Without seeing him move I understand if it's hard to say, but just going on conformation alone, do you think this colt could make a decent reining horse?

I think it looks like loads of fun, and I LOVE western, it's always been my "seat" of choice.. so what do you think? He's a coming two year old, will be two in February, and the outside pics were taken in August, and the in stall pics taken late September.

Thanks in advance!

Missy

I just happend to be browsing and saw your post, I am not good at conformation but I sure
do like your boy!

Tell us a little more about him, does he have reining horses in his bloodlines? How is his
temperament, I have read where that plays an important part in whether they are suited
for reining or not.

maybe someone with conformation knowledge will offer some opinons for ya!

sally

Thanks for the reply and compliment

I don't think he has reining horses in his pedigree, his dam is Babson/Malabar bred and his sire is Pure Polish, Bask/Aladdinn.

He's a great horse, really laid back, but has plenty of get up and go when asked, or when he gets a bug up his butt... lol

He's only a coming two year old, will be 2 in February, so I don't plan on starting him until he's 3, but I will start doing ground work as soon as his stupid quarter crack gets better... I'm not sure how he did it, but I had the farrier out today, and am having the vet out tomorrow, so we'll see how long it's gonna be... bleh...

Thanks again, looking forward to hearing others opinions..

Missy

He's cute! Nice stout hocks and good muscling on his gaskin, so a good start. He's in a growthy stage and too young to tell much else at the moment. Do you have pix of either of his parents? That would help. The hardest thing is giving them time to grow up and mature, it's a tough sport, lots of wear and tear on the joints.

Good luck with the vet.

He does not scream reining to me, but if he does the "stuff" out in the field and is a quiet, sensible, patient horse, ya never know. I was looking in my files for a yearling picture of someone.... yearlings are notoriously ugly.
Here's a half arab at 14 months who's expected to rein. his full sister is competing in reining and he was bought from me as a prospect. he's actually a pretty mover at the trot and the pictures arent at the right angle, but you can see he's got some substance. Not only that, I was impressed with the size of his knees and hocks right away and the whole time i had him comparing him to others I have/had.
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Black Ice--I met a lady by Des Moines who breeds Malabars. She has hers in training for dressage and jumping. They are very athletic overall. I don't see any reason your guy can't do some reining, to what level I couldn't even guess!

Here's my reining prospect, and like Mhtokay said the biggest thing I notice on him is the shear size of his joints and bone. Plus he's just so balanced, and even intact is very quiet--not much fazes him. I hope to send him out or start him myself lightly late next year (he's 3 in May) and then find a reining trainer the next year. I just can't wait to ride this guy--he has a back that looks like it's made for a saddle!

(I've been told the shadows in this pic make his hip look light, trust me he has plenty of junk in that trunk LOL)

He's definitely SUPER quiet, and usually very patient, and he's not even two yet. He's been really quiet since he was born, I've been able to do anything with him, and take him anywhere.

I've been having to soak and wrap his foot due to a bad quarter crack lately, and he couldn't care less, and is really good for me to care for it. I haven't been able to evaluate his movement much because I was pregnant recently, then I had to recover from my c-section, and just as I was starting to teach him to longe, he injured his foot... SO... HOPEFULLY once this is all healed I can get him into a round pen or into the ring and longeing again...

UGH!

I'm super excited as well to get on him... I have a whole year to wait though.. gonna be a LONG year! Hopefully I can get to a show or two just to show in hand though. Even if it's just for fun.

Thanks for the thoughts everyone!

Missy

Okay, here are some pictures of his sire and dam...

Black Streak (sire) PP stallion







Elmarees Al Shama (dam) Malabar and Babson bred

as a two year old...



6 years old



5 years old?

Never know until you try. Most of the time, you can judge a good working horse by looking at conformation, parents etc. Sometimes you can't

I just started my guy. Will we do very well? Probably not as well as some other horses with lower set hocks that are shorter (I measured him today, he's 15 hands with shoes on at 4 years old) but will it be fun? Yep.

Will probably work cows with him too. He seems to enjoy what we are doing, and that's all that matters. I'll probably show him in western pl. as well.

Whatever you do with your guy, good luck!

Athletic horses can go many different directions. It's also hard to judge a horse in the gangly stages. I'll posted pictures of Cajin when he was in the ugly phase. I think he's matured well, it just took time. Everytime we'd get weight on him, he would grow another eleventy billion feet.

yearling, captain clamped tail.



a little older



The mule stage of his two/three year old year.



Earlier this year



Now

That is a beautiful boy you have, BI, I love his daddy, too! Not to be smartalec, either, but you really DO NOT know until you saddle them and see. Conformationally, you want a big, powerful rear end, lowset hocks, solid bone, hard, strong feet, west. set neck and a short back, but not too short, easier to get their butt under them!! However, having said all of that, I have SURE seen some wiry lil wispy Arabs perform like powerhouses in many ww venues. Generally speaking, however, you want bulky/big motor/bone kinda ponies. Best of luck to you!


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