What is wrong with this little pony...

[trickivicki]

Hi,

Was having a look at the £1000 and under page (as am always toying with the idea of getting another) and came across this ad;

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/classifieds/details.aspx?pu=BPmXvHOJFapxpHa6zlSgMw&cu=975&kw=Pictures Bringing Mare back into work after foal&ca=&st=&at=3&ag=975*8075694*HHO:283851&pg=1&si=CAT*1**0&sr=h&cr=2&kwe=Pictures Bringing Mare back into work after foal&ref=http%3a%2f%2fwww.horseandhound.co.uk%2fforums%2fforumdisplay.php_f2_f=79_f1_order=desc_f1_page=2&cc=1

Now there is something about the shape of that pony that just looks a bit odd (bum/ back legs) and I can't for the life of me put my finger on it!!

(Its very odd for me to be taken by a spotty i'm normally very traditional- but I'm a little intrigued by this one!)

V x

 

[PonyFeet10]

It says the advert is no longer available?

 

[trickivicki]

oh Bummer!!

I can't find it now

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Search for advert ref HHO:283851

I think that it is a very bad photo and a terribly unflattering angle. It does look like she needs alot more muscle. If you like her, go and see her in the flesh.

 

[PonyFeet10]

Well done Faracat!!!

I think she's lovely! Probably the lack of tail doesn't help the appearance of her back end.. It wouldn't put me off enough to not view her, may also be the angle of the photo

 

[madeleine1]

i am probably wrong but it looks like a baby

 

[Fii]

i am probably wrong but it looks like a baby

I agree!
And also the way the person is holding her hands suggests that she is quite newly backed, or has'nt been schooling for long. But then that may just be a moment in time.

 

[brucethegypsycob]

i agrree that she looks like a baby. look at the mane - the picture gives the appearance of some of my section d`s foals manes! but yes - something doesnt feel quite right about this picture.

 

[Fools Motto]

Looks hardly older than 2!
Sadly not my cup of tea, but the photo is at an odd angle and to see her in the flesh may change everything!

 

[trina1982]

I googled the telephone number. She's sold i believe...

http://pondhousestables.blogspot.com/2011/08/selling-horses.html

Hope that helps.

Trina x

 

[Rachaelpink]

"i agree that she looks like a baby. look at the mane - the picture gives the appearance of some of my section d`s foals manes!"

My full bred appaloosa has a mane like that and she's 16! I've never touched it, it just doesn't grow or thicken. It's just the breed. They tend to have either an ok tail or an ok mane. Mine has an ok tail.

 

[trickivicki]

I googled the telephone number. She's sold i believe...

http://pondhousestables.blogspot.com/2011/08/selling-horses.html

Hope that helps.

Trina x

I guess that ends the mystery!

 

[spotty_pony]

Her mane and tail are like that because she is an Appy. A lot of Appy's do have very fine manes and tails.

 

[smellsofhorse]

i am probably wrong but it looks like a baby

I agree, looks very young.
The main, the tail, the shape.
Even if she is a "backable age" needs more time to mature

 

[Hedgewitch13]

It's amazing what people can make up from just looking at a photo!! Try looking up a bit about appys before making comments about that pony's mane and tail and it's age. They do have wispy ones, even as adults. It's a trait of the breed...