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Terminology: Structure

Positive
Negative

Heavy boned
Straighter legged
Straighter lined
Wider set to legs
Stronger set of pasterns
More correctly set hind leg
Ample quality and quantity of bone
Stronger straighter topped
More correct set to hock

  Light boned
Crooked legged, toes in or out
Uneven lines
Narrow set
Weak, broken pasterns
Sickle/cow hocked
Fine boned
Weak topped
Post legged

 

 

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