New Conformation Photos

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Izvestia
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Macaroni wrote:Not official, but Competitive Edge:

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He's nice enough, but it looks like he toes in (hard to tell from this angle). Think he's a bit upright, but it might be photographer error???
Super Saver has thrown some runners, but I don't love their lack of soundness.
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Went to the Keane Stud, NY open house today, a bit of a gloomy day so my pics are a bit dark.

Normandy Invasion
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The Lumber Guy
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Al Khali
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Stonesider
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Frost Giant
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Pictures from Dutchess Views Farm, NY open house today-

Marsh Side
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Big Brown
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Bellamy Road
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Nice pics, thanks for sharing!

Normandy Invasion is a pretty boy.

Al Khali is a bit long in the back, but I still kinda like him.

Big Brown is real nice, too.
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!
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Keane is a New York farm, yes? Nice bunch of stallions for that state's breeding program.
Normandy' is as elegant as I remember, The Lumber Guy seems to combine good things from both his sire, Grand Slam, and his damsire, Unbridled's Song, Al Khali is a bit long through his body, and Frost Giant really resembles his sire.
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What is up with Bellamy Road's closest front? Is that an old injury or just how he is standing? It looks awful.
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Flanders wrote:What is up with Bellamy Road's closest front? Is that an old injury or just how he is standing? It looks awful.
No, he injured himself during the Derby and then again during the Travers. Pretty sure that was the leg that he injured.

ETA: Yep, it was his right front that he injured.
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It's amazing Bellamy walks as well as he does on that ugly leg.
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Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:51 pm

Thanks for sharing your photos. Normandy Invasion is a very handsome boy. The Lumber Guy reminds me of an Arabian. And Frost Giant looks so much like his dad.
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Curious how big Marsh Side is, he looks quite leggy.
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Tonalist is an attractive colt, all legs and big-boned as heck. That roach back is the only major flaw I see.
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What a big chunk. :D

Love his bone and I think he will transform nicely over the next hear or two. His neck set could be more attractive, but that doesn't matter when you're running. Is he a bit downhill or is that just the picture?

I feel like Tonalist is a great entry in Tapit's roster of sons, if the big grey dude is destined to be a sire of sires.
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!
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I thought he looked a little downhill as well (and maybe that is why his neck set is low-ish looking?), but sometimes I don't trust these pictures completely.
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I just picture the Lane's End stallion managers rubbing their hands gleefully and cackling this morning having all three Eclipse award finalists in the barn - Tonalist, HC & Liam's Map. :lol:
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Like the horse, but HATE the photo.
Photoshopping the crap out of a conformation shot does nothing good for the horse.
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No kidding.

You'd think with the amount of money at their disposal they could actually hire someone with a smidge of talent to create their promotional shots for their stallions. I never have understood some of the big name farms using preschool level talent.
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That's not a photo of the horse I'd use in an advertisement, but all they've really done is colored in the background so he stands out from it. Also, "chunk" is not a word I'd use to describe him, at least right now. I thought he was anything but. A year from now, might be a different story.
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mariasmon wrote:That's not a photo of the horse I'd use in an advertisement, but all they've really done is colored in the background so he stands out from it. Also, "chunk" is not a word I'd use to describe him, at least right now. I thought he was anything but. A year from now, might be a different story.

I think they meant "chunk" as in big, big-boned. He is certainly those things.
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Izvestia wrote:
mariasmon wrote:That's not a photo of the horse I'd use in an advertisement, but all they've really done is colored in the background so he stands out from it. Also, "chunk" is not a word I'd use to describe him, at least right now. I thought he was anything but. A year from now, might be a different story.

I think they meant "chunk" as in big, big-boned. He is certainly those things.
Yes, sorry! I didn't mean chunky monkey fat (though he may very well be one day, you're right), just...naturally thick. Lots of bone, lots of horseflesh. Just a big ol' horse.
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!
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