erika wrote:
Callisto04 wrote:
I want to ask a question. What I noticed first on the foal is that the front legs are very straight when you watch them from the side. I have done some research some time ago for a thread where pastern angles were discussed. During that research in one of the research papers was stated that foals that were straight legged at young age tended to become over at the knee as they mature. I don't have the research papers on file right here, but I want to ask if others know about it.

Constantine had very straight legs as a foal, and still has very straight legs as a three year old. That's the only input I can offer, lol.


I forgot about this, I did find the paper again. Of course it's a statistical tendency, so it can not be brought back to any individual. This is what was in the paper: "The increase in the radiometacarpal angle with age is interesting. This carpal conformation progressively changes from 'back at the knee' to slightly 'over at the knee' between the weanling and 3-year old year and this is an important consideration when evaluating weanlings and yearlings, as one should avoid selecting individuals that are 'over at the knee' at an early age and a foal that is 'back-in-the-knee' will likely improve considerably" authors: Marvin Beeman & Byron Good

Some words when spoken can't be taken back