Well, supposedly, QH's are now to be graded down for necks below the horizontal, but I sure didn't see it at the show I was at, even the hunters had their noses in the dirt, and won classes that way.
Good Grief. That is disgusting. Mabe it all depends on who runs the show. In Lassen County in California, the county I used to live...you never saw anyone but the rich people's brats win shows, and they were NEVER any good.
The mare that I ride is a QH and she tends to carry her head neck lower, and stretch her neck out when she's relaxed. Her nose doesn't drag, but she does tend to carry her head and neck lower. I'll have to get pictures Of course I can hardly ever get her to relax, so we'll see how that goes. Yesterday she thought that it would be a great hoot to carry her head WAY up in the air so that she could spook at everything. She hasn't done that to me in a while, so I was surprised.