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i was scared about posting pics and being ripped to shreads but i know i will at least get an honest opinion!...

shes 4 - warmblood x cob (we think.)....

i think shes tubby as do a couple of other people i asked but??.... she gets a handful of chaff/some redigrass and pink powder...she gets worked around 5 days a week - combination of everything - jumping/lunging/schooling/hacking to come...

thoughts - be GENTLE with me. ta :D


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Haha those are lovely pics of her pottling round in the field!

I wouldn't say she is fat....would have said she's lacking in definition of muscle. You can see in the last pic she has a slight apple bottom....but there is no bunching of fat around her neck or chest.... She is out of 2 breeds that are generally quite big and chunky - her breed will encourage that as a natural aspect of her shape. With the spring grass coming though, I would keep a very careful eye on her waistline, as I'm betting she is a good doer.

I think toning and muscle building is needed, I do not think she is fat...a little hairy :D but not fat.
 
She's not too bad actually, if she's staying in that field she'll probably lose a bit, not critisising the field btw, its ideal for my horse who's had lami I'd love it :-)

She looks a nice horse
 
thankss :)

the camera has been in hibernation like me over winter lol.

ive tried grately to up her exercise and im having our first lesson on sunday so im hoping i can start getting exercses to help push us both on more!

i will cut her feed down a little more as with the grass coming through she will get tubbier - as she hasnt dropped any weigh at all over winter and i havent rugged her up much tbh!!....

eta noiseygirl - its not a lot of grass purely as we have turnout everyday through winter and we dont rotate - the grass dose come back (eventually)... but iagree shes better on a barer field like that :)
 
Love the trotting pic! I wouldn't say fat, she is well covered though and with my good doers I would prob be cutting back on food/strip grazing at this point in the year if they were looking the same as it is so easy for them to ballon with the grass coming through. If you posted the same pic going into winter I would prob say she was just right allowing for a little to be dropped through the winter. Along with a close eye on food I think some good forwards walking hacks will help alot I think to keep the weight under control. A smart walk up and down hills for a couple of hours once or twice a week along with the usual schooling/midweek hacks really helps the muscle tone and weight with ours.
 
She is fine, just needs a bit of muscle which will come with work; definitely not fat. I think she is gorgeous by the way. She has a lovely face.

What sort of WB x is she? She has a look of the old fashioned ID..

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Fany Du Champ said:
She is fine, just needs a bit of muscle which will come with work; definitely not fat. I think she is gorgeous by the way. She has a lovely face.

What sort of WB x is she? She has a look of the old fashioned ID..

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thanks :)

no idea about her type... shes cost me £1200 from horsemart as a warmblood x cob. :D:D

best money i ever spent as ive gone from being terrified 12 months ago of trotting a RS horse (2 bad falls from my last 2 horses)... to jumping in the field and feeling 100% confident in everything about her - shes just fab

she will never be a superstar but she has a heart of gold :)
 
She's huge :D;)


She looks ok from the pics, if she's kept fit and she feels fit and alert (not lethargic and having to be pushed) with her work load (without the help of any energy food) but then that depends how long you have been doing what your doing and how she's worked when you do a it, the fact that she's only four, I presume she's not doing huge amounts compaired to something a bit older.

Like someone else said, for her type she looks about right, perhaps a bit of grass/hay belly there but she'll no doubt trim up more with continued work but I suppose now spring is upon us, you'll just have to be careful she doesn't put anymore on, better to be a little under than over and she'll still be growing in spurts, some months she may hold her weight, other months she'll may carry less.

Can you feel her ribs at all, does she feel cresty along her neck?
 
haha kenzo - there was a point we did think she was up the duff lol.

i dont do heavy schooling with her - now summers here we will go up the field/tracks and not touch the school more than lessons (every other week)...so she dosent get bored/too much work.

Shes 5 in May so to me still "baby"....she learnt to canter (badly) with me in the school and we have knocked that on the head until we go hacking and i will introduce more strnuous work once shes older (meaning more hill work etc) so that should help with the weight??

food wise - shes on 1/2 a scoop of chaff AM and 1/4 PM... i think this can be reduced seeing as the spring grass is coming through and she gets tons of hay? (mabey too much but i dont want her standing there with nothing?) she gets hay an dfeed on the floor (no nets) as i think this is more natural for them?)./.
 
Very pretty face, chubby but def not fat fat. Given the size and shape of her head I would think she's meant to have a fuller figure, once she muscles up she'll be bigger but less chubby. I like her.
 
