest of his life. He is still getting shipments of Mrs. Pasture's cookies from American fans.

Tachyon, I like Aldebaran, especially his nice short pasterns. In general, TBs tend to have longish pasterns in comparison to other breeds. I've been following the Facebook page of a lady from England who has three pleasure horses, a Friesan gelding, an Arabian gelding, and an Andalusian yearling filly. It's been interesting to see their conformation differences, and I particularly noticed that they all have short pasterns similar to Aldebaran. I wonder if the tendency in TBs toward longer pasterns contributes to unsoundness.

First, I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes the shorter pasterns. Whenever I watch the sales, first thing I do is go to the pasterns. Too long and I feel like it's asking for injury. Same with the angle. I want a nice angle, not too steep,.

Second, who's facebook page is this? I' think I'd enjoy following that page!

Also, the differences in conformation is interesting. One of my dad's oldest friends breeds Rocky Mountain Horses, and I was at their house, looking at their conformation shots before visiting the barn. I noted the longer pastern and was told that is what you want on them because they are gaited.

Messaged you privately but its https://www.youtube.com/user/handleysellers if anyone likes those kind of videos, they also post videos everyday.

[Ridan_Remembered]

Northport, Chrome does look fantastic. All dappled and shiny. There is a Japanese lady who visits him often, takes pictures and videos, and shares them with Chrome's non-Japanese fans. He seems happy at Arrow Stud. I hope he is successful for them and stays there for the rest of his life. He is still getting shipments of Mrs. Pasture's cookies from American fans.

Tachyon, I like Aldebaran, especially his nice short pasterns. In general, TBs tend to have longish pasterns in comparison to other breeds. I've been following the Facebook page of a lady from England who has three pleasure horses, a Friesan gelding, an Arabian gelding, and an Andalusian yearling filly. It's been interesting to see their conformation differences, and I particularly noticed that they all have short pasterns similar to Aldebaran. I wonder if the tendency in TBs toward longer pasterns contributes to unsoundness.

First, I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes the shorter pasterns. Whenever I watch the sales, first thing I do is go to the pasterns. Too long and I feel like it's asking for injury. Same with the angle. I want a nice angle, not too steep,.

Second, who's facebook page is this? I' think I'd enjoy following that page!

Also, the differences in conformation is interesting. One of my dad's oldest friends breeds Rocky Mountain Horses, and I was at their house, looking at their conformation shots before visiting the barn. I noted the longer pastern and was told that is what you want on them because they are gaited.

Messaged you privately but its https://www.youtube.com/user/handleysellers if anyone likes those kind of videos, they also post videos everyday.

The Friesan is Apollo, the Arabian is Farouk, and the Andalusian yearling filly is Bella. The lady, Tara, mostly rides Farouk, while her husband, Ren, rides Apollo. If you check out the videos, you can see how short their pasterns are. Apollo's are very short in comparison with TBs. The filly has come a long way since they rescued her from a pretty bad situation.

[tachyon]

Saturnalia(JPN), 2016H. Lord Kanaloa(JPN) x Cesario(JPN), has arrived at Shadai Stallion Station

https://blog.goo.ne.jp/umaichi_news/e/1 ... 12e7377547
His stud fee is ¥6,000,000 (about US$ 58,000).

Looks like there was some judicious editing in the 5th leg area

He is still popular and has already been fully booked!!

[tachyon]

Four Wheel Drive(USA)(American Pharoah)

He will stand at Breeders Stallion Station, Hokkaido, Japan for a fee of JP¥1,000,000 (L/F JP¥1,500,000).

-- report from umaichi.com (with videos and a photo)
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/umaichi_news/e/a ... f34b084d0f

-- press release (Japanese) from The Thoroughbred Breeders Club
http://www.breeders.co.jp/temp/01a.html

-- Equisport photo & video
https://www.equisportphotos.com/Clients ... eel-Drive/
https://vimeo.com/497074129

[Retrospectiv]

Four Wheel Drive(USA)(American Pharoah)

He will stand at Breeders Stallion Station, Hokkaido, Japan for a fee of JP¥1,000,000 (L/F JP¥1,500,000).

