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Post by caroline on Dec 3, 2008 19:29:05 GMT
Took this photo on Saturday - He was very annoyed at me for taking off his cosy rugs!  It isn't the best photo sorry (and please excuse the mist effect), but hopefully you can give me a few "pointers". He's a 16.1hh, 11 year-old Danish Warmblood by Andiamo, and I'm currently only riding him three times a week due to school  He's very difficult to keep weight on, so I'd also appreciate some opinions on his current condition  Thanks in advance  |
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Post by intouch on Dec 6, 2008 22:42:22 GMT
OK, if no one else is going to answer, I'll be brave! but you musn't take offense...........
Nice general shape of a horse, good strong back - it looks as though he is a bit withers high, but it would be easier to tell if he was standing square.
Nice set of tail, good strong quarters, I don't see a problem with his weight, except there may be a bit much of it! He looks well barrelled up.
Again, may be the way he is standing but it looks like his shoulders are loaded - is he a strong ride?
Slight jumpers bump and I'd like to see that circle on his loins in real life, probably just a shadow.
I'm not too keen on his feet, it looks like his heels are high, which may be giving the impression that he as back at the knee, and perhaps he is a bit light of bone for his weight?
But these are nit-picking - He looks a really nice type, tell us more about him.
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Post by jimmy on Oct 16, 2009 20:28:51 GMT
Hi Caroline, I had part of a response written and lost it when I went to look for the name of your horse. Basicaly I was saying: I don't really know about confirmation but weight wise he (could not find his name) looks very very slightly on the heavy side to me. The rule of thumb I use is that I ought to be able to see and inmpression of their ribs - this said he looks like a horse that will loosse weight on the hind quarters before loosing it about his ribs (I would like to know if this is so). That said I never really see the ribs on my fillie.
Regards
Jim
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