are you riding him yet? if you are then hill work let him strech his head down but dont let him poke his nose. i have to do it with my horse because he gets a cold back but hes 10 but i know it builds muscles up all down their backs
god no! as the post says I am referring to 2yr olds, unbroken. This is my boy, 15.2 just turned 2 this month, I know how to get them a fine behind if ridden, just wondering how to achieve it is an unbroken horse for showing.
The only thing you can do really at that age imho, is walking out in hand, and make sure he is carrying himself properly, and walking with consideration of where each foot is going, not just rushing forwards onto his forehand. That along with doing that up lots of hills would work, along with toning up the legs/bum of handler
Advantage would be also the horse gets used to roads/traffic etc, with a nanny horse it need be
The only thing you can do really at that age imho, is walking out in hand, and make sure he is carrying himself properly, and walking with consideration of where each foot is going, not just rushing forwards onto his forehand. That along with doing that up lots of hills would work, along with toning up the legs/bum of handler
Advantage would be also the horse gets used to roads/traffic etc, with a nanny horse it need be
See now my two year old looks like this (he will be two at the end of this month).
Taken today....
He is currently about 14hh, forester x cob. Chunky monkey!
His winter field has a bit of a slope to it that he and Stiggy thunder up and down.
very sweet 
i mean queenbee didnt put up a picture of him on her first post so it could have been a racehorse or a cob
No need to build up that ass
I must be an oldie!! No one else has mentioned "strapping". Its very beneficial for not just building up condition and muscle tone in youngsters but also very good on any horse in work for helping to increase circulation to the muscle groups and you can even be specific and use it to help build up and even out muscle groups.
I must be an oldie!! No one else has mentioned "strapping". Its very beneficial for not just building up condition and muscle tone in youngsters but also very good on any horse in work for helping to increase circulation to the muscle groups and you can even be specific and use it to help build up and even out muscle groups.
I must be an oldie!! No one else has mentioned "strapping". Its very beneficial for not just building up condition and muscle tone in youngsters but also very good on any horse in work for helping to increase circulation to the muscle groups and you can even be specific and use it to help build up and even out muscle groups.
I am just hoping that fine ass does not expand much more tbh!!!
He was supposed to be for eldest daughter, but if he keeps growing at the rate he has been, I shall nab him for me
With ben, I went to a friends barbecue and she showed me the foal she had bred, on the drive out my ex told me he would buy him for me for christmas if I wanted. So not my impulse buy, but sure as hell the only good thing to ever come from my ex 
The muscles are there under the skin, they are just under developed, as you would expect on any youngster that is not in work.
If you can find someone to show you how and where to strap correcly you can build up the muscle in his quarters and top line so that they are more pronounced. However, I would also only combine strapping a youngster if is was getting walking work in hand as otherwise you are in danger of building up the muscle but it will be built up just in a shortened state (sorry dont know how else to describe it). The muscle / muscle groups also needs to be stretched (walking work) at the same time as being built up otherwise you could cause problems. Hope that makes sense!!
can't have him all lopsided and odd now And yes the strrrreeetching, I totally get that, I hate that people don't understand that stretching the muscles out is paramount when building them up!