Seahorse
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What do you think of this horse?
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Morrigan_Lady
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Looks nice to me. What are its stats?
MizElz
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big improvement in condition and topline 1st -> 2nd pics......handsome chap! looks v kind and noble
Weezy
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I like him, big and bold. Conformation is a bit iffy, but I just like the picture as a whole
jenbleep
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he looks nice, but....now im not a confo expert but he back legs look a little 'weird'? i dont know what it is mind!
looks like a decent sort though, a lot of fun
looks like a decent sort though, a lot of fun
Seahorse
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he looks nice, but....now im not a confo expert but he back legs look a little 'weird'? i dont know what it is mind!
looks like a decent sort though, a lot of fun
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In the first photo? I think its the way he's standing!
he looks nice, but....now im not a confo expert but he back legs look a little 'weird'? i dont know what it is mind!
looks like a decent sort though, a lot of fun
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In the first photo? I think its the way he's standing!
mickey
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Depends what you want to do with him. Personally he doesn't appeal to me. He looks a touch croup high and his back legs don't look great from a conformation perspective?
Still, different strokes for different folks.
Still, different strokes for different folks.
Nats_uk
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he looks nice, but....now im not a confo expert but he back legs look a little 'weird'? i dont know what it is mind!
looks like a decent sort though, a lot of fun
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I agree - he looks nice but his back legs look like they belong to a different horse to his front legs!sorry!
he looks nice, but....now im not a confo expert but he back legs look a little 'weird'? i dont know what it is mind!
looks like a decent sort though, a lot of fun
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I agree - he looks nice but his back legs look like they belong to a different horse to his front legs!sorry!
Seahorse
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I like him, big and bold. Conformation is a bit iffy, but I just like the picture as a whole
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He's only 4 in these pictures, and he had a hell of a lot of growing to do. As a 5 year old he looked lots better
I like him, big and bold. Conformation is a bit iffy, but I just like the picture as a whole
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He's only 4 in these pictures, and he had a hell of a lot of growing to do. As a 5 year old he looked lots better
zoesophie
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Looks a nice sort to me although Im not great with confo! Looks pretty large.....
jenbleep
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no in both pictures!
Seahorse
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He is an ID/Shire X TB 4 years old in these pictures. Approx 16.3hh there, but matured to 17.1HH
Morrigan_Lady
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He is an ID/Shire X TB 4 years old in these pictures. Approx 16.3hh there, but matured to 17.1HH
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I REALLY like him, defo my sort of horse.
He is an ID/Shire X TB 4 years old in these pictures. Approx 16.3hh there, but matured to 17.1HH
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I REALLY like him, defo my sort of horse.
I_A_P
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i dont mind the pic of him with the rider on..maybe if we could see him standing up now on a flat surface we would give a better opnion?
jeanettethree
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He looks massive !! or the rider is very small ??
LEC
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I think he is a nice sort and will be a totally different horse aged 7 years old as I think that is how long it will take him to find his strength and fully mature. I bet he can jump though. He reminds me of that horse an Australian used to compete in Nations Cup and top class level without the white bits - was it Beluga Bill?
If being really tough would say Roman nose, upright in the shoulder, and feet he needs to grow into. I actually really like him.
If being really tough would say Roman nose, upright in the shoulder, and feet he needs to grow into. I actually really like him.
zoesophie
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If being really tough would say Roman nose,
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Is that a bad thing??
If being really tough would say Roman nose,
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Is that a bad thing??
WishfulThinker
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I thought by looking at that he must have shire in him due to the size/shape of his rear end!
I personally like him, he looks like a nice hardy horse who you could have some real fun on and not worry about too much!
He looks a LOT bigger than 17.1hh though! Must be a tiddly rider!
I personally like him, he looks like a nice hardy horse who you could have some real fun on and not worry about too much!
He looks a LOT bigger than 17.1hh though! Must be a tiddly rider!
htobago
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Well - the photos may be very unflattering and not doing him justice, cos in these pics he appears to have a straight shoulder, short neck, long cannons, tied in below the knee and sickle hocks! But photos can be frightfully misleading (give me a camera and I can make any horse look like a misshapen donkey lol) so I could well be wrong!
On the plus side he has powerful-looking quarters and a kind face with a noble expression - looks like a nice character.
Are you thinking of buying him?
On the plus side he has powerful-looking quarters and a kind face with a noble expression - looks like a nice character.
Are you thinking of buying him?
Fairynuff
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He is my type of horse 100%-I love him
. Im not going to pick him to bits and to be honest there are lots of bits to pick, Ive always believed in 'andsome is wot andsome does'. Who is he, whats he done? From the last photo, looks like hes got a pop in him
Any chance you putting him in an envelope and sending him over?
M.
Seahorse
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Thank you everyone!
The first photo doesn't do him justice at all, he's standing really funnily and does look very strange. In fact he matured into a very nice horse, but these are the only pictures I have of him
He is my 'horse of a lifetime' Rocky, that I have mentioned on here a few times. I bought him as a yearling, he was 15.3!!
I backed him and brought him on myself and he was just superb, we were jumping double clears at BN and Discovery as a 4 year old and Newcomers as a 5 yr old. I think he would have jumped the moon if I'd have asked him!
He hunted like a dream even with little ole me on him. He was almost the perfect horse......... if he had been a hand smaller that is!
He was nearly 17 hands and I'm only 5ft 3, and he's very much a mans horse.
I sold him in 1997 when he was 5 to the MFH of the Surrey Union where he was in the hunt relay team for the Marlborough Cup 4 years running and jumped double clear every time.
He was eventually sold to the USA for £30k
Thanks for all your lovely comments, it's is my one regret that he was ever sold.
The first photo doesn't do him justice at all, he's standing really funnily and does look very strange. In fact he matured into a very nice horse, but these are the only pictures I have of him
He is my 'horse of a lifetime' Rocky, that I have mentioned on here a few times. I bought him as a yearling, he was 15.3!!
I backed him and brought him on myself and he was just superb, we were jumping double clears at BN and Discovery as a 4 year old and Newcomers as a 5 yr old. I think he would have jumped the moon if I'd have asked him!
He hunted like a dream even with little ole me on him. He was almost the perfect horse......... if he had been a hand smaller that is!
He was nearly 17 hands and I'm only 5ft 3, and he's very much a mans horse.
I sold him in 1997 when he was 5 to the MFH of the Surrey Union where he was in the hunt relay team for the Marlborough Cup 4 years running and jumped double clear every time.
He was eventually sold to the USA for £30k
Thanks for all your lovely comments, it's is my one regret that he was ever sold.
Seahorse
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Just to quickly add that he was the horse that once jumped a 3ft6 spread and the placing pole 12ft in front of it.
and I even stayed on!
and I even stayed on!