Barbaro (the Champ)

[somerfrost]

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!

I agree 100%, some of the horses we rescued were unbelievable...hard to understand how they could even walk....of course many couldn't. Reminds me of my gelding Calledon, the farrier was here yesterday for a trim...as always I asked when he was through, "how does he look?" and as always he said, "he looks great, crooked as ever but that's just him!" Cal entered the starting gate 79 times with those legs...in racing, it ain't the looks, it's who gets to the finish line first!