Third: Mare B

This mare’s head ties into her neck nicely with a tidy, trim throatlatch, and she has well-muscled shoulders. However, she has the least overall balance of these three mares. Divided into thirds, her middle section is distinctly the longest, and her tie-in at her loin is weak.

Her neck is short and ties into her chest very low, and her neck appears shorter on top than on the bottom. Her shoulder is short and steep in her front third, and she has a very short croup and too-high tail set in her hind third. Her hip has a triangle shape rather than the desirable square shape, and lacks depth of muscling down to her gaskin.

Her front legs have good, short cannon bones, but her hind cannon bones are longer, putting her hocks higher than her knees. That sets her up to travel in a downhill manner—with her short, steep shoulder; long back; and higher hocks, she’ll have a hard time getting her front end elevated and her hind end underneath herself for driving power.