Common Defects

Back at the knee: The knees tend to extend backwards when viewed from the side.
Calf knees: The knees are shallow from the front to the back.
Cow hocks: The hocks turn inwards when viewed from behind (like the hocks of a cow).
Ewe neck: The top line of the neck is concave and the lower line of the neck is convex.
Herring gutted: The horse has an upward slope from the front to the back on the underside of the belly.
Over at the knee: The knees extend forward.
Pigeon toes: The toes turn inward.
Roach back: The spine has an exaggerated upward curve.
Sickle hocks: When viewed from the side there is a concave line in front of the hocks and a slanting cannon bone.
Slap sided: The ribs are flat instead of well sprung.
Splay footed: The toes turn outward.
Sway back: The back has an exaggerated hollow.
Tied in below the knee: The measurement of the bone right below the knee is less than the measurement further down the cannon bone.