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PLACINGS by C.L.
Collins
3/22/2010
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Quarter Horse Times 1st Quarter 2010 Horse Show
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CLASS NAME 5. 2009 Performance Halter Type Quarter Horse
Stallions
1) Entry Number 20
2) Entry Number 6
Reasons: Both of these colts appear to be very nice with balance,
good legs and pretty heads.
I like the 2nd place horse a lot and might have placed him above the
1st place colt if the 2nd place colt had been shown to me better.
The 2nd place colt does appear to have a cleaner neck than the 1st
place colt but, at this age, the neck is not much of an indicator of
what it will look like when the colt is mature. At this age, the
neck may appear both shorter and thicker due to baby fat.
I mainly placed the #20 colt higher than the #6 colt because the #6
colt did not have enough pictures to let me see him from all sides.
The #20 colt placed at the top of the class because he was presented
better to me with more pictures from more angles.
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CLASS NAME 6. 2004 & Older Performance Halter Type Quarter
Horse Stallions
1) Entry Number 19
Reasons: This horse is nicely balanced and, over all, has good
performance conformation.
As the only entry in this class, he is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 9. 2006 Performance Halter Type Quarter Horse
Geldings
1) Entry Number 38
Reasons: This horse is smooth, well balanced and has very nice
neck.
As the only entry in this class, he is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 12. 2004 & Older Performance Halter Type Quarter
Horse Geldings
1) Entry Number 41
Reasons: This horse appears to be very nice. I particularly like
the depth of girth and the smoothness from his withers to his
shoulder.
As the only entry in this class, he is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 14. 2007 Performance Halter Type Quarter Horse Mares
1) Entry Number 8
Reasons: This filly is well balanced and should mature into a good,
performance type mare.
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 15. 2006 Performance Halter Type Quarter Horse Mares
1) Entry Number 37
Reasons: This is an attractive mare.
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 17. 2009 Performance Halter Type Quarter Horse Mares
1) Entry Number 42
2) Entry Number 9
3) Entry Number 36
Reasons: Although #9 appears to be the smoothest filly in the
class, I placed #42 in 1st place because she appears to have the
prettiest head, biggest hip and most muscle definition.
I placed Number 9 in 2nd place.
I placed #36 in 3rd place because the pictures of her did not really
allow me to see the filly well. There was no profile view nor was
there any way for me to see much about her feet and legs except from
the rear view. I'm sure she is very nice but was simply not shown to
me very well.
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CLASS NAME 18. 2003 & Older Performance Halter Type Quarter
Horse Mares
1) Entry Number 39
2) Entry Number 7
3) Entry Number 30
4) Entry Number 15
5) Entry Number 35
6) Entry Number 31
7) Entry Number 17
8) Entry Number 33
Reasons:
This was a very tough class to try to judge. It would have been
much better if every entry (in the whole show) had sent pictures
showing left side, right side, front and back.
Also, I'm pretty sure that every mare in the class is a fine
performance mare... but that is not what I was trying to judge. My
task was, simply to place the mares on the basis of my opinion of
good looks and functional conformation.
Since none of these mares had any glaring conformation flaws that I
could see from the pictures, I placed these mares in order of my
impression of their balance and beauty (and, of course, beauty is in
the eye of the beholder).
Truly, these placings are merely my opinion based on some very
unequal pictures.
In 1st place, I placed Number 39 because I really liked her profile
picture. She has great balance, deep heart, good withers and her
legs appear just about right. However, her other two pictures were
troubling to me. Did the owner not include to lower legs to hide
flaws? I don't know. In the end I assumed that the mare's lower
legs were probably fine and, based on the profile picture, I went
ahead and placed the mare 1st.
I placed Number 7 in 2nd place because, while I really like the
looks of this mare... for all I know she may be the very best mare
in the class... I just liked the looks of Number 39 a little better.
I placed Number 30 in 3rd place because, while I'll bet she is a
really good mare, she is a little more of the Thoroughbred type than
I would prefer for good looks... and looks is all I can go in in
judging this class. I just liked the looks of Number 39 a little
better.
I placed Number 15 in 4th place because, while I thought she is a
very smooth mare, had the most balance and physical beauty of any in
the class, there was only one picture and I discounted because of
it. But, in the end, I placed the mare because I really, really
like the way she looks in that one picture. With more and better
pictures, I think that this mare would have easily been my 1st place
mare.
I almost put her at the bottom of the class because her only picture
was of her wearing a saddle. It made me wonder if the owner of this
horse was hiding a conformation flaw with the saddle.
I placed Number 35 in 5th place. I really like this mare with her
deep heart, big hip and nice neck and head. I might have placed
this mare much higher but the pictures I had to view did not allow
me to see the mare as much as I wanted.
I placed Number 31 in 6th place. Overall, I really like this mare.
She is well balanced. I placed her below Number 35 because,
although I like her, her back legs set more up under her than I
would prefer. It may be just the way she is standing but I can only
know what is shown in the pictures. Also, her head is not as
pretty, to me, as the mares I placed above her.
