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Authored By: Neil UiBreaslain


Look closely

Let's look at Buckshot, Spanish Mustang Registry #1.

The heavy mane jumps out at the eye before all else. This is so common among Spanish Mustangs that it has almost became their signature. So much so, in fact, that an artist need only draw heavy mane on any kind of horse and the public never questions it's being a genuine Spanish Mustang.

Note carefully the
head,
ears,
heavy stallion neck,
shoulders and the placement of the forelegs below the shoulders,
following along the midsection, upper and lower,
taking specific notice of the hips and the placement of the hind legs below the hips; well set under for mobility and agility. Note likewise, the depth of curve between hip and hock, again giving mobility and agility.

Compare Kamawi Spanish Mustang Registry #115.

Kamawi is from Muddy Boggy, Oklahoma.

Buckshot is from the Utah Book Cliffs.

Note on both
the slope of the croop,
the setting of the tail,
the length of the legs measured against the vertical length of the body.
We see that the body and legs should each cover half the distance top to ground.

Queenie, Spanish Mustang Registry #8,
is below on the left. .

Now, let's throw in - Abe - a 3/4 or better grade,
here below on the right. That is an arabian face behind him

Abe, of course, is getting sway backed with age, so we ignore that.
Note, though, the setting of the tail,
and the length of the legs measured against the vertical length of the body.
We see that the body and legs do not each cover half the distance top to ground. The legs (kind of hard to see the feet in the picture) are about three inches too long.

Here we have Wykota Jas, AHA #0415527 (Registered Arabian, going back three times to Raffles AHA# W 0000952)

He is also here for comparison.

He is seen to have some general primitive qualities in common with the Spanish Mustang.
For instance, rounded underbelly, as well as shoulders and hips narrow front to back.

But then, we begin to notice differences, such as where the leg seperates from the shoulder. The Spanish leg separates slim, 'clean' and definte, whereas the Arabian leg separates wide, and as though it were still part of the shoulder.
The leg continues down thicker, or heavier than the Spanish leg, with heavier joints.
The peak of the Arabian shoulders are farther back, with the lower edge of the neck coming out higher than the Spanish, causing a very different neck altogether.
The throat-latch, the place where the throat latches onto the neck, is not well defined as it is on the Spanosh horse. And, the Arabian head is easy to distinguish from the Spanish head.

(This is as far as I've gotten for the moment.)

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