In a horseman's discussion of conformation, you will hear the word "balance" come up quite a bit. To the untrained eye, it's hard to see if a horse is balanced or not, or where that horse's center of gravity is. However, there are some tried and true methods of taking measurements and angles to give you an idea of whether or not a horse is truly balanced. While we'll talk about these in class and also look at various horses in the barn, here are some videos that will help you this week while doing your own conformation analysis on various famous horses.
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