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The thing for me is that daddy bought the horse for £15k, through his business (sounds tax efficient to me). He then sold his business...

Again, not with any specific knowledge of the situation, but more generally. I think it is easy for riders, especially young riders, to...

And often it is a good opportunity. Owners are taking bigger risks placing nice horses with younger unproven riders. There are pros and...

TBH owners can ultimately do what they damn well want* given they own the horse and presumably pay the bills. *subject to contractual...

It's tricky isn't it? I think a lot of young but talented riders are probably short of people to advise them in this sort of thing and...

I agree it looks fat in the first photo and probably better weight-wise in the second, though not in terms of muscle condition so much...

its just a bradoon and weymouth. . . I'm sure they'd like to know their leatherwork is shoddy too.

But be careful everyone. There is clearly an underlying story and I doubt either of the sides posted on FB is entirely accurate. It’s...

Yes, I do. I agree that people are used to seeing fatter horses these days and that in terms of their weight, the horses in the pics...

Thanks for the effort! An awful lot of speculating going on with absolutely no evidence when there’s a ruddy great photo of what every...

The shanks either side of the mouth swivel independently, so I'm guessing the rider has taken up the left rein to ask the horse to bring...

It’s just a horse stood still, gawping round to the side…. I can’t see what anyone would be getting wound up about?

It isn't, the photo is deceptive, it's just the shank of the bit on the other side.

Probably because owners took back their horses at the first signs of weight and muscle loss, and therefore didn’t allow their horses to...

The chestnut horse looks appalling. The muscle wastage and the prominent hip bones, especially compared with the before photo.