Conformational differences between TyG & PF's

[darcy]

I looking at pics of the great TyG & Pura Trocha horses I noticed they seem to have a much longer back than most PF's. Is it just me or is this true? I was wondering if it is, if it is related to the different carriage necessary for the more diagonal movement??

[cowboy ed]

sorry it took me a while to get back to this. my trote/galope horse is very short coupled, and some others i have seen are too. so i dont think that part of the conformation is significant. cowboy ed

[Paso Matchmaker Extraordinaire]

There is a great book that compares the confo of the evolution of Paso Finos and it covers the TyG horses too.

http://www.kudastore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KS&Product_Code=50001&Category_Code=04

[Brigitte]

I have never notived any difference really but I think it's because I have grown up with all of them, however I haven't noticed any real difference in the length of their backs

[halfmoonfino]

To me the back length does not seem different. Keep in mind that back length is related to the individual horse, not its breed. While it's true that Pasos as a breed tend to be short coupled, well conformed horses, not all will be that way. Therefore you may have seen a TyG that looks "longer in the back", but it might just be that one particular horse. We are lucky to have a breed that tends to have very few poorly conformed poorly gaited horses. If you think about how many other breeds have that problem and then look at Pasos, there is a difference (not that all Pasos have good conformation by any means). But they tend to look well put together in general compared to other breeds (I'm thinking of how many TWH's have poor gaits and conformation out of the many that I know and ride).

Another thing is that the muscles that TyG develop are different from those develped by fino, corto, and largo. Therefore you might see a change in the muscling, but that is somewhat superficial. I don't think there's much different in the bone structure of the breeds. Remember, TyG horses are still Pasos! ;-)

[darcy]

I wish I could actually meet one. There are very few pasos in my area and no TyG's that I know of. I was basing my comments off looking at pictures of many different TyG's, and they all looked generally longer backed, but I guess it was just a case of the camera lying.