Dear Sue: Suggest to your friend that she write in to my online
international horsemanship "classroom": www.equinestudies.org/forum --
I'll give her full details there. This type of query actually comes up
fairly often, so it's not a great deal of trouble. -- Dr. Deb
> Can anyone give me a technical and/or layman's term that my friend can use
> in an equine breed
> description? Details below. As I know I can't attach photos here, there
> are 2 photographs that I've
> stored on one of my web sites:
> http://www.fellponymuseum.org.uk/mus%206%20storage/EST_nasal_area_query.htm
>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Hi Sue,
>
> I seeking some opinions on a bone structure/trait seen in many horses and
> ponies. Specifically,
> I'm working on finalizing a breed standard for the Newfoundland Pony
> people and we need
> clarification on a facial profile trait.
>
> I found a photo that labels the skull parts. The part we are looking at
> takes in the tapered end of
> the nasal bone (the pointy end) and part of the cartilage just above the
> muzzle. So far, I can't find
> an actual "name" for this body part other than nasal bone and nasal
> cavity. I suspect the shape
> we are trying to name - a slight convex/rounding above the muzzle - comes
> from the shape of that
> nasal bone. And some say it helps to warm cold air.
>
> Our dilemma is what to call the feature. We have identified straight
> profiles, slight dish, slight
> Roman Nose, but no set and recognizable name for this trait. Some have
> called it Moose Nose
> although we are not set on that term just yet.
>
> Can you lend any expertise to this?
>
> Victoria
>
> Victoria Tollman
> Executive Director
> Equus Survival Trust
> 775 Flippin Road
> Lowgap, NCĀ 27024
> (336) 352-5520
> www.Equus-Survival-Trust.org
>
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