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is there a horse racing at the moment that you would say had almost perfect conformation?
Its so hard to tell from afar, even from a confo pic – you really need to stand them up and take a look from the front and behind.
‘Perfect’ horses from our yard would be Cheveton(bit long in the back for some maybe), Desert Lover, Alasil(neck set on a bit high for some), April The Second.
The nicest horse I have seen for a long time is the aforementioned NH bred yearling, he is near perfect apart from very slight roach back, which I would see as a bonus in any case.is there a horse racing at the moment that you would say had almost perfect conformation?
The horse that rocks my boat more than any other I have ever seen jump a hurdle is Binocular.
He is like poetry in motion when he moves and when I first saw him when he won his first race I was totally gone with the horse.
Perhap she won’t win the Champion Hurdle despite the fact I think he’s a moral certainty (I wouldn’t dare say that in public
) but you will search near and far and not find a horse more pleasing to the eye than him.He not only moves on the flat with the grace of a gazelle he measures each hurdle with such accuracy and speed you never feel in any danger he might fall.
I don’t know about his conformation but however he is put together he looks fantastic when racing.
I am no expert but I was stood looking at the Lockinge runners in the paddock a few years back, with a bloke who knew his stuff. Made a living telling owners which stallion would make a good match for their mare. He thought Hawk Wing had the best conformation he’d ever seen.
Mark
Value Is EverythingI have to agree about Binocular Mr Fist, and I have always thought that Hardy Eustace looks the perfect hurdler and tends to get overlooked in the looks department[L’Escargot syndrome again] because he wears blinkers….
For those who were mildly interested in either this debate or the horse itself,
Little Surfer Girl
debuts in a maiden at Canterbury Park in just under an hour over 5 1/2f.
Currently trading at evens and up to 6/4 in some books.
The image of her as a yearling has disappeared from the opening post, so I’ll try it again.
http://www.inglis.com.au/images/uploaded/vendors/images/large/1232344786.5da3604fe5.jpg
The trainer, jockey and the more astute analyst have declared she will be superior as a three-year-old.
In the parade ring and jogging to the start, she is the least bit leggy. She won’t win the Golden Slipper (richest juvenile race in the world) but otherwise is likely to have a future beyond 2.
To me she is certainly more a 7/8f horse.
If she does not do it this year, it will be far harder next when the competition have caught up.I think that’s the happy medium for her, too.
She did not have ample cruising speed for 1100, and although was placed third/fourth on the rails after 300, slipped backed to second-last at the bend.
But, once she clicked, her acceleration was electric, and then peaked soon after.
I’d suggest up to 10 furlongs is within her capabilities.
) but you will search near and far and not find a horse more pleasing to the eye than him.
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