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nikCscott

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Thought I would keep my 6 monthly ish CC photos going. He's a 16.2 dutch warmblood rising 9 but only had about 2 years on/off work before coming to me.

1 year ago
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6 months ago (comments then were he need more top line and neck tone)
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This morning- how are we doing?
Not best picture he needs a good bath (the obligatory hand mark on rump to get him to stand in the sun so i could take picture!). We have been working with a new trainer he (to me) seems to have toned up and I have also lost 2 stone as she has stripped us back and re teaching us correctly (didn't realise how sloppy i had become...).
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So what do you think of my gorgeous boy?
 
Well he certainly is a gorgeous boy- loving the hand print by the way! Classic :rolleyes:
He look really toned up and fit, and what a lovely shiny coat! I wish my boy was that clean *sigh*
He looks fabulous, you can really see a difference with his neck and top line! :D
 
He's very handsome. Bit difficult to tell really because of the angle he's standing at - but it does look as if he has more top line.

He's pretty impressive actually.

I'm a hacking fan for fittening and muscling up. Do you do much?
 
Wow what an improvement, well done he looks great. If I was going to say anything it would be that his quarters don't look as powerful as his shoulders, but I think it maybe the angle that gives that impression more than anything. Lovely coat too!
 
He looks great! You can really see the improvement and what a really shiny coat!
Neck topline improving but perhaps could do with a little more muscle and topline just in front of the withers on the neck. However, it could be the fact the mane is squished down there giving it the appearance that it is dipping down a bit.
 
Thank you I'm glad some of you could see some improvement - its hard when you see them everyday!

We are still VERY MUCH a work in progress hoping to move up and start doing some Novice tests soon. :eek:

We don't have a school so bar a weekly lesson and competitions we only hack and just try and take what we are learning in lessons out on the lanes.

He needs a lot more in his neck and quarters I agree needs some extra oomph too. Trailer test should be passed (fingers crossed) this month so hopefully get back going to our local prog clear round on Tuesdays which should help with the back end and of course have lots of fun!

He is gorgeous and I'm so luck to have him. Hopefully August picture will be a difference again....

Ps it must be the sunshine as he wasn't even brushed this morning and the dusty handprint gives me away *blushes*- thank you
 
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He looks lovely!!! Some inspiration for me because my horse is like your first pic at the present time. I think he looks far more muscley than he did. Can i ask how you did it?
 
I remember commenting previously as he is built much the same way as my WB. I think he looks a whole lot rounder all over which is what I am seeking. Back ends are always slower to develop in WB I have found than in say a TB doing regular hill work.

Well done and out of interest what feed is he getting - I would love that gleem on my horse
 
1Lucie said:
He looks lovely!!! Some inspiration for me because my horse is like your first pic at the present time. I think he looks far more muscley than he did. Can i ask how you did it?
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Well his confirmation wasn't his only issue when he came he was so under muscled from a year off so just lunging to start with- which he loves. Then hacking at the time we were at a lovely yard next to hours of forest hacking, but he was so undertoned we stuck to the flat ish rides as he'd struggle to find his feet going up him and napp when we got to a down hill bit and then he would jog down sideways with the occasional buck :eek: Spend months getting him to relax and enjoy hacking.

I started doing bits in the school but he was hard work so joined the Riding club and found he would relax more with others around and JUMPs to swoon after! We did some fun rides, hunting a bit of dressage and jumping just having fun really.

My daughter started school in September and we moved to a private yard 5 minutes walk from my house and everything has started to fall into place from there- he is happier and put on some weight, stopped pulling his shoes off and I have been able to ride more as he's close to home. My flatwork trainer lives opposite too so i bimble down the lane once a week and she is fab - a bit scary like all good teachers are, but knowledgable and able to translate that to others - even me it seems!

So my advise would be hilly hacks, lessons with a good trainer (that you gel with) even if its only once a month and if you can join a Riding club- I'm very lucky that I live close enough to be a member of the Cricklands Equestrian club (affiliated to BRC) with arguably the best facilities you can get and get my jumping lessons are with Matt Broome (Davids son) who is a great teacher and also the only other person to have ridden Z when I was struggling with his appalling canter, when he got off he said "that is the most uncomfortable horse I've ever sat on!".

Be prepared for it to be a long road I had originally had hoped to be BE'ing this year but the progress we have made is incredible even if slower than i had hoped, and with continuing to work with Vicki and Matt am excited to see where we'll be this time next year.:)

This years goals :
*High 60%'s at novice dressage
*He jumping 1.30 easily as a single fence but his canter has let him down in jumping a course so I have taken him back to 80cm classes so hopefully getting him jumping fluidly and start jumping bigger classes.
*May even try him at a BE 80 at back end of season
 
Sameru said:
I remember commenting previously as he is built much the same way as my WB. I think he looks a whole lot rounder all over which is what I am seeking. Back ends are always slower to develop in WB I have found than in say a TB doing regular hill work.

Well done and out of interest what feed is he getting - I would love that gleem on my horse
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The GLEEM is good old fashion and CHEAP sugarbeat- I use the 24 hour stuff.

He prefers uncomplicated sloppy feeds. He doesn't digest starch well so through the winter, as he can drop condition, he was on Dodson and horrell build up, sugarbeat, and some chaff with a good gulg of soya oil. And as he got a bit porky about 6 weeks ago, he's now on half a scoop of sugarbeat and half of countrywide value nuts with splash of soya oil..

I love sugar beat especially at coat change times brings through such a lovely glossy coat. Horses love it and it's super cheap!

Ps obviously I know it high sugar this is why is fed with a basic nut- also in lots of work.
 
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