How does my 3 year old look?

I think she looks fine for a 3yro who is clearly growing, she is very much like her grand dam in frame, she is a huge stamp of mare and Darcy looks to be the same, and showjump i think you are being very modest with your knowledge!!!! you are doing everything right in my opinion, let her grow without pumping with feed, after how you and Danni nursed mum you are the best person to know how to deal with her, after all everyone knows everything these days, do your own thing as you know whats best for your horses and seeing how everything is set up at your place now, im very envious by the way good luck. xx
 
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She's doing well for grass livery! (please don't bite my head off for saying this) is there any chance you could get stable and grass? and possibly stable her once or twice a week? If you're wanting to start her progress of backing i'd suggest a little bit more weight on her? I'm sure if you're only looking to do walk and trot lunging and 15/20 mins of long reining she'll be fine!x
 
Sammie&Spoilt said:
She's doing well for grass livery! (please don't bite my head off for saying this) is there any chance you could get stable and grass? and possibly stable her once or twice a week? If you're wanting to start her progress of backing i'd suggest a little bit more weight on her? I'm sure if you're only looking to do walk and trot lunging and 15/20 mins of long reining she'll be fine!x
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Showjump has some of the best facilities that has just been completed in cheshire, like she said she didnt have a fenced area to have darcy home, but she will be bringing her home to play with. She knows what she is doing and what amount of feed and work she is capable of.
 
Aw thank you koeffee kind of you say those lovely things. Glad you think she's looking good, and interesting what you say about grand dam.
As koeffee says we have built a new yard, and now we have fenced the fields Darby can come home, thanks for everyone's input, i'll keep you updated on how we get on.
 
She is lovely and I so love her big ears - a real weakness of mine. Usually means a kind generous nature.

To me she would be fine to start her education. She can learn to lunge in walk and halt with short trots in a couple of months timeonce she is fitter. Some long reining to help learn about turning.

A saddle and light rising won't hurt her so long as it is kept short and at a sensible pace. I rode mine in walk only for 6 months as she had come to me in awful condition - it did her no harm.
 
Go on then :D This is foxy .....

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And a rubbish but more up to date pic! (well from the winter)

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I bought him from danni, I hope he ends up looking like him he is growing like a weed at the moment!. Just been looking at ur other posts and your mare is lovely to :D
 
Sorry he not she!! I bought my mare from danni four years ago now, and danni covered her with Ali the night i viewed her, fetched her home scanned her and to everyone's amazement she was in foal!
 
showjump- she looks FAB really grown since i saaw her last!!!! she's bloomin huuuuge

i think she looks fine condition wise and i would say your plan is a good one, i'm doing the same thing with H right now, in fact he's off to boarding school in July!!

v jealous of your set up, hope everything's ok and very well done with Soph recently!
 
Thanks F, how bigs H now?
Aw thanks, love having them at home and they seem more relaxed here somehow?! Sophs doing well, although think darcys going to dwarf her!! How's F?
 
Showjump I think your mare looks spot on!! I think we have got so used to seeing FAT horses that we immediately want to cram loads of feed in them if we can spot a rib!!

Mine has just turned 3, he came end of January having lived out, he was 16.2 then, I don't leave out 24/7 in winter coz I think it's sodding miserable out there - so they come in at night to a big 15x15 stable with huge haylage nets, and then go out all day. Since April, they have been out 20hrs a day, and comes in for a rest and check over, rug change etc. And I'd say even with 2 big fields full of grass my lad still is ribby, he is wormed, teeth done etc, but when I watch him he doesn't just stuff his face, he plays and sleeps and is growing!! I measured him last week and he's a few mm's off 17.1hh!!! He has the shiniest coat, bright eyes etc, I'm not worried about his condition I wish my others looked like him - they are all in the same routine (except ridden!) and they are all looking a bit too well on all this Spring grass.

I'd post a pic but don't want the RSPCA coming a knocking lol!!
 
hiya F

H is 154cm (15.1ish) so he's officially a dwarf!! BUT he's going to attend the sports pony studbook grading and see how he goes he needs to be under 158 for that so hoping he doesn't shoot up between now and then! he's already lunging with tack on and long reining, everything seems v easy to him so we'll see!??

F is going v v well touch wood!! a new saddle has made a huuuge difference to him, working on adv med stuff at home and off to boot camp for 2 weeks soon as i'm being made redundant!!
 
How funny you hoped for a big one, and me a small one! 158s perfect for me!!

Glad F is doing well. Sorry to hear your being made redundant tho, we are still struggling on work wise.
 
I know how funny I'm coming round to the idea of a smaller one though!!!!!

How are the boys doing????

Oh meant to ask you for the number for where you get your bedding from, can you pm me the number pls :)

Hummm work......... I'm going back to freelance qs stuff, supply teaching and the dressage training, hopefully!!!
 
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