Equine Production - Conformation Faults

• Roman Nose - the bridge of the nose has a rounded or convex shape when viewed from the side.
• Pig eye - small eyes which are set too far back into the head.
• Cresty neck - excess fat deposits on the crest of the neck  
• Steep shoulder - shoulder angle steeper than 50 degrees
• Narrow chest - legs are too close together and legs may interfere when horse travels
• Extra wide chest - legs set too far apart
• Mutton withers - low, wife withers. Hard to keep the saddle in place without the cinch being tight
• Sway back - weak top line.
• Roach back - loin has a rounded (convex) appearance when viewed from the side
• Goose rump - the rump slopes sharply from the croup to the dock when viewed from the side
• Rafter hip - when viewed from the rear, the width at the point of the hip is greater than the width of the stifle
• Shallow heart girth - deep from withers to elbow is less than the length from the elbow to fetlock
• Shallow flank - pronounced narrowing in the flank region
• Buck knees - the knee is forward of a line that bisefts (Divides in half) the foreleg
• Calf knees - the knee is behind a line that bisefts the foreleg
• Tied in at the knee - small, narrow tendons look as they are squeezed in just below the knees 
• Knock knees - the knees lie inside parallel lines bisecting the forelegs
• Bowlegs - the knees lie outside parallel lines bisecting the forelegs
• Bench knees - the cannon bone is offset to the outside of the knee
• Sickle hocks - excessive angulation of the hock joint
• Post legged - insufficient angulation of the hock joint and stifle
• Cow hocks - the hocks are excessively closer together than fetlock when standing
• Bowed hocks (out at the hocks) - the hocks lie outside parallel lines bisecting the hind legs
• Steep pasterns - often accompanied by steep shoulder  
• Slopped pasterns - pasterns are usually too long or slopping
• Broken hoof/Pastern angle - the angle of the pastern and the angle of the hoof are not same  
• Coon foot - a club foot is a serious conformation fault in which the hoof is too steep (60% or more)
• Base narrow - the forelegs/hindlegs are close together at the ground than at the top of the leg
• Base wide - the forelegs or hindlegs are farther apart from the ground than at the top of the leg
• Toe in - the toes point forward each other
• Toe out - the toes point away from each other