Is sasha too thin.?

yes, I rather agree I missed that bit - a lot of work for a horse only in work for 5 weeks if that is the case.
 
Would much rather fit and lean than fat and unfit like alot of horses I see.

I keep mine fit and lean and always have. I hate seeing fat horses pushed beyond there limits at the SJ etc , makes me so mad. People dragging unfit horses out of field and expecting them to compete etc

You sound like you know what you doing and the PM person maybe clueless.
 
Pics taken from the front angle will generally make bums look small and skinny anyway. To me, how she looks currently from the top photo, it looks like her spine is protruding all the way to her quarters which would indicate to me that she is underweight as well as being under-muscled. Even a horse caught inhaling can make a difference to a moment-in-time captured photo. Very difficult to tell from the angle of that photo.
 
She looks fine in the second picture, in the first one posted she looks poor, her skin is starey and in general poor nic.
 
be positive said:
If she has only been in work for around 5 weeks then she is not yet likely to be even half fit after a winter turned out, let alone ready to be in hard work so in that case I think she needs to build up more muscle doing plenty of slow work, if rushed into hard work without the chance to develop the correct muscles she is going to be at risk of injury.
She looks fab in the second photo and has a good amount of muscle at the end of the season.
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This ^^

I'm surprised if she's been out of work for 4 months that she is polocrosse fit within 5 weeks. That's going some.
 
Aw you changed Delfina's name :(

She looked great with James at the start, middle and end of the polo season. I'm sure you'll have her looking great eventually; muscle does come with work, afterall :) And it sounds like you're on the way to getting that. But it should be gradually built up.

Did she not do the arena season with the uni students? Most of the ponies were doing lessons/chukkas throughout the winter using local arenas :)

She doesn't look like a rescue case at all :)
 
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