Is it me.... (before and after photos - different horse?)

I don't think they are the same, in the first photo horse has curved facial profile, whereas in last two horse has straight ( or perhaps even curved the other way?!) profile. And I too think there is some white socks on the back legs, but it COULD be mud.
On the sheath, the 1st photo is shadow is enough to hide a sheath, but the 2nd I definitely think there should be at least a bit of sheath showing?
I showed my OH and he said, course its the same, they're all brown! lol
 
I don't think it's the same, if you cover up the rest of the body in the first pic so you are only looking at head - no optical illusion due to being underweight - it really doesn't look the same. If it is the same, brilliant feed! Also bothers me when the before pictures always have the horse muddy in a winter coat, and after is clean, groomed and in summer coat.
 
TT55 said:
Ok sorry for the inane post, but this has been bugging me! (plus my car is broken so i have to wait for a lift to the yard and am bored!)

http://www.dengie.com/horse-feeds/healthy-range/healthy-tummy/gentle-giant-sonny/

Is it me or is the top (before) horse different to the one below? I know he looks like he has muddy feet, but i could swear the horse in the top photo has at least one white sock and the 'after' horse has none... I also reckon the horses have different shaped heads!
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I think different horse as if you save it and zoom in you can see the line where the white hair ends and brown starts and its not the mud
 
I think there are indeed 3 different horses.
Firstly, the top photo, hidden by mud or not, there is a glimpse of a white sock on off hind.
Middle photo is a mare!?
Bottom photo is the gelding with a larger kind eye and a more refined head. (Also could be photo shopped? Off hind?)
PLUS, all wearing different head collars!!! lol
 
I think it's the same horse, it says he arrived in November with rainscald and mud fever so he may well have lost hair on his legs. I think if is camera glare that gives the impression of socks, also I think it is just the angle of the photo as to why his man bits are not on show. The head looks the same to me as does the tail, and of course his body has filled out, it is amazing how misleading some photos can be give different times of year, and day light.
 
In the first 2 photos, the horse has markings (or baldness perhaps?) Around its eyes. None at all in last pic, appears to have changed colour/grown out very quickly?
 
I think the first two photos are the same horse, large head and stocky legs, the third photo, the head is too fine to be the same horse, the legs are also finer, even in winter fluff my horses have the same sized heads and legs, just fluffier
 
Well, horses do change with work and proper diet... loads of people commented on a friends horse who was quite similar. I get the nose profile thing but in the first two he did have a thick uneven coat. I'm not so sure now but wouldn't it be awful of Dengie to post before and after of two/three different horses?? Credibility out the window! Even though I do rate their products.
 
If you look at the first photograph (where people are saying the horse has white socks), you will see that the horse is surrounded by powdery limestone. This forms a white/grey mud when wet and I think this is what he has on his feet and pasterns, not white socks.
 
DuckFatRoasties said:
Well, horses do change with work and proper diet... loads of people commented on a friends horse who was quite similar. I get the nose profile thing but in the first two he did have a thick uneven coat. I'm not so sure now but wouldn't it be awful of Dengie to post before and after of two/three different horses?? Credibility out the window! Even though I do rate their products.
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It may not be Dengie's fault. The pictures are from customers and maybe (if it is a different horse) it is the customer who is being misleading. Though why that would be, I don't know. Unless they were being paid and something happened to the original horse.
 
Wagtail said:
It may not be Dengie's fault. The pictures are from customers and maybe (if it is a different horse) it is the customer who is being misleading. Though why that would be, I don't know. Unless they were being paid and something happened to the original horse.
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Well, that's it isn't it... why would anyone go to the trouble of posting different horses to show the difference a decent source of food made? Being paid... I don't know, Dengie make enough money not to go about doing stuff like that and I doubt they'd risk their profile.

Anyway, I don't even know why I even care lol !!:D
 
Wagtail said:
It may not be Dengie's fault. The pictures are from customers and maybe (if it is a different horse) it is the customer who is being misleading. Though why that would be, I don't know. Unless they were being paid and something happened to the original horse.
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could just be an innocent mistake - person has 2 bay horses and accidentally sends Dengie the wrong pic

first 2 horses are definitely the same imo, when mine comes in with mud over his sock there is still no questioning that he has a sock because the colour underneath the mud shows through - his black legs can end up looking very grey in comparison!

I also think the angle and expression of the horse changes how he looks in photo 3, horse is more muscular, filled out and looks more relaxed compared to 1 and 2 and you'd be suprised how that can change a horses face! Mine can go from 'excitable, wild stallion looking thing' to 'half asleep plod' just by relaxing himself and stretching his neck out a bit. Granted his sheath hasn't magically disappeared in photos though!
 
There's no way the first and third horse are the same.

The first horse has an extremely noticeable Roman nose, and the third horse has an almost slightly dished face.

The sheath not being there could just be a shadow or the angle, but the head shape is too different.

The eye looks more triangular in the first two, too.
 
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