How does a horse's conformation affect its quality of movement and long-term structural health?

How does a horse's conformation affect its quality of movement and long-term structural health? A brief presentation on "form to function" and the basics of how conformation can affect a horse in various different important ways.
Completed as an Honors Option for ANS 242 at Michigan State University.
(My apologies for any poor audio/visual quality!)

[@ashleybee2190]

Super helpful! I am learning how to idenify healthy horses for the future if I ever get a few and I wanted something both scientific and understandable. This is exactly what I was looking for!

[@tonyhills5494]

A really easy to understand , in pictures, video for understanding good confirmation - good stuff

[@alifateel5362]

Easy to understand and very helpful thank you for this great effort
God bless you 👍🌹

[@speedgenius9918]

Thanks Olivia. 🙏

[@mohammadqahtani5719]

Very informative video. Great work. Waiting to see more !

[@doogiedoesyoutubable]

Awesome

[@QuidProQuo11]

Learned something new. Enjoyed it also. Thanks.

[@DarrellLancaster-l5q]

Well done. Learned alot. 🐴

[@H.pylori]

Great video even in 2021

[@louiekuka]

Thank you for making this video

[@America-Cryo]

Great video!!

[@bamfy15]

Well done

[@rachaelperry9302]

Great video, many thanks. If possible, can you provide your thoughts on a post legged horse and travelling “out behind”, which I’m assuming is due to this conformation fault? Is it common in Arabian horses?

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

It's mostly due to the horse putting it's weight on the forelimbs. It's normal in all young horses. You can reduce it and post-leggedness, by training the horse to move collected.

[@300tdavis]

Beyond the word confirmation do you think horse show judges are experts on equine and human biomechanics, asymmetry vs. symmetry, equine posture, fascia release, modern holistic modalities that contribute to better “posture” that will improve horse overall health? A lot of leg problems can be fixed with the right modality. Short choppy strides can be the source of correct in-hand work such as equine Pilates, waiting til the horse’s spine has developed before getting on their backs, incorrect training and riding, etc. I do agree with your breeding statements as there are horses with short necks, or big bodies and small feet, or horses that don’t match from the front half to the back half, etc.

[@klesstwo]

What am i doing here...

[@apg1885]

Please remove subtitles