Why do Morgan (and Saddlebred) Horses park out??

Question

Why do they park out like in shows and stuff and they only do it for saddleseat. I mean Arabians don't do it in saddleseat and Friesans don't and many other horses don't either, but why only Morgans and Saddlebreds? ***Also what would be really helpful would be to show a website on this topic. Oh and also please have good answers because I need this by tommarrow at 10:00 (AM) so please no answers like "I don't know or care" and stuff like that. Thanks!!

Answer 1

because they are lean and beautiful although they are not the only ones, I have a hackney that does it. Saddlebreds and morgans are bred specially for that. Besides Arabians and friesians are better at other stuff then saddleseat.

Answer 2

I used to work with tenn show horses, the park to make it easier to get on and off. When a 16 hand twh parks, it brings him down to about 14 hands thus easier to get on and easier to get off.

Answer 3

In addition to Morgans and Saddlebreds, Tennessee Walking horses and to a lesser extent Arabians are set up to park out.

This serves 2 purposes.

1)When showing in hand, it is meant to accentuate a nice top line.

and

2) It instills good manner and shows a specific level of training when a horse will park out for mounting.

Here is an example for a TWH:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefMuQFNIS2...

Here is a parked out Arabian:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefe9QFNIEg...