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Originally Posted by LARHAGE
I agree re: Magnum Psyche, saw him win Nationals, I have a Padrons Psyche son and am breeding to a black Magnum Psyche son this spring, an absolutely breathtaking horse is Magnum Psyche, I also saw him as a yearling and he was as beautiful than an he is now! I agree also about judging show horses and race horses, it's actually harder in that show horses are being bred to be conformationally perfect, racehorses are bred for speed, anyone who has done rescue or has ex-racers can attest to how bad their conformation sometimes is, the judging there is completely different. I acually thought Seattle Slew was pretty unattractive, and Pleasnat Colony was downright hideous!  |
That is awesome. If I was into Arabs, he is definitely who I would go for! I may get into them one day because my fiance loves them! Pleasant Colony WAS horrible! No offense to him because he was a great racehorse. He had one of the longest backs and was one of the most hound-gutted horses that I have ever seen! His shoulder angle and neck were better than a lot of TB's though. Most TBs have those awful completely straight shoulders...you know what I'm talking about. It's nice to see one that is a little more rounded as in Grindstone and Pleasant Colony. He also had a nice colume of bone although his cannons were too long. Overall, he was built to run as he displayed on the track. His back is long and his shoulder was rounded both indicative of a large stride. His neck was was long and thin so that he was not top heavy. He was a lighter horse than some of the others like Secretariat and Seattle Slew and he had a good colume of bone. Therefore, he could stand up to the rigors of racing. I really didn't like Seattle Slew hip and shoulder, but again, he was also built to race as it showed on the track. It isn't so much Barbaro's and Bernardini's conformation that makes them as fast and appealing as they are. It is their presence, the look in their eye, and their heart. They just have that whole look to them...it is a look that not many horses have. It screams, "I am a great champion." Which, I think both of them are.