ugly ducklings? lets see your before and after pics!

Vinnie as the ugliest foal you have ever seen

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Vinnie as a 5yro last autumn

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Wow!:eek: He was an ugly ducking... what a difference. He looks fab now.:cool:
 
Wow!:eek: He was an ugly ducking... what a difference. He looks fab now.:cool:

He doesn't look so fab now as he is out on his winter holidays and looking distinctly like a hairy camel!

But he is coming back from his holiday home on Sunday and I am really excited about getting him started again :)

I went alone to view him and put the deposit down... my mum was rendered speechless by what I had chosen when we went to pick him up a few weeks later- I think she thought I was bonkers! :o
 
This is my boy Cruise when i viewed him in April 2011. He was rising 3 June 2011. Needless to say I bought him!!!

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After A LOT of TLC and hard work he is now still growing, maturing and filling out but has turned into the nicest little horse you could ever hope to own. I hope we continue to build on our fabulous foundations and enjoy a long and successful journey together.

Here he is now rising 4
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OMG....milltiger and baydale....they really were ducklings weren't they???? :eek: but Wallace is supercute now and Vinnie is a real stunner.... :D

Amaretto...its something to do with IMG codes but i don't use photobucket so probably not much help!
 
I thought Prince was really ugly when i first saw pics of him but i totally fell in love with him in person. This was when i first bought him:

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and last year:

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He always has his ears flopped back which never makes for a great picture!
 
I'm new to here, so introducing my gang! Sorry about the huge photos, I have no clue how to resize!

Brandy as a fat 18yr old when I took him on part loan:

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Brandy after two years on part loan and nearly retired:

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Cally as a rising 3yr old from her advert photo:

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Cally after around 6 months with me:

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Diamond the first time I ever rode him, yes, he's a huge beast! 18.1hh:

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Diamond after a few months on full loan:

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Saff with my yard owner before I bought her:

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Saff a few weeks after I bought her (Not a very good photo, haven't got any ridden ones yet!):

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I can't say they've ever really been ugly ducklings, but they've definitely improved!
 
Any excuse for a Tan pick!!although Tan was 9 when I first got her on loan in March 2011(so techinically not a ugly duckling) this is how she arrived after being on mummy duties for a few years
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Alot of people said she would never be the show horse I wanted...so we proved them all wrong when we won Bridgend county in I think July after being back in work a matter of weeks due to me recovering from a knee reconstruction
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and again when we qualified for our first championships under spotlight
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Fashion I brought as a very wild 3yr old,unfortunatley no pics of when she first arrived but pic of her winning champion at her first show 6 weeks after arrival in July
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SWPA champs in Sept
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Winning supreme 1st show of the season as a 4yr old in April (she was the only mare against mature stallions)
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Royal welsh in the July
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and finally-Ryan when we brought him in Oct 2010 at 5 months old
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Few weeks later
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January
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What a lovely thread! Some real transformations :)

Frodo was proper ugly - don't know what I saw in him :D

As a yearling:

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As a 2yo, when I bought him:

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Just before he was backed, at 4:

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And then, a couple of pics from last year:

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And some recent ones!!

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Because I see him every day I genuinely had not realised how much he'd changed until now :eek:
 
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