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He is very pleasing to the eye.Northport wrote:Fort Larned
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I'd say.Izvestia wrote:Club foot-y looking? He needs to fill out, his neck looks so scrawny!
He looks like he was just rescued from a slaughter house. Ok, I'm exaggerating a bit but sheesh, they A. should have taken a better photo with a better background and B. waited until he filled out more. Nothing will help those hooves though.
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If you were putting together an encyclopedia of horse breeds, Fort Larned's photo could be a good choice for depicting the classic American Thoroughbred.
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Fort Larned last year...
https://twitter.com/mbauerherzog/status ... 76/photo/1
He's filled out to match his head!
https://twitter.com/mbauerherzog/status ... 76/photo/1
He's filled out to match his head!
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The photo wasn't taken by the farm. It was taken by a visitor and tweeted out. It's a terrible photo (as many unprofessional conformational type shots are) so shouldn't be held against the horse.Kay16 wrote:I'd say.Izvestia wrote:Club foot-y looking? He needs to fill out, his neck looks so scrawny!
He looks like he was just rescued from a slaughter house. Ok, I'm exaggerating a bit but sheesh, they A. should have taken a better photo with a better background and B. waited until he filled out more. Nothing will help those hooves though.
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mariasmon wrote:Musketier (GER)
What's with that hunter bump?
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Have to love it, really, proving that being ginormous isn't a requirement for being a good racehorse -- or having the perfect neck.mariasmon wrote:Yes. And I swear, he's about 14.3hh.Izvestia wrote:Is Oxbow that short necked in person?
The neck length is the only fault I can spot from that photo.
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Other than his mini-neck, I agree. He's a very attractive horse, proportionally. He does look tiny though. Funny to hear he is that small. Size doesn't always matter! I imagine that if he does pass on his tiny size, they won't sell extraordinarily well at the sales. But, he was a tough little dude, and I think if he'd been with someone else as a trainer, may have lasted longer.
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I think a lot of people find Musketier(GER) not the most handsome horse, but we are very used to seeing our own type of "American" horse. He has German blood (obviously) on his top side and French, British, and Irish on the bottom side. Different type of animal, but I really do like it, think we need some fresh lines, IMO.
Was just thinking, wonder if he still has his monkey hanging from the stall door
Was just thinking, wonder if he still has his monkey hanging from the stall door
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