Conformation Clinic: The Shoulder and Forearm

[vtladyhawke]

OK, first off I'd like to apologize for the insane length of time between posts. Schoolwork, job, and homelife have been eating up most of my time. However, now that I'm between semesters, I have a bit more time to breathe! So without further ado, I give you the chest, shoulder, and forearm!

The Shoulder

Straight Shoulder:When measured from the

Comments

[blauereiterin]

hey, thanks for this! i'm terrible with shoulders, unless they're extreme one way or the other. the angles are just so subtly different, yanno? also, i now know my horse is pigeon breasted. O_o i've always noticed that about her but never knew it was a named conformation fault!

[tabascokat]

my mare is pigeon breasted...it does cause a different feel to her gaits..nice to know I dont' imagine that rolling feeling, lol.

[belle7067]

I love this post. Really, I do. I am, however, so distracted by how large it is that I can't read it.

Can you please put it behind an LJ cut for the sake of our friends pages? Thank you!

[0033232]

Thank you for this. It's helpful to isolate a certain section of the body and focus in-depth.

Some of the pictures made me drool a little.

[harro_der]

Wow, thankyou! I've never seen it laid out so that *I* could actually understand shoulders! I have a MUCH better idea now!