Before and after pictures?

[SpottedCat]

Boris:

Before, about a month after I bought him as a 5yo:

After, I guess 4 months later as a 6yo. Please note the eventer style matchy matchy with the jump:

The GBO (I guess there's about a year between these two pics):
Before:

After:

 

[blood_magik]

and finally at 5 looking at a monster!

Hope these work, he is such a different wee horse now. Was a frightened wee boy when i got him - i just love him

ooh that venue looks familiar

This is Beau.
Age 6, a month after I got him.

On Wednesday, age 7 after 12 weeks of schooling with a pro and approx 50kg heavier.

 

[trendybraincell]

^ trendybraincell how tall is he? He looks amazing now! Proper little dressage pone!

He's about 15.1

If you'd have told me when I bought him how much he would go on to do I would have told you where to go never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would train my first horse to this level he is an absolute pleasure to ride, not easy, but so much fun

 

[amandaco2]

Oh I want a turbo cob!

 

[millitiger]

Gosh how big is Vinnie?!?! He looks like a giant!

He is a giant; just over 18hh now and still has some furnishing up to do.
Thankfully he is very light on his feet but I do sometimes wish he was 6 inches shorter!!!

Can't quote on phone, but, WOW Millitiger. Vinnie is an seriously impressive horse! Well done

Thank you He is the apple of my eye and I will always have the rose tinted glasses firmly on when it comes to him
I've had a lot of help with him as it feels like I have always driven Fiestas and then suddenly got a Ferrari and I struggle to ride him as he needs to be ridden but I wouldn't swap him for all of the tea in China!

 

[dafthoss]

I see the cretins are out in full force! Thanks for pushing the button you muppet, maybe you'd like to identify yourself? What part of I have full permission is so hard to comprehend?
Why do people want to ruin people's posts?

+1!!

Some lovely transformations, its a shame the button pushers are out in force

 

[Kat]

Love the vinnie transformation! I have seen it before but it never ceases to amaze me that such an ugly duckling turned out to be such a stunner. Millitiger you have a seriously good eye for a horse!

 

[Girlracer]

I love these threads! Some real transformations here!

 

[Girlracer]

Major as a 2yo -

3 yo -

And as a 5 yo after a long time in the field. (The day my friend dropped him off at mine)

About 2 months later

6yo

7yo

And finally rising 8 after most of 2012 off with KS

Just started jumping again...!!

 

[siennamum]

Rusty

sienna
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Coco

 

[pootleperkin]

Baby Gully

As a yearling - ugly ducklings and all that!

as a 4 year old

A few weeks later with grass sickness...

a couple of years later

Backend of last year - starting our BD career...

A few weeks ago at Mistatiger's - getting fit now....

jumping a very scary jump...! Fine with show jumps, but didn't like arena eventing at all!

He was a horror to back and has had loads of health problems, what with the EGS, he had sweet itch (better now), sarcoids and a mystery lameness for a year, but I wouldn't swap him. These days, he is the easiest horse in the world and I love him to bits - he's pretty priceless to me

 

[Perfect_Pirouette]

I've posted Chinky's before but it still makes me giggle....

2010

This is him in 2011

He looks even better now but i dont have any good recent shots of him.

FITZ

Before:

Just broken 4 year old

6 yr old doing Elem Open

WOW!!

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

Wow Tiga71 What a transformation, for the both of you! Very well done on sticking with him and getting to have, by the read of it, a lot of fun. I think you're my inspiration!

Some brilliant pictures. I hope, if today goes okay (first time back on after breaking my wrist), then some point this year I'll be able to add to the list of excellent transformations

 

[AmyMay]

Tiga71 - again, brilliant.

 

[pootleperkin]

Firewell - love the fact you look so happy on the photos and Ferdinase, your chestnut in particular - you would never have guessed he could look like the second photo!

 

[Natz88]

My ex racer I used to own

This is when I got Maddie

& a few months later

Don't have any ridden ones. I still miss her she was such a fun ride

 

[sarahhelen1977]

Adonnis on the day I bought him (almost 3)

5 months later

1 year later at his first show (almost 4)

And now - nearly 5 years on

 

[NiceChristmasBaubles]

Some amazing transformations - I really enjoyed looking through them.

Cam just after I bought him in May 2012 - he'd literally just had his 5th birthday.

And 5 months later in October where he'd levelled off somewhat!

I haven't got any recent pictures of him without a rug on, but he's just come back into work after a somewhat extended winter break, so I'm keen to get out and about with him again soon.

 

[Megibo]

Loving the transformations!
Hoping I can get my welsh D mare to a decent level of schooling but we have a long way to go!
JFTD I just love your highlands.

 

[dieseldog]

Posted before but...
Hattie

Wow poor girl, did not recognise her as a haffy there

 

[trendybraincell]

And now - nearly 5 years on

Where have you been hiding this boy...he is scrummy!!!!!!!

 

[sarahhelen1977]

Aaaw! Thanks! I rather love him

 

[trendybraincell]

Aaaw! Thanks! I rather love him

I can see why, how's he bred?

 

[sarahhelen1977]

He's KWPN - Gribaldi x Mondriaan (by Balzflug)

 

[Laura_Grey]

What a great thread! Amazing transformations. I'd like to add mine, sorry for the huge number of pictures!

First Celty; When I first got him

April last year

June 2012 after retiring

This winter...we are a working progress

Then GK; The day I got him, a month or so after his last run

Playing about in the first couple of weeks

Getting the hang of it

Strutting his stuff in the early days

Now

 

[Horse*]

Wow some of these are incrdible!

Admitidly this chap gained condition rather than topline but I still think it looks a different horse:

Sadly he was pts months after this photo was taken

Still a bit of an upside down horse but M

trying him

this winter

 

[j1ffy]

Wow, there are some amazing transformations and beautiful horses on here!

Here's my PRE as a rising 5yo stallion in Spain:

And a year later as a gelding in the UK, after 12 months of broken work thanks to me being abroad for the winter. This was his first ever stretchy-canter, 3 months after being back in work and focusing on working over his back and going forwards (he was so uphill that he would almost canter on the spot!):

And at a competition in the UK:

He's now back in Spain as he couldn't come to HK with me My wonderful friends at Los Alamos Riding are looking after him for me.

 

[clairebearnz]

Sparky circa 2002/2003 me aged 12/13, Sparky aged somewhere between 15-25 (no teeth, no history)

Sparky in 2006

Sparky in 2013, having been retired since 2007.

Tally's former reaction to XC (he did jump around clear, he just lost his mind totally)

And now

It only took three years and a head first crash into the road to convince him to behave properly.

 

[Parkbridge dream]

Heres mine he's been a lot of hard work the before photos were from may/june time. We still need a lot of work but were getting there

 

[BroadfordQueen]

Excellent thread and some real "wow"s!!!
Laura_Grey, what a transformation with both of them!
I think most of you have seen mine but I will put them up again anyway

My old pony, Lady. When we bought her (literally just walked off the trailer in first pic)

And Just before we sold her:

Gizmo 3 years ago:

And now: