Abi90
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Now officially a scrawny, pot bellied but ribby ugly duckling. Had his first bath yesterday and was ever so good!
Percy the Yearling
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Rumtytum
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Lovely boy! You can see the swan in him ?
hobo
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Percy looks like he is going to be a big boy judging by him as a yearling. He looks great a powerful back end on him.
Ratface
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That's a very nice sort that you have there. I don't think he's an ugly duckling at all - he's a youngster waiting to grow into his adult finery!
Have you pictures of his dam and sire?
Have you pictures of his dam and sire?
BBP
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I love seeing yearling/ugly duckling photos. I can’t wait to see how he turns out. Mine went from ugly duckling and is now at the awkward gosling stage as a 2yo, hopefully swan by next year!
Jeni the dragon
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Lovely to catch up with him!
PinkvSantaboots
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Bless him his all head and belly but he will fill out soon enough and look totally different next year his still lovely though ?
Abi90
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Abi90
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Sire is a 16.3 grey KWPN Grade A Showjumper and this is him:
Abi90
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Oh and thanks for the lovely comments everyone! I think he’s going to turn out very nicely. And he has such a laidback attitude with it 
Xmasha
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Lovely to see him again . He’s a nice stamp and agree with the others .. he’s got some growing to do ??
Bernster
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Rosie is a lovely horse and his dad looks like a hunk so I’m sure he’ll be super!
Abi90
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So we measured Percy yesterday and he’s currently 14.2 at a little over a year old.
I was worried he was going to be a monster but he’s a full hand smaller than my friends’ yearlings. So he might not get too big!!! Or just have a massive growth spurt!
Some updated photos
I was worried he was going to be a monster but he’s a full hand smaller than my friends’ yearlings. So he might not get too big!!! Or just have a massive growth spurt!
Some updated photos
dorsetladette
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Oh he's a lovely looking boy.
Xmasha
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Perfect height , he’s looking great .
I’m hoping mine has done a lot of her growing already as she’s standing at 15.2 at the minute. I’ve had vets/ judges tell me she’s going to be massive ? not what I expected at all.
I’m hoping mine has done a lot of her growing already as she’s standing at 15.2 at the minute. I’ve had vets/ judges tell me she’s going to be massive ? not what I expected at all.
Abi90
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To be honest, this is what I expected to happy with him. He was a big foal and people kept commenting on how big he was and how tall he was… but I think he’ll make about 15.3/16hh which would be absolutely perfect!
Barton Bounty
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Looking lovely, as long as you put in the work now, breaking will be easy ?
Jeni the dragon
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He's looking great!
Annagain
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If 15.3/16hh would be absolutely perfect I can guarantee he will either stop growing immediately or keep going until he's 8 and be at least 17hh. (My money's on the latter!) He is lovely though. Is that a hint of greying out I see in the last photo? He looks very similar in colour to Monty at the same age - Mont was steel grey until really quite late in life and went from steel grey to very fleabitten almost overnight - in the space of shedding one winter coat!
Abi90
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Yes he’s going grey. Or at least I hope so as that’s what I put on his passport!! I think he will be steel grey for a long time though. He looks more dark bay right now but there are definitely flecks through his coat. Although less on his face than there were before!!
His Mum was 15.2 (just) at 4 and was 16.2 at 5 so it could happen!!
Abi90
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Thank you. He’s been very easy so far. He was windswept when he was born so I taught him to lead as he went in and out the stable every day. Spent a lot of time with a rope (and other things) running it all over his body, teaching him to back up and move across and drop his head. To keep him occupied as much as anything as he was on box rest.
he’s now at the best youngstock livery where they live out in a heard and come in for lessons
Barton Bounty
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Thts the way to do it, start the basics young and it will be easy peasy
Annagain
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Abi90
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What a lovely boy!! And yes very similar colour! I had thought I had got away with the grey but alas it started to come through as he shed his bay foal coat! But I do like a dark steel grey!
Abi90
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He’s such an easy boy and wants to please, and very brave. Very lucky that he has taken after both his parents
Annagain
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Mont was about 15 before he lost his steel grey. He's about 13 in this photo I'd say. You might get away with it!
Abi90
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Mont was about 15 before he lost his steel grey. He's about 13 in this photo I'd say. You might get away with it!
His Sire is 13-14 now I think and still has black legs and a black mane and tail!
Abi90
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Little update on Percy! I’ve cropped the farrier’s bum out of the photos 
Jeni the dragon
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He's looking great! And tall!
Abi90
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He’s starting to have more of his Dad about him now I think