After 5 years in college, majoring in Equine Business, you would have thought that somebody would have mentioned this odd conformation fault. But nobody did and I ran across it doing some research for another book I was writing. I also included it in Horses 101. A horse with a bull neck has a very large and thick neck. It blends into the chest almost as if the horse barely even has a chest. I found this interesting picture of a bull-necked horse on Wikipedia.
Here is an illustration of a bull neck as well. This one is a little more predominant. I woul imagine that these horses would be rather hard to collect and they are probably not very supple. You would probably have a hard time getting a good bend when working in circles, figure eights, etc. You obviously wouldn’t be winning any halter classes either. It is most likely a good idea not to breed these horses as either.
This feature may be inadvertantly confused with a thick-crested horse, but a thick crested neck would appear fatty at the top of the neck and possibly hang over. These horses just have thick necks all the way through with little bitty chests.
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March 14, 2008 at 12:28 am
I think your statements on this is great