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As we plan for new content, we want to make sure you’re getting everything you expect from Horse Illustrated. To do so, we need your help. Which breed profiles would you like to see featured? Any particular angles you’d find interesting?
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I'd love to see an overview of the modern day hitch and harness percheron. Not the "french" bred ones which don't even resemble the original percherons. Everytime someone portrays percherons, they think of the short, stocky, heavy ones, when in reality, the original percherons were bred as warfare horses. They were taller, slimmer and a bit more on the fancy side. They weren't clunky farm horses as always depicted. They more closesly resembled America's show percheron.
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I'd love to see a breed profile on the National Show Horse! They're so gorgeous and versatile. (:
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I think that rather than breed profiles which essentially regurgitate information anyone can look up on the breed association websites, I'd like to see more of what to look for when selecting horses of certain breeds. Meaning, if your focus is on Danish Warmbloods - talk to the experts of that breed and show examples of what constitutes "breeding quality" stallions and mares, what conformational and/or athletic and personality characteristics within the breed make it suited for different common purposes (e.g. a dressage prospect will have low-set hocks and a shorter loin-hip attachment than a recreational quality horse who is less specialized).
You can tell people all about a breed's history, it's intended use, and even what the top 10% of the breed are doing now, and that's all very interesting - but it's a lot more useful to tell readers what makes a horse of a certain breed a quality animal (or not).
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| I'd like to see more info on Peruvians used as trail horses and just plain riding, all I've seen written about them is all the fancy stuff they do. We have been fortunate enough to buy 2 of them. We are just going to use them for casual riding but I'm not sure where to go from here!?
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| I think that Horse Illustrated should do profiles on Azteca's, Frederiksborg's, and Trakehner's. I love all 3 of those horse breeds, and can't find a lot of information on them.
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I know there probably have been articles about Arabians before, but I personally would like to see one about Arabs. All the years I have been subscribing I have never seen an article about Arabians.
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| Well, there's soo many horse breeds that I want to see featured in HI. Here are some of them. 1. Colorado Ranger 2. Clyedales 3. Irish Draught 4. Spanish Mustang 5. Arabian 6. Highland 7. Andalusian 8. Knappstrupper 9. Dutch warmblood 10. Irish Thoroughbred 11. Anglo-Arabian 12. Swedish Warmblood 13. Thoroughbred These are the ones that I didn't see in HI. Please post some of these.
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Woodrows Mommy (5/21/2008)
I think that rather than breed profiles which essentially regurgitate information anyone can look up on the breed association websites, I'd like to see more of what to look for when selecting horses of certain breeds. Meaning, if your focus is on Danish Warmbloods - talk to the experts of that breed and show examples of what constitutes "breeding quality" stallions and mares, what conformational and/or athletic and personality characteristics within the breed make it suited for different common purposes (e.g. a dressage prospect will have low-set hocks and a shorter loin-hip attachment than a recreational quality horse who is less specialized).
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. That is what I want in breed profiles. When I was younger, I was happy just reading about the breed in general, but now that I'm moving farther along in my own equestrian career (if you will), I want to know more about how to look at a horse of a certain breed and know whether or not it will suit my needs and how well it represents its breed.
As for specific breeds, I would love to see an article on Irish Sport Horses. The breed is pouring into the eventing and jumper worlds and I'd love to know what makes a good ISH and how to recognize a good one when I see it. I'd also like to see a breed profile on the Selle Francias or the American Warmblood.
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Would love to see articles on retraining ex-race horses. In particular standardbreds. The breed is really not widely known and appreciated.
I enjoyed the recent article on wild ponies. Would have liked to see each breed given a bit more discussion. Maybe discussing their various environments and how they cope with them.
Would also like to see the center poster show the breed at it's best not just a chubby horse in a field. Yes we love pics of horses galloping in a field, but after a while they all look the same. The Frisian in the recent issue looks almost identical in setting and pose as the one I have on my wall from March 2004....
If you need help getting good breed pics why not have photo contests on horsechannel for breed specific photos?
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