Feeding a 3 year old.

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Calli will be 3 in April and 16hh we are hoping to show her inhand this year in coloured classes. Want something that will give her a bit of topline - know she is still a baby and we can't work her properly yet to build muscle up etc. And nothing to fizzy as we are on limited turnout well non basically. But compared to a lot of 3 years olds whom I have seen pictures of on here. She looks scrawny........ Here is a recent picture look no neck...
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This is a bit ago, her neck looks poor now.
 
I think she looks great,but not a fan of too much weight and topline on a 3yr old am afraid!!!Not much help to you i know!!!
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She looks great and just the right weight. I might make sure that she is getting enough protein in her diet but other than that she looks great.

One thing, if you are lunging her (not saying that you should) make sure that she is working from behind on a very large circle as that will help build up the muscle along her back and neck, but if not then keep doing whatever it is you're doing as she really does look great.
 
I fed my three year old baileys lo-cal and mollichaff andinpreparation for the show season added sunflower oil to her diet for condition and shine. I'm notsure if that helps though as in the summer shes out24/7.Will yours in the summer?
 
I think she looks in wonderful nick.

Have you thought about strapping her neck, and also feeding from a hand on the door manger????
 
Thanks folks. It just seems to be when you see pictures of other 3 year olds, I realise how underdeveloped she looks. But yes they all grow and mature at different rates. We do try not to lunge her as such. But with limited turnout ie none. Can't turn out for a blast in the sand school as it ruins the membrane we have no alternative but to let her on the end of the lunge. On a full massive circle on the outer track with daughter running around as much as poss so we don't do small circles to help joints etc. We do have a small lunge paddock which we can turnout loose but it is so small Calli can't get round for a blast faster than a trot!!!! We have tried strapping her, downloaded a video someone on here showed us. So might start that again. Come summer yes 24/7 turnout will be done. She is fed from the haybar but tips it all out and eats from the floor. Best £50 I ever spent - not!!!
 
I took Chancer to the Pferde Stud at 3 - top coloured producers to be assessed and have some advice on getting him to do well in the youngstock classes.

He got him work on a lunge round the whole school with the odd circle to teach him going round corners at a good pace, using vienna reins to start getting him to build some topline. I also increased the feed slightly as he was working harder and changed from high fibre to conditioning cubes. We built up a little more work each week until he was doing 20 mins four days a week at the end of the two months.

I also led him out off Cairo for other days to help build up his fitness and muscle which he really enjoyed.

I did this for 2 months before the BSPA/ASS champs and then let him down again. He did very well which he would not have done without some topline and work as we were up against professional producers.

What Darren recommended to me is that you build them up for two months for the start of the season, qualify, then let them down and keep them ticking over and again 2 months before the championship build up again. Dont keep them in competition work for the season. This way you don't do damage but have a chance of competing successfully with youngsters.

All the producers do this so you have a choice, don't go showing, be bottom of the line, or do some work with them short term.
 
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