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Rocconisse asked in PetsHorses · 10 years ago

How's Your Conformation Judging-- Quiz?

Quiz time!

A horse's conformation is the way its body is put together. Conformation can determine a horse's athletic ability, the probability it will become lame or develop arthritis and the smoothness of its gait. It's the most important thing to look for when buying or breeding a horse. How good are you at judging a horse's conformation?

This is a re-post, but I think enough time has passed that most people won't have seen it. Answers are at the bottom (don't peek!).

Here are the horses: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63829022@N05/59443479...

...and here are the questions:

1. Which horse has sickle hocks?

2. Which horse has post hocks?

3. Which horse has correct hocks?

4. Which horse is "camped out" behind?

5. Which horse's back is the longest?

6. Which horse is most "downhill"?

7. Which horse is the best "type" for English classes, despite his flaws?

8. Which horse would be a great gaming horse because of his compact frame, short cannons and over-all decent-to-good conformation?

Here are the answers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63829022@N05/59448876...

Post how well you did! Best (and most honest) score gets the points :)

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  • ♣ALT
    Lv 6
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    B

    C

    A

    C

    B

    B

    C

    A

    I managed to get them all right! I wrote these exact answers down as I was going through your question and then checked the last picture.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    1. Which horse has sickle hocks?

    B Due to the fact that she's camped in as well, creates a an arch.

    2. Which horse has post hocks?

    C His are as straight as they get. Not really, but a great example for that fault

    3. Which horse has correct hocks?

    A? He isn't standing square, so I can't give my best judgement but it the one leg that is "square" seems to be in check

    4. Which horse is "camped out" behind?

    C Because his legs are sticking out past his butt point

    5. Which horse's back is the longest?

    B (Her back isn't shorter then her bottomline)

    6. Which horse is most "downhill"?

    B Because her butt is higher then her whithers. A kinda is butt they look pretty even with each other. But He isn't the worst.

    7. Which horse is the best "type" for English classes, despite his flaws?

    C Because he is uphill and that's good when you want a jumper. Not a fan of his shoulders but can't complain. Obviously a TB and most people think that all TBs are perfect for English. Not entirely true.

    8. Which horse would be a great gaming horse because of his compact frame, short cannons and over-all decent-to-good conformation?

    A But you basically covered it up there ^ but I still don't like his neck

    My results?

    I beasted it for the most part but I thought A was more downhill but it does make sense since he's on a hill. Not a good shot at all.

    ADD Thanks so much for doing this! What a fun thing to do!

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Horse Judging Quiz

  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    1- B

    2- C

    3- A

    4- C

    5- B

    6- B

    7- I would go with C because she/he stands more correctly than B

    and A doesn't really look like an English type horse.

    8- A of course. The rest are too longed back and more the type for

    hunters or English classes.

  • 10 years ago

    Answers as I'm getting them:

    1. B

    2. C

    3. A

    4. C

    5. Looks like B. The way C is stretched makes him look really long. (Optical illusions. haha)

    6. B

    7. C

    8. A

  • 10 years ago

    1.B

    2.C

    3.A

    4.C

    5.B

    6.B

    7.C

    8.A

    Oh wow I got them all right! Whadya know.

    But really the reason I wanted to answer this question is because I wanted to point out that horse C was a OTTB from New Vocations :) I know because I recognize the photographers logo in the picture. He's gorgeous!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    It's been a while since I've done this but I'll take a stab at it. :)

    1. B

    2. C

    3. A

    4. C

    5. C

    6. B

    7. C

    8. A

  • 10 years ago

    My answers

    1) b correct

    2) a incorrect

    3) c incorrect

    4) c correct

    5) c incorrect

    6) b correct

    7) depending which classes b/c partly correct

    8) a correct

    so i had 4 and a half out of 8

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