Section D - Conformation?

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Hello you helpful peeps :D

My friend has just bought this lad. Wondered what y'all think to him. He's thirteen months I believe. I have his pedigree if anyone's interested :D










(I'm having a bit of a posting issue..., this might also pop up on the other Section D thread, sorry if it does :cool:)
 
Poor soul, needs some TLC. A bit light of bone for a D for me anyway, my lads have always been quite chunky types. What's his breeding?
 
Bought it? I hope she didnt pay more than £30 for it! Dont like its feet/pastern angles. Its front feet need attention to try and stop the turning out toes. Appears to have an ok shoulder. Will look like a different animal once it has condition on and is clean and shiny, good luck with it.
 
MrsMozart said:
Thanks folks :)

I've not met a Section D yearling before and know little about the breed.

His sire is Coronhud Caradog, his dam is Windaus Carys.
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I like him very much, he is in the raw and in bad condition at the moment. He is going to be very big, his sire is 16hh. He will never grow into a typey sec D but nevertheless a very useful sort to do a job.
 
I used his sire Maesmynach Welsh Flyer on my Intermediate eventer TB, the foal was an ugly duckling and very similar to this youngster. He grew into a swan, I sold him to a top class dressage rider who turned down an offer of £120,000 for him. He grew to 18hh ! So Mrs M, your friend should have a lovely horse one day.
 
singing dawg said:
Bought it? I hope she didnt pay more than £30 for it! Dont like its feet/pastern angles. Its front feet need attention to try and stop the turning out toes. Appears to have an ok shoulder. Will look like a different animal once it has condition on and is clean and shiny, good luck with it.
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Don't try to force the toes in. When the chest grows (the horse will get wider between the front legs), the toes will straighten up. If you force the toes in at this age, you'll end up with a toe-in horse when it's fully grown.

He will look fantastic when he's mature. :)
 
He looks like he will turn into a very nice all rounder type of horse. With some TLC he should come on leaps and bounds. He is quite light of bone but many D's are bred that way now. Sure he hasn't got the best legs and feet,but what you see is what you see, would rather buy an animal like this and let it mature slowly than a pumped up meat mountain from a show ring!!
 
I think he'll mature very nicely and will be a better horse or being kept unfurnished at this age.
He does look tied in below the the knee in the photos however it really difficult to tell from a photo if they have some feather .
I hope your friend has great fun with him .
 
I have a sec d yearling too, I love the breed! Your friends boy does look quite poor, but im sure that with the right care ie carefull feeding and worming he will improve loads.
 
Thank you :)

I'll try and get some clearer pictures - I'm going to meet him today :)

She is an experienced horsewoman, but new to this breed. Seems to like him very much :)

He's eating like a horse ;):p. Lots of good hay and pleanty of it. Knowing her she'll be researching feeds like a woman possessed to find the right one for him :cool:
 
MrsMozart said:
Thank you :)

I guess he's not as heavy in the leg as I'd have expected, but as I said, I know little about the breed :). I take it he's not a showing option?
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Not for WPCS or NPS stuff, but when he's better in his coat and has shaped up a bit - I don't mean fat! I would get him out to all manner of local shows just for the experience, I find it makes for a really nice and well grounded horse later in life!:)
 
Faracat said:
Don't try to force the toes in. When the chest grows (the horse will get wider between the front legs), the toes will straighten up. If you force the toes in at this age, you'll end up with a toe-in horse when it's fully grown.

He will look fantastic when he's mature. :)
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That's exactly what my farrier said to me when I was getting a bit twitchy about Wolf's front feet. And he was absolutely right. Particularly with Welshies and their ilk because they will do an awful lot of chest expansion. Sometimes you just have to keep the faith.

I rather like him.
 
I like him, very pretty head.

Yes a bit poor but if there's no underlying issues grass, hay and a balancer will do him well.
 
Looks like a typical yearling to me, it reslly is s horrible age!

He doesnt want feeding and hard feed, natives just arent designed for it and he is not far off perfect condition for a growing youngster.
 
Really like him, I will be probably be looking for a youngster just like him in a few years, depending how he moves! :)
 
Thank you all :)

He's definitely on decent hay.

Any hard feed will be minimal and purely to get vits in for now. Probably just a balancer to help counteract his rather poor condition without piling on the weight.

I'll tell my friend to have a look and see everyone's comments :)
 
Best thing for him is lots of good grass and tlc. You cant really tell what he will turn out as for showing as he looks pretty poor and winning Welsh D's come in a variety of shapes and sizes seen heavy boned ones and ones that could easily be mistaken for Arabs winning in the show ring. Try again once he is good nick If he is a nice person that is all you really need to start with
Dont force the feed issue as he may suddenly take off growing and out grow his joint capacity causing him no end of problems later.
 
I am sure with lots of good food and attention he will be a fine boy. He is quite 'light' for a D but lots are. They do seem to come in very wide range of bone, mine is very heavy and I would say a little to heavy for a D but lots of welshie fans love him.
 
What a gorgeous boy, and such a sweet face. A pure baby that looks like he has a lot of growing to do. I'm jealous, quite frankly! Would love to see photos as he's growing - I think your friend made a good choice.
 
I wouldn't say he's in horrendous condition... At 13months he shouldn't be 'bulky' and as they grow they go through awkward stages, though I agree that he needs some TLC. :) Sounds like you're going in the right direction :D Hope he's lovely :D
 
He's obviously a bit thin, but sec D yearlings often look scrawny - saw one last year that looked a bit like this (though not so thin) - this year, he looks amazing now he's matured a bit. My welsh D is quite athletically built. I think yours will be fab.
 
I like him, but I know nothing about youngsters but am a mug for an ugly duckling or geeky looking one (see in my pics dex when I bought as 3 year old) .... Its amazing how they can transform.
 
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