^ ok thanks cai :)

shes very plain and almost boring but i think once shes matured she could be nice :)

i just love her temprament....hence why i bought her - not her looks :D :)
 
She looks fine to me.....I'm paranoid about 2 of mine, if I posted pics of them on here I'd get slapped around because they do look tubby....but its all hair...honest.....if I clipped them they'd look like wet whippets ( well, not quite but you get the drift)....I can easily feel ribs and pelvis under the hair.

She's a heavier breed....they do not and should not look like TB's. OH's mare always always has an apple bum- even at her thinnest when she was team chasing she still had it, its her breeding (ID x something hairy)
 
I like her. Once she matures and finishes growing she probibily won't look chubby if you get me? Plus alot of it is probibily hair!
She looks exactily like I would expect a baby to look like. I think toning and muscle building is the next aim. If you are going to do loads of hacking then that will happen over the summer and I bet she will of changed shape quite a bit come winter :)
In conclusion, considering her age and breed she looks just fine :)
 
No, sh's not fat. She is half cob and so could not be expected to look like a thoroughbred. I think that is just her normal shape. She is lovely.
 
I don't think she's fat, she will look great once that coat is gone and you start to muscle her up. She has a lovely face, think you will have a lot of fun with her.

My field (livery) looks just like yours & like you say it comes back eventually but I'm always thanking my lucky stars it's like it is because my cob x hackney would be huge else. I think you're probably in the same boat!
 
She is lovely! I noticed slight fat pads below her wither but she doesn't look huge, just a little heavier than I would like coming out of winter. They reckon it is going to turn cold again tomorrow for a week or so, I would be tempted not to rug her at all and just see if she can burn a little off before we hit summer. I have two that are still as fat as they were before winter despite being on exactly the same rations as the others (who are all coming out of winter on the lean side as I like them to be - don't have to worry about grass with them!) and will be in a starvation paddock very shortly.
 
Excuse me for typing on the hoof so not reading all responses.

I'd say a condition score of 3, possibly 3.5 out of 5, where 2.5 is ideal, so not bad at all.

How much pasture and hay does she get?
 
sanolly - haha :D noooooo i dont want a baby out of her yet :D

east kent... we were trying to clip her but she tried to murder my friend under her belly so we gave up and just lifted a leg up so we could just get the girth area off (think winter + mud + drying time to ride..!!)

naturally - she goes out now (in the nice weather) and comes in when i get down (like 4? mabey later). but (See pics) the paddock hasnt much on it.... and wont have

She has hay (not haylege) in a morning and night - if for any reason shes in all day then she constantly has access to hay.

exercise wise - totally varies - i try to work her 5 days a week, however im at uni and have exams so for the next few days she is retired :D .... come next week when im off more i will be riding more so i can go study while i ride lol!....

so depends on uni/exams tbh ridden wise


food - she has the hay like i said - and also ive cut down to 1/2 a scoop of chaff and a sprinkle of redi grass (As of tonight...) and a handful of redigrass in a morning

(i have a sack of the stuff that i want rid of and it seems to be lasting forever :D )

:)
 
She looks just the kind that I would like to own! Yes, well covered but that level of work in the warmer weather will help. Have you any hills? Some good cardio work will do her wonders - and she's coming up to a good age for it.
 
Shes lovely, looks just like my boy, stamp wise and hes ID x TB x Shire with the same peachy bum! I wouldnt say she massively fat but if shes anything like my boy, you will have to watch her over the summer. I only feed him Hifi and Hifibre cubes but he holds his weight well over the winter so its an uphill battle from now :D
 
yes we have hills :) only one at the moment i can use in the top field (XC bank) but when the fields been cut we have hundreds of acres to play on :) with hills/banks/ditches etc... and i can finally ask for canter/gallop on a huge long stretch :D

pardalis - ive got a queue of people wanting to buy her :D lol! 3 and counting... so its nice to know if i had to sell (or gift) then i have lovely homes lined up :)
 
Not much leaway to cut intake down then, or up exercise! Only thing I can think of is feed less hay and make it last longer using smll holed haynets and the like, and or soaking it.
 
She looks lovely, very like a Dutch Warmblood I know and some of them live on fresh air. Some of them also err on the side of being lazy which adds to the weight problem but she looks lively in the field so hopefully that isnt the case! It sounds like you are doing everything right and are aware to keep her weight in check. Enjoy her, she is fab! x
 
looks fine to me. nice weight for a chunky type of horse rising 5. she has wintered well and is obviously a good doer, so i would just try to maintain this condition and continue with the work and enjoy her as she matures and finds her ideal weight and shape.
 
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