Before and after shots

[risky business]

Evening all!

I thought this thread might be a bit of fun but also serve as a little reminder to all how our efforts can change a horses life in more ways than one!

I love to look back at pictures of when some horses arrive looking slightly ugly duckling and then looking at the transformation to swan.

Now not all horses have a big transformation, but thought it would be nice for people to post their own before and after shots they are proud of. Could be anything from condition, flat work, jumping.. Anything really that you can sit there and think 'we did that'.

Mine was today with my youngster, I came across his advert picture (left) and then a recent one of us on the flat (right) and was really pleased with how far we have come so far! Now it's not perfect by any stretch but I'm really proud of how he's trying. After 2 short months of being over from Ireland.

Please post your own!

 

[Dave's Mam]

Gorgeous pony!

Here's Dave the day he arrived, a little teeny 3 yr old off the moor.

And now, a great big chunky boy.

 

[risky business]

Oh he's adorable! I love these types of pictures. They are so tiny when they arrive and especially natives just really fill out!

Gorgeous pony!

 

[Dave's Mam]

Oh he's adorable! I love these types of pictures. They are so tiny when they arrive and especially natives just really fill out!

Gorgeous pony!

Thank you! He's an utter tank.
Your pony is so pretty! <3

 

[TPO]

Chips the day he arrived from Evan's Quarter Horses


6wks ago while trying to take pictures for the saddler and him forgetting how to stand square 🙄

 

[Pippity]

Blue's for sale advert:



And nine months later:




She's gone from a MW gullet plate to a XXXW in that time. Also, changed colour from black to bay.

 

[Northern]

Quite happy with L, bottom is before and top is after (~4 months difference between the shots).
She still has a great deal of filling out and muscle building to do. Next comparison will be in a few months after winter



ETA: She was likely started in a too narrow saddle (before I bought her), so we're slowly dealing with that atrophy, its gotten better even since the after shot was taken Can't wait to see what she looks like after a year of sympathetic schooling in an appropriate saddle!

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

From this: a cut and shut horse with a ewe neck, cellulitis on both hinds, mud fever on both fronts, a medium gullet saddle..

To a rather handsome (I’m biased) horse who was working long and low but was super tense in this photo due to it being his first show, fixed his issues and was in an XW gullet here.

Took around 8-10 months.

 

[Cornish]

Age 4 at dealers, age 7, age 16

 

[Cornish]

Age rising 4, age 5, age 7

 

[live2ride]

Age 5

Age 8

https://www.facebook.com/vborton/media_set?set=a.10156341186238206&type=3#

 

[Leo Walker]

When I got her, very fat and a bit spoiled to 6 months later just finishing being broken to drive, looking a bit weak and unfinished

Driving at our first proper away competition on our own

When we realised she could jump this spring

And now, fat Shes muzzled and monitored so carefully but the grass this year has been insane. Shes till pretty fit, she trotted nearly 7kms yesterday in 24 degree heat and came home ready to go again. She has abs that any gym bunny would be proud of, but we just cant seem to shift the flab this year!

 

[Bernster]

Weedy little thing with big old feet, at nearly 5yo. Now 9yo and a chunky monkey!

 

[The Trooper]

Before - shortly after being rescued from the meat market by my now friend.





After - 10 or so years later. Love this big lump so much.

 

[Rosiejazzandpia]

Bought Mary in November 2017. She wasn't what I was looking for at all but she came home with me because I felt sorry for her. Shes gone from being 13.2 to just reaching 15 hands and is such a sweet mare who loves cuddles and has a very busy mind. She loves to learn and work, can be quite anxious sometimes but is never silly.

Mary when I brought her home November 2017. She was a scrawny little cob, very underweight under her matted coat and full of worms.


Mary summer 2018, happy as Larry and just about to be backed



Mary June 2019, overweight but fit and happy, hacking out 4 times a week and some light schooling. She's an amazing mare and so worth the risk considering she cost next to nothing, wasn't pasported and took three hours to load 😂

 

[conniegirl]

Before

6months later

 

[Stiff Knees]

WOW! These transformations are fantastic. Why happy horses you all have. Not sure who is luckier, you or them.

 

[PoppyAnderson]

3 yr old, couple of months apart.

 

[Surbie]

Arriving at the RDA aged 10 after a considerable time in a field - he did then lose a bit of weight, grow a tail (sweetitch) and look less like he had no clue about anything:


This March (3 years after the photo up top) and after I'd had him 9 months:


Currently he's fatter than I'd like but fit. Like LW's pony he is muzzled when out and generally ridden 5x/week with 3 of those being long hacks but the flab is not shifting.

 

[thommackintosh]

I love these threads, keep them coming.

Here's Domino on 1st July 2018 (our gotcha-day)



and the follow up is from our first cross country outing two weeks ago...

 

[Sussexbythesea]

Age 10 not long after I got him.

Age 22 we’ve both gained a few pounds!

Age 24.

 

[Mule]

I can't find the photo now but I saw one of my lad with his former owner. His head looked gigantic I think it was because he was scrawny. It doesn't look quite so big now that he has muscle