[Sarah06]

Hi! I was hoping I could get some critique on my horse! He is 3 years old (4 mos shy of 4yrs) He is a 16.hh Canadian X Clydesdale. When I first purchased him at th age of 2 he was extremely underweight. Now as you can see in his pictures he has gained a fair bit of weight back! He can w\t\c, half pass, side pass, shoulder in, shouler out, leg yield, back, jump a 2'6 course (previously posted 3'6. Sorry for the misunderstanding and typo!), trail ride, neck rein, loads on a trailer like a dream also he placed in every class I had him in in his first hunter show! Stands quiet for the vet and farrier. How much would he be worth; not that I would ever consider selling him. I know these are not good pics for conformation but lease comment on what you can! ( the first picture is when I first got him... he was rather thin and unruly!)

[Ittakes2totango]

If you have them uploaded onto HGS copy and paste the BB code onto the post and your good to go.

[cornhuskergirl]

It is really (!!!) hard to see the photos. And I would definitely love to see some of him, because he sounds like a cute boy.

I know that you don't have any plans to sell him in the future, but if you do, as a potential buyer I personally would be scared of potential issues that may come up with a draft cross that is already jumping 3'6" courses as a three year-old. Lots of people believe that drafts are slower to mature and have their bones close. Also because they tend to be heavier, it is more force coming down into their lower legs when they jump (compared to a lighter boned horse).

But, like I said he seems like an incredibly well-trained and well-behaved boy. I would love to see pictures and/or video.

[MysticRealm]

He is 3 and jumping 3'6 courses? Yikes.
I would also not say he was extremely underweight in the first picture. He looks the sleekest and most athletic there (though some of the filling out now is just him maturing rather than getting 'fatter').
He is not tracking up in the bottom trot pic at all so try to push him more forward.
He seems like a cute, well tempered guy but I would really back off on the jumping for a while. You don't want to cause him problems in the future.

PS cornhusker>> if you click on the pics they get bigger

[Sarah06]

I really appreciate your concern, I have had my boy cleared by my veterinarian (xray) he is ok to be jumping (nothing higher than 2'6). I recently brought him to Ontario from New Brunswick and have had a new vet out to visit, vaccinate and do a coggins test, xray his after that long haul and he has been cleared to be jumping. To enter him into shows my boy is expected to be jumping 2'6. This is not the height I jump him at during lessons or at home I school him at 1'- 2'.

[MysticRealm]

So if he is cleared to jump nothing over 2'6 how come you are jumping him 3'6???

[FarFromOver]

What was going on here?
He does not look happy.

[Sarah06]

He was not happy! That picture was taken the day I bought him, he had not yet been weaned from his mother and the previous owner was trying to get him loaded onto the trailer to come home. They tranqued him and he was quite scared of even looking at the trailer. . . He had never been out of the pasture he was in with his mother. That day was horrible! He was rearing and flipping himself over backwards. . . They put two lunge lines on him and used them as leverage through the windows on either side of the trailer to pull him on. . . They were too impatient with him to give him time to get on so they forced him on using the lunge lines and a rake to force him forward. If you read my post I edited the mistake I made I put 3'6 and he is only jumping 2'6.

[cornhuskergirl]

To come up with a price (even a rough guesstimate), better pictures would really help. At this age, personally I would be buying a horse based on potential. So for me, it would be less of a question of what sort of course he could do and more what his potential form looks like over jumps. With a young horse like this, I would much prefer to see a picture of him free jumping rather than under saddle. Under saddle is always a little bit complicated if a buyer is trying to compare two horses. Yes, you can take the rider out of the equation, but it is often hard to completely see what role the rider plays (both positively and negatively) in the jump that you are seeing -- especially in a "greenie" horse.

If I was marketing him, I would also try to find a better picture to use as a jumping picture. Maybe it is just the angle that the picture is taken at, but he looks a little bit off-balanced in the picture. Again, this could just be an optical illusion ...

I don't know where you are planning on using him or marketing him to -- hunters, jumpers, eventers ... But, if you are going to pursue the hunter option a lot of it depends on his movement. And as mysticrealm mentioned, in the one picture, he was not tracking up. (A longe line video would really help assess his movement better!). And in the hunter ring, people are also looking for flashy horses that will catch the judge's eye. In most of the pictures, he looks much more strongly like the Canadian portion of his background. But, there is one picture where he looks a little bit more "drafty," which may be a negative to some potential buyers ...

Again, he looks like a really cute boy and I wish I could give you more help with the pricing!

[xlilxonex]

Nothing. Why?
I wouldn't buy a horse that's a draft cross, three years old, and already jumping.

He's cute, but has had TO much done with him to early on...