SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



consideration when looking at this 

 region. 



For convenience, we may say that the 

 neck has an upper and lower border, two 

 surfaces, an apex and base. 



The Apex supports the head, whilst 

 the base is limited by the breast, 

 shoulders, and withers. 



Lateral Surfaces should be clothed 

 with thin skin and fine hair, beneath 

 which well developed muscles ought to 

 exist. On this surface, the jugular 

 furrow is seen. 



The Upper Border carries the mane. 

 It should be thin. 



The Lower Border ought to be 

 thick, round and wide. The windpipe 

 traverses this border, but its relation 

 to the surface differs in different 

 horses. 



The so-called Ewe Neck is due to 

 hollowing out of the upper border (con- 

 cavity) whilst the arched neck arises 



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