apocalypsepony wrote:
Rumonek wrote:
apocalypsepony wrote:
I don't think there is anything wrong with her back. She may or may not be a little long in the loin, though it looks like it's plenty strong. She is a straight shouldered and a little short in the croup. I don't think she is light in "bone", but I think she is lacking in fitness and the lack of muscling in her forearms and gaskins gives her a "big body on toothpick legs" look. She doesn't have the longest neck in the world either and it is a bit straight, but again with better fitness I think it would be more shapely. She has an attractive, though not particularly fancy or typey, head and a pretty eye.

I think, given that I think her shoulder is her biggest weakness that the stallion is a pretty good choice. Would it be possible to post their registered names or maybe a link to their pedigrees?
You are exactly right. She was bred to race, but her breeders just got too old and she was never started- she has not really WORKED a day in her life. I posted the pedigrees above- take a look image

Well, now I will admit that I don't know much at all about Egyptian Arab pedigrees. Had they been Polish, Domestic or Russian I would have been able to say if the cross makes sense on paper. But I've never been much 'into' Egyptian Arabians and am at a loss when looking at Egyptian/Egyptian-related pedigrees. I only recognize names that are "big" from way back. Someone with more knowledge of Egyptian and Egyptian related pedigrees will have to tell you about her breeding, I don't recognize anything much there except the "Big Names" and they are so far back as to be not worth talking much about.

Even if your mare is light in bone (which I really think is a matter of personal opinion in her case), I don't see that the stallion is, so he's still a decent choice. She might be a little long between her eye and her nostril, but then again I think Marwan Al Shaqab is too (I think he's really long there but I'm old fashioned image), so obviously that's a matter of personal preference too, and not such a hard and fast fault. I think given your mare's short-comings (and they all have them) the stallion seems a good choice. This opinion is based solely on phenotype, leaving out pedigrees and what you might predict from them.



Haha- Well... waaaay back there (Great Grand-dam), Matsya was imported from Russia, so you have some of those bloodlines in there