A horse’s conformation plays an integral role in their usefulness and soundness as a riding horse. In last week’s poll, we asked our readers what conformation flaws they could live with in a riding horse. More than 1,000 people responded and we’ve tallied the results!

Of the 1,074 respondents, 349 (32%) said they could live with a slight club foot in their riding horse’s conformation, while 293 (27%) said they were okay with a horse that is cow hocked. Another 276 individuals (26%) said they could live with a pigeon-toed riding horse, while 85 respondents (8%) said they were okay with a horse that was buck-kneed (over at the knees). The remaining 71 respondents (7%) said they could live with a horse that was sickle hocked.

Additionally, 48 people left comments about conformation flaws in horses: