Comments or cc on my new boy who i bought in this state.

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Hes a 2yr old warmblood x cob type, standing at 14h now but not had the best start in life, pic is of his 2nd day with me after a good scrub and make over. Hes meant to make approx 15.2 - 16h is this likely having been nearly starved at one point. Hes the kindest horse ever! CC comments are very welcome to, just wanna know what people think of him.
 
He's a lucky lad and should make a beautiful horse.

Just a note of caution - I got a 4 yr old mare who had previously been neglected and bought back by the breeder who fed her up on all sorts of feeds, far too quickly. Later on, after years of problems, including behavioural, we realised that she could not tolerate any sugar or cereals in her diet. As I see you have hay available for him, I'm sure you won't fall into that trap.
 
He looks like he'll make into a nice type, doesn't look like a neglect case tbh, a little light but better that way than too fat at that age especially. I'd be surprised if he made more than 15.2hh but stranger things have happened!
 
he looks alot worse in real life! all his back bone is sticking up, bum is triangle shape, his quaters are all sunk in and all ribs showing, hes not wormy at all so must just be from lack of food and grass, i hope this doesnt affect his height making potential. Love him so much i just had to share!
 
As others have said, he doesn' look too bad really but I do appreciate photos can be decieving. I would say that yes, he will make his height. He's only 2 so has a good 4 years of growing to do.

I would start by feeding him add lib hay - nothing else apart from grass for the next couple of months and then build up frm there if neccesary, you want the weight to come on very gradually so as not to cause growth spurts wih could cause bigger problems for you than him not making quite the right height

Over winter I would keep him on high fibre, low sugar feeds and add a broad spectrum supplement to provide him with his vits and mins :)
 
He doesn't look too bad. I just bought a 3 year old straight out the field and she looks a little on the lean side with her hips protruding and back bone a bit prominent but she looks to be a very slow grower and they do tend to look a bit thin and lanky as they grow.
If he is 14hh at 2 years, I would expect him to make 15hh. My boy I bought was 14.1hh when I bought him at 2 and now at 5 he is 15hh although he will be a late maturer, I expect him to finish at 15.1hh.
 
Take some photos from behind, particularly with the tail pulled to one side, look to see if the gap between his thighs goes quite a way up - that will be a good pointer to how thin he is. I had a horse that was woefully underweight but in the photos you couldn't really tell especially as his coat was coarse and staring, hiding many evils.

As others have said, don't be tempted to overdo sugar-high short feed as it can cause metabolic problems later in life.

Friend's rescue coblet gained a whole hand in height over the winter after serious neglect - if the height is in his genes, he will catch up, it will just take longer.
 
He looks lovely, if a bit lean for going into winter. As others have said try to go down the forage route to build his weight up rather than hard feed, if it is only lack of food it will work well and not too quickly. He looks like he will make a lovely horse.
 
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