Gaskin
Part of the hindleg between the hock and stifle
Gelding
Castrated male horse ...
Gaskin:
The rear equivalent of the forearm, the upper bone of the rear legs.
Shank: ...
Gaskin: It is wide and shows related thickness both inside and outside when seen from rear.
gaskin - Area of the hindleg between the stifle and hock joints, consisting of the tibia and fibula.
gastric ulcers - Ulceration of a horse's stomach. Often causes symptoms of abdominal distress (colic) and general unthriftiness.
Thigh is medium to long, with a well developed stifle, and gaskin of equal length. Hocks should be well let down with short dense cannons.
Rear Quarters: The rear quarters are broad, deep and heavy, viewed from either side or rear, and are muscled so they are full through the thigh, stifle, gaskin, and down to the hock.
The gaskin and forearm tend to be long, well muscled and articulated and the cannons are short. The pasterns and hooves are at the slightly lower angle typical of Spanish horses.
A good angulation is required with the gaskin at about a 45 degree angle and well muscled. The hock is broad and square and free from any blemish and fluid. The hind cannon is long, 'flat and square'.
The Quarab's body resembles a stock horse type, having muscular forearms and gaskins with a well-rounded hip, or even sort of an Arabian type, exhibiting a long, arched neck, long barrel, and level croup.
Injections should be kept near the gaskin on the hind leg to avoid scarring the muscle. The top of the hip should never be used for any type of shot.
Viewed from the rear, the croup should be well rounded, thighs and gaskins well-muscled. Legs should be straight. The gaskin should be relatively long in relation to the cannon. The Morgan should portray good spring of rib and well-rounded buttocks.
The Quarab's body type may resemble more the stock-horse type with muscular forearm and gaskin and well-rounded hip, or the Arabian type with long, well-arched neck, long barrel, and level croup.
The hind leg has a moderately long thigh and gaskin, well muscled, to allow the hind leg to reach well under the horse without placing undue strain on the fetlock joint.
Long, well-muscled hip, thigh and gaskin. Highest point of croup to be same height as withers. Tail set neither excessively high or low, but smoothly rounding at the rump.
This powerful muscling of the hip and thigh should continue down through the gaskin. And, finally, the trailing edge of the hind cannon should follow a natural perpendicular line to the point of the buttock.
The muscles of the arms, forearms, croup and gaskins plenty are especially emphasized in a good drafter, and ease and balance of gait is essential. He is also expected to be of marked tractability and an easy keeper.
Hindquarters: The croup should be long, level and muscular; the quarters and gaskins, deep and muscular. The hocks should be clean cut and well supporting.
The quarters are massive, with a characteristic "double muscling" over the croup. The gaskins are heavily muscled and the legs are short and strong. The hooves are medium sized, for a draft horse, with only limited "feathering".
Small dark circles of may occur, especially in the summer coat and especially around the shoulders, forearms, gaskins and stifles of dun horses. These are not the same as dapples seen on some other horses.
Intelligent head witha bold eye; narrow chest, and often upright shoulder; short, straight back;legs fine and hard and long in the gaskin; small, well-shaped feet. They havea natural running walk, a fast gait unusual in a pony.
Bill N also suggested a sore area running from Bill's off-hind rump right down toward the gaskin. Plus, he wants his hind hoof on that side to have a little more height on the outside.
Dew Spot:- Strong characteristics often accompanied by varnish marks (groupings of dark hairs within an area, usually nose, cheekbones, stifle, gaskin and knee).
From the side there is usually a break in the curve of the hind quarter somewhere in the area of the base of the tail, rather than the full even curve of the Quarter Horse from top of croup to gaskin.
These are rugged animals, with heavy thigh muscles and wide, deep chests. The arms, forearms, and gaskins should be well muscled, and the hip should be large and round. The withers should be well defined.
Rarely do the Criollo need shoes. Head is straight to sub-convex. Pasterns are clean, back short, chest deep with lighter hind quarters. The gaskin muscle is missing. Although round in appearance they are not overly muscled.
The legs of the Quarter Horse are usually solid and well-formed, with very muscular thighs, gaskins, and forearms. The joints are broad and clean.
 See also: Height, Stallion, Pastern, Quarter, Croup
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