I want to see your improvements!

[rachelha]

Post a photo of your horses when you first got them and an 'after' photo so to speak! I'd love to see all of the improvements that you have made.. plus it makes us feel good to look back at how they were!

Here are mine!
Before:

After!

Sorry about the many rubbish photos, im just so proud of how my girl is getting on

Now its your turn!

 

[cremedemonthe]

Don't have a horse to show you I'm afraid but just to comment on what a nicely turned out horse you have.Alot better in the after photos and well done for having a perfectly fitted bridle, makes a change to what I normally see round yards!
Well done you, Oz

 

[Lolo]

You asked for it!

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Her first ride on him:

The most recent dressage photo:

His first SJ comp:

The most recent:

And yesterday:
http://www.saundersphotography.co.uk/photo13330954.html
(keep clicking through, and ignore the deep spot XC! Annoyingly, it's a full up 1m brush and he makes it look about 1' tall!)

And finally XC... He's just the most superb XC horse, willing, bold and clever. He is fine with ditches, corners, skinnies, water... you name it, he's happy to jump it and he's a pleasure to watch. He's always been quite bold (although he had a rather strong aversion to the ditches with the goblins in!) but now he is just a pleasure to watch.

And just because he's a donkey and we love him dearly! He's Al's darling, and she's slogged her guts out with him and he is SO worth it.

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Her video summing up 2011. Next year will be epic for them I hope- BE100, then some Novice if he's going well.

 

[xRobyn]

A different sort of improvement.

 

[JFTDWS]

xRobyn, I like yours best. That is the most pleasing "improvement" comparison I've ever seen

 

[mrogers]

This is Tan when she first arrived on loan in March

This is her in May when I was able to get back in the saddle

First ride after knee reconstruction (for me)

First comp about 2 weeks later

Winning our first county show 3rd time out in June

and qualifying for our 1st evening performance in Sept at our first championship show together

and then this is Bambi my old ex racer which my cousin now has

This is when we went to see her, straight off the track

about 4 weeks later at our first dressage and her first time indoors

and then our first show the week after that

 

[JFTDWS]

This is my middle pony, who's now 5, but I got him as a 3 year old. This is a few months after breaking

and at his first dressage

Recently (the last couple of months) showing:

schooling:

jumping:

and xc schooling

I could go on, but I fear you'd only get even more bored - I could talk about him all night

 

[Hedwards]

Here's Connie the day I brought her home:

Approximately 1 year later

She's retired now, all fluffy and happy!

 

[JessandCharlie]

Here's little Ozz, not an 'after' by any means, but more of a 'before and a little bit later'

4yo TB, bred to race but never trained. Had him...5 months, I think.

When we first got him

A couple of months later

The other day

(Excuse ears, he was doing his best 'the rain is going to dissolve me! Help me!' face )

And just 'cos he's cute

J&C

 

[xRobyn]

xRobyn, I like yours best. That is the most pleasing "improvement" comparison I've ever seen

Thank you

 

[fidleyspromise]

JFTD - I'm sure you've posted this lad before and I absolutely love him.

Fab changes everyone Myself, I've not really had any. Tilly was unbacked and I backed her but she was in good health.
Fidley - I thought was a little underweight but actually for a 3yr old she was fine - and again, she's not yet backed.

 

[You Wont Forget Me]

xRobyn, I like yours best. That is the most pleasing "improvement" comparison I've ever seen

I have to agree with you there!! Well done xRobyn

 

[JFTDWS]

JFTD - I'm sure you've posted this lad before and I absolutely love him.

Thanks very much, yes pics of him all over the place TBF he was in good health when I got him too though - all I've done's the ridden work

 

[LeannePip]

im Hoping the pictures work! this is the first time i've used photobucket!

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when she first came home in feb/march 2010 ^^

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First Show easter 2010^^

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Comparision - what a difference a year makes!^^

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May 2011 - first show of the year 2x 1st Place^^

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Last Show of the year^^ 2x 2nd 1x1st and Reserve Champ.

 

[LeannePip]

how do you make the photos work?

 

[JFTDWS]

^you need the

 

[LeannePip]

Thank you! hoping this works!!

when she first came home march 2010 rising 2vv

first show - Easter 2010

Comparison - what a difference a year makes

First show 2011 - rising 3 - 2x 1sts

3rd/Last Show 2011 - 3yo - (sept 11) - 2x2nd 1x1st Reserve Champ

 

[JFTDWS]

nice lass - what is she?

eta- don't dare say a horse!

 

[Mince Pie]

When I got her:

After her argument with the 5 bar gate

A couple of weeks ago:

 

[LeannePip]

Well Spotted - she is a horse

shes an amazingly bred wimp of a sports horse most probably a warmblood in a 'unknown Breeding' PBW's body - thats what she thinks any way!

yeaah shes a PBW from her dads side mums is pretty vague although we know she has nebo lines from her father. her dad is a sec D but was unregistered and his owners 'can't remember' where he came from! :L

 

[JFTDWS]

Well Spotted - she is a horse

shes an amazingly bred wimp of a sports horse most probably a warmblood in a 'unknown Breeding' PBW's body - thats what she thinks any way!

yeaah shes a PBW from her dads side mums is pretty vague although we know she has nebo lines from her father. her dad is a sec D but was unregistered and his owners 'can't remember' where he came from! :L

lol I wondered if she might be one of these draft x type warmbloods - shire/clydie x tb type - that shows how deceptive a photo can be! (Or have I been hallucinating again?!) Regardless, she's lovely - and I'm not easy to please

 

[melandjazz]

I have owned my welsh x mare jazz a year this tuesday

this is her a year ago

And this is her recently

 

[LeannePip]

Thank you JFDT i love her alot of people have asked wether she is clydie x because of her leg markings but they have come about because parentage on her mums side has some traditional coloured cob which has come through as an 'almost coloured' but its shown itself as bay with alot of white!

 

[ISH_lover]

Had Jester just over a year now and recently iv'e had lots of comments on how good he's looking considering he was 50kg over weight , had no muscle tone and had never jumped.
When i got him:

First Jump:

And now a year later:

Scopey :

Scottish Appaloosa Breed Show:

Sorry the piccies are big

 

[FanyDuChamp]

Captain 3 months after we got him, he'd been on 3 buckets a day at this time.

A couple of months later.

After a year

And last summer.

And this year

He has really changed.
FDC

 

[Pally]

No idea if this will work! fingers crossed.

I lost my boy 5 years ago now but we had 19 very happy years together.

This was when he was first rescued, straight after unloading him from the trailer (both vet and farrier recommended PTS).

Marragic and Wendy by Marragic, on Flickr

Not a great photo but I haven't got may others on Photobucket.

img016 by Marragic, on Flickr

And just because he turned into such a lovely gentle chap.

Marragic by Marragic, on Flickr

 

[Shantara]

Had Jester just over a year now and recently iv'e had lots of comments on how good he's looking considering he was 50kg over weight , had no muscle tone and had never jumped.
When i got him:

And now a year later:

Gorgeous!! Did you just enter this pic in a contest on facebook? "Most Handsome Gelding"