Photo of the Day: Regatta CF, Hamdani Simri in the USA
This handsome stallion, Regatta CF (MV Reflection x Frill by Adrian out of Trill by Tripoli) was bred by Craver Farms and is now owned by Mike and Cindy Pollman of Blu Skai Farms.
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This handsome stallion, Regatta CF (MV Reflection x Frill by Adrian out of Trill by Tripoli) was bred by Craver Farms and is now owned by Mike and Cindy Pollman of Blu Skai Farms.
Just beautiful.
Maybe its the photo but that horse has every leg fault known to man. If my observation is correct he should be gelded.
He is a splendid mover, Tim, even when seen in a group of splendid movers like the Craver stallions.
Jeanne tells me his left hindleg was injured..
He is 20 years old. When he left here, he was in his teens, and his legs were fine. It looks to me as though he has badly injured his right knee (not left rear), and there may be some associated breakdown with that. He is one of my favorite horses of all time, and I can assure you, Tim, that he should NOT be gelded.
Dear Tim: No he does not have every leg fault known to man. What he does look like is a horse that got his legs caught in a fence, struggled, fell, and severely ripped his tendons. There are three leg faults that are possible for a horse to have- Rotations- deviations and offsets. A question for you. Which two of the three does Regatta show? you can get a better idea by going to the Blue Skai website and looking at the slideshow. If you do it will become apparent that his damaged legs did not come that way naturally. That and the fact that he is linebred to one of the best Arabian stallions ever foaled- Hanad, cause me to emphatically state that if I had a mare to breed I would choose him.
Best wishes
Bruce Peek
well his back right pastern has a very bad angle to it. it looks very weak. can no one else see it? it’s quite obvious. and yeah i saw it on the website too. though i would argue that he has every leg fault known to man.
I like you to see his video when he was in his prime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HxyGPiqm14
Most of the davenports rotate their legs, that is why they remain sound. toe in and toe out, too straight, too both feet being toe end. No other group that I have bred or owned show this as do the davenports. Once years ago I had a vet question a colt as to his legs. I demanded that he take an exray, he was shocked, the bones were straight, joints normal. I told him to look at the colts elbows first then down, if rotated at the elbow out the leg will tow out, etc…………
Most of the other Ak Khamsa stock is tied end at the elbow. ( unable to rotate ) To bad once again Carol is not around, I remember showing her this trait common in this group.
Other groups as individuals have this ability. A trait to look for and realize as desired mobility.
As to the stallion above, look again, and learn from the horse!
Jackson, Bedouin Arabians
Good point, Jackson. I have also noticed that the Davenports are very flexible in their shoulders and have the freedom to rotate the whole leg in or out.
This is not the same thing as the rotation fault that Bruce refers to, of a bone improperly aligned with a joint.
Jackson, excellent observation about the elbow standing free from the rib cage and not being tied in. Lots of horses, when they are started, stiffen their pectorals in an effort to cope with carrying a rider which of course holds the elbow tightly into the chest. A consequence of being on the forehand. Of course this shortens their stride, stiffens their footfall
and makes things worse in general for horse and rider. The Davenports having relaxed body carriage have a step up so to speak in the good movement department.
Best wishes
Bruce Peek
My weak(horsemanship) english does not allow me to enter in this discussion.
All what i can say is that before my Syrian horses enter to work on the Damascus racetrack ,I always ask the rider to enter to the sand paddock and make for 15 minutes “8’s” in order to “open” their shoulders.this help them to breeze very well.
Several times before I have refrained from downloading a this particular photo precisely because of all the “faults” metioned. Since early yesterday and I tried to “study” them. My conclusion: my gut feeling is that a horse like that in a world of highly respected Arabian horse breeders, as well as his physical stance otherwise has been severely injured – but is tough.
This horse simply cannot have so many faults simultaneously, came so far, as a result of genetic disorders.