Potentially Silly Question...

[Weaving]

I'm aware that being overly thin or overly fat affects a horse's competition performance. Howeverrrrr, after looking at the conformation/ideal size page here Log Pull looks pretty 'extremely overweight' to me. I'm sure I read that over BCS 6 was just flat bad, in the case of Log Pull is this still the case?

Thanks in advance!

[Randi Potos]

I could be wrong, but I think the horse in the example may just look "extremely fat" because of the horse's overall body size and conformation.

[Weaving]

I could be wrong, but I think the horse in the example may just look "extremely fat" because of the horse's overall body size and conformation.

I was wondering that... So just very bulky? Like a high percentage body size?

[Argent II]

Body size doesn't have much influence on appearance, from what I've seen.

[Argent II]

80% http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/246813
37% http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/246734

[Weaving]

Body size doesn't have much influence on appearance, from what I've seen.

Those examples are hilarious! You wouldn't guess they were more than 5% from each other to look at, I thought there was more of a difference in mine but there really isn't, how bizarre! In fact some of my really bulky lookers have a smaller percentage body size than the others. So, would it be safe to assume that being extremely overweight isn't such a detriment to a log puller?

Or is it that the actual conformation points have an effect on how bulky a horse appears? I think this maybe rings true for a few of my high scorers, when indivdual areas i.e. legs get to +5 strength for example its very clear to see them chunking up. So maybe a +5 or greater neck and hind quarters could bulk up a horse sufficiently to achieve that example log pulling build without carrying extra weight?

Brain fart over...

[Scythian]

It looks to me as if

Relatively sloping croup line from hindquarter to tail equates with "strength" as this game will judge it. Good for power events from Show Jumping to Log Pull.

Relatively flat croup line (fashionable for Arabians in the USA in the 1960s) is better for Hunter, Dressage, and Saddleseat.

[Kintara]

I could be wrong, but I think the horse in the example may just look "extremely fat" because of the horse's overall body size and conformation.

I was wondering that... So just very bulky? Like a high percentage body size?

Training makes them look quite bulky too, those heavy muscled breeds look extremely bulky once trained!

[Argent II]

I was wondering that... So just very bulky? Like a high percentage body size?

Training makes them look quite bulky too

And all of the example horses are displayed at high fitness, because boss though they looked best that way.

[Weaving]

So based on this, just a quick example I'm training at the moment, I'm gonna keep my fatties fat haha!


I think once he's a bit shinier and bulkier from training, he wont be a million miles away from the examples...