I had to search way back to almost a year ago when I last took a conformation picture of Stella, I managed to snag a helper and got Stella to semi cooperate (with help of a mint) and we took about 30 photos of her in various stages of crooked before I got one that was sort of good. I think I'm seeing some really nice progress in her weight, fitness, and where she's carrying muscle. Her neck was one of the biggest negatives about her conformation. I thought that it was short and tied in low, but she also lacked any sort of riding muscle and I hoped that over time I would be able to reshape her neck and muscle it up, drawing your eye away to where it ties in. How does her neck look now?
Here's Stella a few months after I bought her, at her first show over fences. This was May 2015.
This is June 2016
Here's the picture taken today, June 2017
I think we are going in the right direction! Unless you look at her tail, that's definitely going in the wrong direction dang it. Stay tuned for future blog post, preventing tail rubbing and a future future blog post about regrowing the tail. Sigh.
Uh oh whose eating her tail?
ReplyDeleteShe got an itchy butt last summer, which is probably a regular thing as she has never had a lush tail. By the time I figured it out, and tried various things from wormer, to special shampoo, it was too late.
DeleteShe looks much more strong and sporty now!
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