-- report from umaichi.com (with videos and a photo)
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/umaichi_news/e/a ... f34b084d0f

-- press release (Japanese) from The Thoroughbred Breeders Club
http://www.breeders.co.jp/temp/01a.html

-- Equisport photo & video
https://www.equisportphotos.com/Clients ... eel-Drive/
https://vimeo.com/497074129

Shame he wasn't sounder, though another poster on a FB article noted they also had an AP baby from that crop who'd been in training with Ward, and he didn't hold up either, ended up with screws in his knee after breezing on the regular before he was even 2. Sounds like he's hard on his 2 yr olds.

[Northport]

Four Wheel Drive(USA)(American Pharoah)

He will stand at Breeders Stallion Station, Hokkaido, Japan for a fee of JP¥1,000,000 (L/F JP¥1,500,000).

-- report from umaichi.com (with videos and a photo)
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/umaichi_news/e/a ... f34b084d0f

-- press release (Japanese) from The Thoroughbred Breeders Club
http://www.breeders.co.jp/temp/01a.html

-- Equisport photo & video
https://www.equisportphotos.com/Clients ... eel-Drive/
https://vimeo.com/497074129

Shame he wasn't sounder, though another poster on a FB article noted they also had an AP baby from that crop who'd been in training with Ward, and he didn't hold up either, ended up with screws in his knee after breezing on the regular before he was even 2. Sounds like he's hard on his 2 yr olds.

90% of his business is getting early two year old sprinters that can run at Royal Ascot for big owners - I can't imagine it's an easy regimen for the vast majority of his two years olds that aren't the cream of the crop, but it's kind of the part of the market that Ward has cornered.

[Mylute]

Straight Shooter (Frankel x Straight Lass, by Machiavellian) was Frankel's first son at stud. He stands in Cypress at Hadjiyiannis Stud.

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/f ... ter/371137

[Retrospectiv]

^^ That's from almost 2 years ago

[Mylute]

^^ That's from almost 2 years ago

Yes but it wasn't posted here IIRC.

[BaroqueAgain1]

I hope they let his tail grow out over the past two years. The poor horse has what I call a "Hong Kong rat tail" in that photo.
Many of the runners at Sha Tin have very short tails, with the worst cut very short angled through most of the the tail, leaving only a wisp about a foot longer than the rest. Looks like a really bad mullet. Hong Kong is very warm and very humid...and those rat-tailed horses couldn't chase biting flies off their bodies if their life depended on it.
And the tails are really ugly.

[CoronadosQuest]

Aldebaran(USA) (Mr. Prospector)

at JBBA Shichinohe Stud, Aomori, August 2020

Wow, he's in incredible shape. Looks like he could go back to the track tomorrow.
Show me a 23 ye old stallion standing in the US who looks this well...

It didn't even click in my head that he was 23 already. Dang! He looks AMAZING!

[Mylute]

Sir Dudley Digges (Gio Ponti x My Pal Lana, by Kris S).

[mariasmon]

Yikes.

[Mylute]

Bodexpress (Bodemeister x Pied A Terre, by City Zip)

[mariasmon]

He's in good flesh for a horse who's only been retired a couple of months.

[Mylute]

@ Stadnina Koni Krasne

Va Bank (Archipenko x Vinales, by Dilshaan) standing in Poland for 2021. Triple Crown winner in Poland, multiple champion in Germany, Poland, and Italy, etc. Previously stood in the Czech Republic.

https://www.facebook.com/stadninakonikrasne/

[Gemini]

Sir Dudley Digges (Gio Ponti x My Pal Lana, by Kris S).

Dear Lord... why?

[Katewerk]

Sir Dudley Digges (Gio Ponti x My Pal Lana, by Kris S).

Dear Lord... why?

Why not? Genuinely curious as to why you're offended by this one.

[Mylute]

I took it the composition of the photo and the way Dudley is posed is more of the offense. I've seen other pictures of him and I think he will be much more handsome once he lets down.

[sweettalk]

I took it the composition of the photo and the way Dudley is posed is more of the offense. I've seen other pictures of him and I think he will be much more handsome once he lets down.

definitely is, for me. sheesh, looks like the "conformation" pics my 12 yr old self was proud of taking at my lesson stables, heh.