Sport Horse prospect?

[mroades]

Sue Me Horse Pedigree (http://www.pedigreequery.com/sue+me2)



http://www.canterne.org/images-salehorses/Sue%20Me.JPG (http://www.canterne.org/images-salehorses/Sue%20Me.JPG)

gotta say, I love the ears

[Aerial]

awww look at that sweet face!!! so cute!

[ksully913]

Thats the one that caught my eye too!

[mroades]

no one has any opinions on her as a future hunter jumper or sporthorse broodmare? I love her head and neck, she is a little high behind, but that could be the stance in the photo

[NancyM]

She's inbred to Turn To, and that isn't a bad thing if you are looking for something that can jump. Quite a good thing actually. I had a horse who won one of the international derbies at Spruce Meadows (with the rider I sold him to), he was out of a Rough n Tumble mare. I like the angles in her hind end, and the big shoulder in front. She looks like she might have a bit of a soggy tendon, but that will heal. She might have a bit of an ankle enlargement on the opposite front, but often this will come down a lot with some time to cool out. Very herring gutted right now, stressed with training. She will round out and mature into a kind of a nice lookin' big horse I think.

[charlietoo]

I agree Mroades. I think she looks like a really good one. Go get her!!! So I don't have to!!

[Atypical]

Ohh, this is the one that piqued my interest on the NE site. I love her, and a really good buy too on the money side. I just sold my mare so I'm in the market for my next project... darn you for living closer than CO, lol.

[Hauwse]

It really depends on what your aspirations are.

The mare has an ankle for sure, left front, and it looks like it is probably the result of having a pasterns that are a little upright, very common racing jewelry.

It appears to be set and cold but the only sure way to know is to feel it, or vet her.

She may also have a bit of a knee, left-front as well. Seems to be a little bit of puffiness above and below.

This will probably go away with rest, but you need to find out the cause. As this may turn into a reoccurring issue.

She might have some wind-puffs on the right front, these you can probably reduce with time and care and maintenance, but if she does indeed have wind-puffs you will probably find that she will get them from now on when she is worked hard.

Her feet need a lot of help, pretty common for the track, but I would check them well, as she appears to toe out a little in both fronts, and this could be the cause or the result. Could be the picture, but it would make sense given the other things I see.

These types of injuries do not mean she cannot have a successful career as a hunter/jumper, but they are not the type of issues you want to ignore either, and these are the type of issues, in part due to the common causes that may limit her ability to achieve certain levels of performance consistently.

I would vet her good if I were thinking of purchasing her, get her racing history and look for layoffs as well.

That being said what stops one horse in their tracks may not faze another, so it is important to acquire all the information you can unless you are o.K. with possibly having a pasture ornament.

I would imagine that she will be a typey mare once she has let down though.