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Aged Paint Horse Geldings

a horse’s form to function, balance is the most important criteria. He should divide into even thirds from shoulder to hip and be level from withers to the point of his croup. Depth of heartgirth compared to length of front leg is also a very important component; it should be approximately the same distance from his withers to the bottom of his heartgirth as from the bottom of his heartgirth to the ground for good heart-lung capacity.

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