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Post by horselover4life on Oct 7, 2014 15:53:20 GMT
He really, truly is beautiful. Could you take a picture of his neck that is clearer and in better light? It would answer many of my questions and thoughts...... One of those questions is...Is it fat or a overdeveloped upper neck band of muscle from someone riding with a heavy hand and the horse compensating by "going on the bit" with no push from behind. You know, the fine line between being in front, on or behind the vertical with a face....my gut is guessing he was kept over collected and dragging along on his forehand, not pushing from behind, rounding and lifting that back, instead hollowing out. His body doesn't quite fit together with neck as such and the rest of him "un-toned".. He would of been a absolute whale to accumulate a "cresty neck" of that magnitude.... a nightmare of opportunity to all kinds of metabolic disorders. I know you said overweight,...but whale magnitude??? wag finger Thankfully he has fallen back into your hands and care. I still want to see a photo story of progression..... pleaseTransformation being undertaken.....
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Post by nhg on Oct 7, 2014 17:23:18 GMT
In the spring he was at a place that left them out full time on spring grass. He got a huge crest on his neck and was so fat. Big lumps beside his tailhead, thighs that rubbed together. I was horrified. But my daughter had moved them to a friend's place and I hadn't been out because I was too sick. We didn't realize that they knew so little about horses, they argues that the horse were fine. two of their own horses had already foundered, one could barely walk. So he was on a diet for a while and lost weight but their feeding him normally now and I don't think he needs it, he's an easy keeper. And with me being unable to ride much and my daughter bneing busy he's just not getting enough exercise. He's also in a paddock because of the weight but then is less active.
He is actually a horse that is very light on the forehand and moves beautifully. He collects nicely and gets his back end under him. He's always had a small butt and a bugger front end, it's just the way he's built. He looks like he couldn't do much but he can do all kinds of things physically and never gets the muscles that you'd think he would. He's just strangely built. He even used to jump a five foot fence from a standstill. He'll move out in an extended trot or do a slow show jog, he'll do a lovely show lope or gallop but his head is never level. My point is that you can't go by his musculature to see how he moves because he doesn't show them the way other horses do. My daughter tried for years to get him to have a crease down his bum but he never got one.
This is when he's in good body weight and form. He still had a small butt and bigger front end. Possibly he's light on the front because he's built uphill.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 17:36:36 GMT
He's handsome. I would say that he probably doesn't need any more weight. He could stand to loose 50-75 or so, but that is just a matter of my preference, he is a nice weight where he is now IMO.
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Post by hugs on Oct 8, 2014 0:03:13 GMT
He is absolutely stunning and his demeanor just says, "I'm a solid fellow with a good mind. I'll take extra special care of you all day long" Its so easy to compare an individual to an "ideal", something to breed for but once we're made all we can do is adjust to compensate for our weaknesses and leverage the heck out of our strengths.
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