I placed Number 17 in 7th place. I really think that this mare is a
fine performer. She just has that look. And I appreciate that she
was shown to me in a good picture from each side. Although she is
nicely balanced she is not as muscular as I was looking for, she
appears to be a little sickle hocked (this may be just the way she
is standing) and her head is not as pretty as other mares at the top
of the class.
I placed Number 33 in 8th place because, while she is an attractive
mare, she appears to lack the muscling and refinement in her head
and neck that can be seen in the mares at the top of the class.
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20. 2007 Traditional Halter Type Quarter Horse Stallions
1) Entry Number 10
Reasons: This is a beautiful colt. As the only entry in this
class, he is the winner.
However, while it may be just the way he is standing, this colt
appears to be sickle hocked. His hind feet are far up under him. I
view this as a serious flaw for functional soundness... so, if
another horse (even a less pretty horse) with a more correct set to
the hind legs, I probably would have placed that horse above this
one. I know that this is a pure halter class but even halter horses
should have excellent conformation of the feet and legs. If an
imaginary line from the very back of the hip going straight down
does not touch the back of the hock and the back of the pastern (or
very nearly so) the horse will be predisposed to unsoundness when
ridden.
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CLASS NAME 30. 2004 & Older Traditional Halter Type
Quarter Horse Geldings
1) Entry Number 16
2) Entry Number 13
Reasons: Both of these horses are very nice and it was difficult
for me to decide which one I like best.
I could very easily place either of these horses at the top of the
class.
I finally decided to place Number 16 in 1st place because I think he
has a little more muscle definition in his rear end than it appears
that Number 13 has.
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CLASS NAME 32. 2007 Traditional Halter Type Quarter Horse
Mares
1) Entry Number 32
Reasons: She appears to be a very nice mare but one picture taken
from a distance is not really showing a horse to a judge, is it?
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 34. 2005 Traditional Halter Type Quarter Horse
Mares
1) Entry Number 11
2) Entry Number 14
Reasons: Both of these are very nice looking mares. It was
difficult for me to choose a winner.
I could very easily place either of these mares at the top of the
class.
I finally decided to place Number 11 in first place because I
thought she appears to be a little smoother in her conformation than
does Number 14.
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CLASS NAME 36. 2004 & Older Traditional Halter Type Quarter
Horse Mares
1) Entry Number 30
Reasons: I really like this mare with her deep heart, big hip and
nice neck and head. I liked her in Class Number 18, too.
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 44. Western Horsemanship for Adults 18 or over
as of Jan 1
1) Entry Number 17
2) Entry Number 29
Reasons: First place is Number 17. This horse appears to be better
broke and performs in a more relaxed manner than does Number 29, who
is also a very nice horse. Number 29 appears to be slightly behind
the bit. and appears more bothered by what he is asked to do than is
Number 17.
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CLASS NAME 45. Western Horsemanship for Teens who were 13-17
years of age as of Jan 1
1) Entry Number 28
Reasons: This is a very nice mare. When I saw her in Class #18
(2003 & Older Performance Halter Type Quarter Horse Mares).
I thought that, while she did not have the conformation I was
seeking for the Halter class, she was likely a very good performance
mare. I was right in thinking this.
This mare won Class #44 (Western Horsemanship for Adults 18 or over
as of Jan 1) and, if anything, she performed better and in more
relaxed manner in this class. I like her.
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 52. 2008 Performance Halter Type Paint Horse
Stallions
1) Entry Number 22
Reasons: This is a pretty and nicely conformed performance type
colt.
As the only entry in this class, he is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 57. 2004 & Older Performance Halter Type Paint
Horse Stallions
1) Entry Number 40
2) Entry Number 45
3) Entry Number 25
Reasons: While all three of these horses appear to be very nice,
because he was the smoothest, most muscular and, to me, the
prettiest horse in the class I placed Number 40 in 1st place.
Entry Number 45, the 2nd place horse, may be the best horse in this
class and looked very good but, to me, not as good as
the first place horse.
Entry Number 25 in in 3rd place. He may be much better than he
appeared to me. It was hard to tell. The pictures did not show him
in profile and so it was difficult to compare him with the other two
horses.
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CLASS NAME 65. 2007 Performance Halter Type Paint Horse
Mares
1) Entry Number 21
Reasons: This is an attractive mare.
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 67. 2005 Performance Halter Type Paint Horse
Mares
1) Entry Number 34
Reasons: This is a nice mare with good withers, deep heart and a
nice neck and head.
As the only entry in this class, she is the winner.
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CLASS NAME 75. 2004 & Older Traditional Halter Type Paint
Horse Stallions
1) Entry Number 40
2) Entry Number 45
Reasons: While both horses appear to be very nice, because he was
the smoothest, most muscular and, to me, the prettiest horse in the
class I placed Number 40 in 1st place.
Entry Number 45, the 2nd place horse, may be the best horse in this
class and looked very good but, to me, not as good as the first
place horse.
I placed these two horses as I did when I judged them in Class #57
(2004 & Older Performance Halter Type Paint Horse Stallions)
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