The hock should be wide and smooth, free from puffy swelling or bony enlargements. The angle of the hock is extremely important. Too wide an angle leads to a hind leg too straight. Too small of an angle results in a sickle-hocked conformation. The cannon bone should be short, wide and flat.
Fetlocks are large and wide, free from swelling or windpuffs.
The pasterns are of moderate length with an angle of 50-55 degrees. The hocks are severely angled from the point of the hock to the fetlock. The horse appears to stand under from the hock down. Subjects horse to strain in hocks - causes curb, throughpin, and bog spavin. Sickle hocked horses tend to interfere at the trot.