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Post by weezewoo on Jun 9, 2014 21:46:42 GMT
Looking for advice, what are judges looking for when scoring highlands in conformation , what is good and what is bad. Thanks .
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Post by holmedown on Jun 10, 2014 18:06:00 GMT
would hope it is the same as for any breed - as in that it fits the breed standard.
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Post by kmc on Jun 16, 2014 10:45:57 GMT
I enquired about a lovely Highland pony recently, he looked very 'correct and typey' in confirmation, however his breeders were completely honest with me and said he wouldn't make county level because the wall of his hoof has a white strip on the underside and it is technically a fault under the breed rules... xx
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Post by justliloldme on Jun 16, 2014 12:36:08 GMT
mines not being shown much as prefers to be kept slender and not rippling in fat, but also he has the correct obleque pasterns providing good suspension seen many with good prefixes with very upright feet just saying
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Post by justliloldme on Jun 16, 2014 12:41:36 GMT
The height of a Highland pony is between 13 hands to 14.2 hands. The head is well-carried and alert with a kindly eye, broad muzzle and deep jowl. Reasonable length of neck going from the withers with a good sloping shoulder and well-placed forearm is desired. Ponies are to have a well-balanced and compact body with deep chest, well-sprung ribs, powerful quarters with a well-developed thigh, strong gaskin and clean flat hocks. Desired traits also include: flat hard bone, broad knees, short cannon bones, oblique pasterns and well-shaped broad dark hooves.[1]
Feather hair behind the fetlocks is soft and silky. When Highland ponies are shown, the mane and tail is kept natural, flowing and untrimmed.
Highland ponies are seen in a range of dun shades. The Highland Pony Society recognizes shade variations referred to as "mouse," (known in other breeds as grullo) "yellow," (bay dun) "grey," (dun with gray gene that lightens with age) and "cream" ( a dun apparently also possessing a dilution factor).[1] Other, nonstandard, terms such as "fox dun", (describing a red dun) "oatmeal dun" and "biscuit dun" (describing a cream dun) are sometimes also used.[2] They also may be grey, seal brown, black, and occasionally bay or a shade of liver chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail.[1]
Dun-coloured ponies have primitive markings which include a dorsal stripe and some show zebra markings on legs. A transverse shoulder stripe is also often present. Foal coat often changes and many ponies change colour gradually as they grow older. Others show a slight seasonal change in colour between winter and summer coats. "Broken" colours such as pinto are not allowed.[1]
The Highland Pony Society actively discourages white markings of any description other than a small white star. Stallions with white markings other than a small star are not eligible for licensing by the Highland Pony Society. No white markings (other than a small star) nor white legs or white hooves are acceptable in the show ring.[1]
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Post by forester on Jun 18, 2014 16:24:18 GMT
Looking for advice, what are judges looking for when scoring highlands in conformation , what is good and what is bad. Thanks . every judge has a difference of opinions you will just have to go under judges and then keep a book who likes and who doesnt
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Post by skylarky on Sept 16, 2014 11:59:29 GMT
oblique pasterns mean sloping? is that right? Ive also read that they shouldn’t be too short - something I've been interested in recently to see many highlands with longer looking pasterns that are subsequently in action displaying an almost level angle in movement, as the fetlock flexes and drops. It also has to be said they the up to height ponies are the ones that seem to be prefered by many judges, along with the traditional greys and duns.
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