Horse Judging: Terms for Oral Reasons, UNL

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Faults

• Was fast in his pace on the rail • Failed to complete the accurate number of strides between fences

Form over Fences • Shows more scope and care on the approach while still being more aggressive and more brilliant over the jump. • Shows greater bascule and is more centered over the standards when reaching his arc. • He was more direct in his approach, jumping more evenly off both hind legs, with a rounder form and more arc to his back • He shows more bascule, rounding his back and reaching his arc in the middle of the jump • Pulled his knees to his chin and flexed his ankles for a more ideal under carriage. • Rounder bascule form tip of the ear to his tail. • Scopier hunter • Smoother arc • Tighter in his undercarriage being more horizontal in his forearm and more even in his knee. • More rounded in his back thus creating more symmetry to his jumps • Exhibited a more ideal bascule • Carried himself in a more balanced frame • Approached the fences in a straighter line • Exhibited a more ideal bascule • Highest point of his arc being more centrally located over the fence • Forearms held more parallel • He tucked his front legs more neatly in front of his chest with roundness to his neck and back

• Held his knees higher than his elbow • Make the distance between the fences • Kept his heels close to his elbow • More even in his forearms and knees • Straighter to the center of each fence • Rounder in form over the fences • Greater arc to his back from wither to croup • Tucked his knees more evenly and tighter

• Exhibited more correct hunter form over both fences and produced a more ideal bascule form the spot of departure through his landing, being more round in back with the highest point of his arc being more centrally located over the fence and his forearms were more nearly horizontal, expressing more evenness and elevation to knees. • Trails with higher hocks over both fences • He pulls his legs tight and has more flex to his ankles

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