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judging horse condition

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hello Brittney. hope you can answer questions on horse body condition.

is the horse in the image i have attached fat, thin or well conditioned. can you please explain me how you are judging it?

Answer
Hi Caine,

I could give you an idea of what I thought about this horse's body condition but I would need a profile picture of this horse. If you could get a picture of him/her from the side so I can actually see what I'm looking at, it would be a lot easier. From this angle, there is not much I can tell you. I feel that he/she is lacking muscle, but not knowing much about your horse, it's still a tough thing to judge from this angle.

What breed is this horse? Age? What discipline does it do?

I'll hang on to this picture but send me one taken from his side so that I can see him from head to tail along with the answers to the above questions and then I can make a better assessment of his overall condition.