What is Confirmation?

Conformation

Describes the way a horse’s body is put together.

Observing structural correctness, muscling, type (breed), size

Head

Proportional to body, refined; forehead straight, no curvature (breed differences)

Ears correct size, alert; nostrils wide & refined

Jaw Defects

Parrot Mouth: upper jaw extends past lower jaw

Monkey Mouth: lower jaw extends past upper jaw

Neck

Proportional, appropriate length; two equal curves

Well-set into withers and shoudlers

Chest and Withers

Chest: broad, allow room for heart and lungs

Not too broad - horse toes out

Forelimb

Side: Points from shoulder, mid-elbow, through knee and fetlock; hoof should hit the ground between point of shoulder and point of elbow.

Front: Line dropped from point of shoulder should bisect strqaightly down all limb bones and hoof.