Here at the halter barn, all of the horses in my conformation program are housed and shown. The horses here, unlike all of my other horses, are not stat maxed because they are conformation horses. In halter conformation, having a stat maxed horse is not ideal. Breeding for conformation is the only time I practice or promote breeding horses that are not fully trained.

Right now I’m specializing in two breeds for conformation, Arabians and National Show Horses. Both breeds seem to be very popular in this discipline. The project got started almost by accident with Voices at the Door T, a NSH mare who I was originally trying to sell, with no success. When I couldn’t sell Voices, I started to get attached to her and decided to let her have a chance at halter conformation. After having followed some of the greats like Blue on Blue and Please and Thank You in the show circuit with envy, I wanted to give conformation a try. I then started working with Arabians in addition to the National Show Horses, and am proud to own a few foals sired by Blue on Blue. Hopefully they will follow in their father’s footsteps!

Halter Conformation is actually a lot harder than I originally thought it would be. There’s a lot more to it than just not training your horses or breeding recklessly. There’s even more to it than just trying to match the stat titles of the breed standard, I learned through trial and error. All and all, it’s a fun and challenging side project. It’s very rewarding to see some of my horses placing in events now. One day I hope to have a great conformation champion – I can dream!