Subject: Re: Saddlebreds and Morgans: Hereditary Swaybacks? Why?!?
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Date: 1998/03/02
Patrick & Ruth
>Yesterday we went to look at a 7 yr old morgan gelding.
>My husband rode him W-T-C & did some flexions. He's a
>nice enough horse and all but watching him I couldn't stop
>thinking of a really large dachshund. The scary part is
>Patrick wants to buy it. (Sweet Lord, NO!)
Is he long because of a long back (a big fault) or long because of a
greatly laid back shoulder and a long hip (both considered points of
Morgan type)? Proper Morgan type produces an animal which appears long
on the *underside* because of the shoulder layback and long hip,
combined with relatively short legs.
>I know next to nothing about the breed. Does anyone know if
>a Morgan can handle 10+ mile XC pace keeping up with a Tb?
>(I have serious doubts no matter what kind of shape we whip
>him into)
Like any other breed, it depends on the individual. Morgans have been
successful in endurance and CT, eventing (Denny Emerson has several
Morgan stallions in training), and combined driving, all events which
require a fair amount of staying power ;-).
Sticking with the subject line- there are some lines of show Morgans
that have a low or 'dippy' back, but much of it is optical illusion
from a rump high conformation. I've never seen what I would consider
an actual *sway-back"
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