We have now owned Miss Mare for three weeks. When we got her, she hadn't been ridden much, and had a skinny hiney that made me wonder how she even walked around. She had very little muscle in her rear end and on her topline, which mad her look like she had a big hay belly. We have been working her six days a week, lots of work at going long and low to engage her hind end and build up her topline. Lots of transitions and lots of trot work. Please bear with me, as some of these pictures are in the indoor, and it's quite hard to get a good picture in the indoor!
Here she is the week she arrived....
A week later...
And this week...(sorry, photos from the indoor again...)
Now that I look at the pictures, I am not seeing a lot of difference physically, however, she is moving much better and seems pretty content with herself. She's not short strided and stiff in her hind any more when she comes out to work. I'll keep you posted on her progress...
