Thoughts on this horse no. 2

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Actually just read that properly (I was initially responding to the "who is he?") Would be a miracle if a gelding was to bred eh!

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Or a rig

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Iain that is Topper, my big chap that was put down in June!

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AWW, I am sorry!!

 

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Much as I loved him, this is my assessment of him.

Nice head - but BIG! Smallish eyes - as in could be bigger for size of head.
Head set on a little thick to neck.
Neck set on OK to shoulders, though too much muscle underneath.
Good shoulder - esp. for type/breed (ShirexTB)
Barrel a bit tubular and long in the loins.
Quarters OK, but lacking in muscle.
Straight hindleg and cow hocked.
Good front legs, with flat knees and although plenty of bone, a little tied in behind the knee.
Very puffy fetlocks alround (windgalls)
Good hard feet - even though white.

He also threw his right front leg something terrible, esp. in trot! Not helped by axial twist of the cannon bone from knee to fetlock.

 

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Don't be sorry - though thank you!!

Was a very funny comment

 

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You're welcome! I've had a few peeps asking me about him just recently.

 

[GinaB]

He was lovely! A real chunky munky. So sorry to hear you lost him, but sounds like it was for the best for him.

 

[ladylisa]

I like him, nice chunky type. and his hocks dont look as straight in the third pic.

 

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OMG! Can everyone stop putting up pics of their gorgeous horses? I'm getting sooo jealous! This one is just simply lovely! Id buy him in a heartbeat and I don't normally go for boy horses!

 

[MillionDollar]

Hes stunning!!! Has the wow factor IMO, but i am biased i've got a cylesdale x TB mare and he really reminds me of her! Its such a shame he had to be PTS, life is so unfair!

Did he have a lot of feather?

 

[merlinsquest]

Is the bay horse in the last pic a dwarf????

 

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Hes stunning!!! Has the wow factor IMO, but i am biased i've got a cylesdale x TB mare and he really reminds me of her! Its such a shame he had to be PTS, life is so unfair!

Did he have a lot of feather?

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Life is unfair and he was such a genuine ride as well, though shorter peeps than me found him more difficult to get to work properly, I could manage it and I'm a shocking rider!!

I never allowed his feathers to grow much tbh, just easier to have them all clipped off, but when I left it too long I really knew about it!!

 

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Is the bay horse in the last pic a dwarf????

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PMSL!!! Took me a while to get that!! no, she was snoozing with the sun on her back