Conformation Flashcards
What is conformation?
The physical appearance of the anial due to the arrangement of muscle, bone, and other body tissues
From what four angles should you evaluate conformaiton?
Tracking, Profile View, Front View, and Rear View
What are the two primary structural deviations that exist in the knees of horses as they are viewed from the side?
Buck-knee or Calf-knee
What term is used to describe a horse with too much slope to its pasterns?
Coonfooted
What is meant by coonfooted?
A horse that has too much slope to its pasterns making the fetlocks too close to the ground
What type of pastern will give a horse a choppy,rough ride?
Steep Pasterns
A horse with too much angle in the hock joint is called what?
Sickle-hocked
A horse weak in its coupling and shallow in the flank may be termed what?
Hound gutted or wasp-waisted
What is the term referring to throwing the front feet outward while in flight?
paddling
What is the term referring to throwing the front feet inward while in flight?
Dishing or Winging
What is the term reffering to a defect of wide-fronted horses in which they rol from side to side as they stride?
Rolling
What is an enlargement below the point of the hock?
Curb
Define base narrow front legs?
A horse that stands closer at the ground than at the origin of the legs in the chest
What foot flight pattern do “base wide” or “toed out” horses follow?
Winging in
In reference to way-of-going, “winging” occurs in horses with what conformational defect?
Base wide or toed-out feet
