[livius]

Look at those hindquarters! Beautiful!

Breeding is such a mixed blessing. I have a little Morgan - Morgans actually are indistinguishable from Welsh cobs, genetically speaking, but trace their lineage back to Justin Morgan's horse - and my little guy, barely over pony size, was the original Morgan size. They are now breeding them to be enormous, usually crossing them with warmbloods, stretching them out for dressage purposes because of their intelligence and stride. Still, it always makes me uneasy when I meet a Morgan who is nearly 17 hands!

[Salamander]

Morgans are darn near the uber-horse.
Few breeds match their almost unearthly versatility.

[and they're gorgeous, too]

Man O' War was a work of idyllic beauty.
He had both form and function.
I don't know why people get so obsessed with the former and forget about the latter.

Look at what they've done to the historically short-backed, smallish and solidly built Arabians.
Some of the poor things look like short-legged giraffes now.

Thank God they haven't screwed up the Andalusians.....yet.