Fat or not? Scroll down to 4th or 5th page.
http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/daily-app/pdfs/BloodHorseDaily-20180716.pdf
No, I like his build. More substance. I do wonder what is up with the severe swelling in his hind legs though 
Fancy stallion, but I do wish more stud farms exercised their horses more regularly.
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He looks grossly fat to me. He looks like heās got rolls of fat on his hips.
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He looks really fat to me, but Iāve heard that they lose a lot of weight during breeding season, so maybe the photo was taken before that.
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Bad photo to really tell, but he does look a bit like a stuffed pig. Iād like to see him a bit thinner.
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AND! A great ad for Pyhranna fly spray! Yes, I butchered the spellingā¦
Claiborne always keeps their stallions very fat compared to other stud farms. Look through the whole stallion roster, compared to anywhere else (Winstar, Ashford, Darley, Lanes End, etc). Iāve never liked the āfat hogā look, nor is it healthy, but thatās how they are managed there.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/stallions/136975/war-front
https://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/stallions/165509/union-rags
https://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/stallions/118995/distorted-humor
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Too fat, and probably has scratches in those hind pasterns.
Which stud farms are not exercising their horses regularly? The ones that I am familiar with turn out and also walk the stallions, and some of them ride.
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Yeah, youād think Secretariatās death from laminitis, almost certainly attributable to what is now known as Equine Metabolic Syndrome, would have Claiborne managing their stallionsā weight a bit more conservatively.
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That is hardly a good angle to assess a horseās weight. One taken from the side (perpendicular) would be much more telling. Compare - I have a horse that is maybe a 6 on the HBS, and look, he looks like a submarine in this photo:
https://scontent.fbos1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16195418_10154321889077643_1384594238090830083_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=6bb2912c44b75ab15471ff5b1510b857&oe=5BE4E927
I do wonder when the trend to have them be fat (not just fat ā overweight) will end. We have an awful lot of high provile stallions succumbing to laminitis ā something that, IMHO, is not actually that common in the TB breedā¦
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This is what I was wondering about. Have they not joined the real world? ānew horse-healthy world?ā Jeeze! why wouldnāt they? I bet they still give pounds of sweet-feed 3 times a day, rather than premium free-choice hay, and a vet- prescribed diet and an exercise plan!
