Boots - 10 Year Old AQHA Mare(Pic Heavy)

[Goldun Acres]

Breed:Quarter Horse(registered AQHA)
Pedigree: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/these+boots+can+run
Age: 10
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.3 hands tall
Horse's current job and future intended uses: Trail, All Around - Cow Horse, Reining, Sorting
Additional Information: Boots has been my trail horse for almost 4 years now. She has been used as a barrel horse in the past(before I bought her). I don't really have anywhere to work her right now, but I've got a begginer spin on her and got the backing up down - now we just need to work on our stops and I think we might do ok in a small (tiny) novice reining class. She is a great broodmare and produces super nice foals. Her 07 filly was a Furturity Money Earner.
Pictures: Here are pictures taken yesterday - she is very out of shape and on the obese side..









Didn't get a hind shot yesterday so here's an old one(a few years old)..

[pvf]

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[Ayla]

I don't like her back. It's long, and it's swayed. She is also downhill. Her butt is formed strangely, with a little dip between muscles, but that might be fixed by work. She seems to have very flat withers, which would make it hard to fit a saddle to. Her legs are slightly posty and her throatlatch is rather thick. I love how big her feet are!

[Iwasbornonahorse]

She is a little long, and def overweight. I'd like to see a deeper hip but overall she is a really pretty mare with a beautiful head and a nice broad chest

[Tippy]

She has a very solid build, nice clean legs and a pretty kind face I really like her coloring. Are you sure she is not a dunalino? I have a red dun as well and he has more of redish mane and tail.
I also think her back is too long, but not swayed. She does appear to be mutten withered but once you get her in shape you may find some
Long backed horses don't do very well as reiners, you could show her in small novice shows if you really wanted of course but I don't think it will ever be her cup o tea. She doesn't have a clean throatlach either which will prohibit her from flexing easily at the poll. I think trail classes, HUS, and cattle sorting would me more her game.

[Goldun Acres]

I never planned on doing reining for anything more then fun!

She is long backed - I know that - and mutten withered. I have never had such a terrible problem fiding a saddle to fit a horse. I think I'm just going to go to treeless because I think the saddle I have now still doesn't fit her...

I've heard the "dunalino" thing a lot; she is just a very light red dun. Sometimes she does get ever lighter in the summer and looks palomino but she's still a red dun.

Thanks guys!

Anyone else!

[David]

I'm no conformation expert, especially with QHs since I'm a gaited horse person, so I don't usually comment on this thread...I just look and drool.lol However, I wanted to offer my opinion on some things on your girl. First I want to say I agree with Tippy that even though her back is a little long for my taste she is not swaybacked and that if she lost some weight you might even discover some withers ( although to me QHs are all a little challenged in that department), I also wanted to say that with the weight loss her throatlatch might clean up a little too. I think this girls only problem is not enough work and too much time with nothing else to do but eat. However, I'd much rather see a fat horse that needs exercise than one that's underfed.

[Tippy]

Goldun Acres;1243600]I never planned on doing reining for anything more then fun!

She is long backed - I know that - and mutten withered. I have never had such a terrible problem fiding a saddle to fit a horse. I think I'm just going to go to treeless because I think the saddle I have now still doesn't fit her...

I've heard the "dunalino" thing a lot; she is just a very light red dun. Sometimes she does get ever lighter in the summer and looks palomino but she's still a red dun.

Thanks guys!

Anyone else!

Funny enough my red dun gelding also has no withers(and a long back too) saddle was a pain in the butt, until I finally found some things that work . I use a billy cook reiner and a impact gel saddle pad seems to stay on real good. I used to use the wonpad which is awsome! Your saddle will not move!!
Have you had her color tested? I just did some pedigree research on her and her color comes from her dam but there are a lot of buckskins down there that could have been either dunskins or duns.