What characteristics may be assessed when assessing conformation of the horse? | Overall conformation, balance, conformation in relation to purpose, height, head (forehead, eyes, ears, nostrils, jaw, teeth), neck, chest (barrel), back, loin, hindquarters and tail carriage; forelimbs - tendons, wither, shoulder, upper arm, forearm, cannon, pastern; joints of the forelimb - elbow, knee (carpus), fetlock, pastern, coffin; hindlimbs - tendons, femur, gaskin, cannon, pastern; joints of the hindlimb - hip, stifle, hock, fetlock, pastern, coffin; feet, colour, action and way of going, blemishes, vices, limb deviations. |