Oh I would definitely win with one of mine. YIKES.
She was a BEAUTIFUL foal, really breathtaking… right now she much more resembles an an alpaca than a horse. No, I won’t post a picture, it’s far to horrifying. My other yearling filly is borderline, not gorgeous, but not hideous, and my colt is looking fantastic. That one filly though is hidden in the BACK pasture with a blanket on.
So much for showing on the line and selling! :eek:
:no:
:lol: You only THINK you could win, I know I would 
The other week I was going to post about the wherabouts of the neck fairy, but I realized that it was pointless because there were a lot more fairies needed to find my swan of a foal :yes: All winter the most I ever posted was a head shot and even that was an ambarassment. She looks like she was put together by some Gov’t Committee that can’t work together :winkgrin:
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You totally cracked me up!
My former beauty queen foal (photo attached) is going through the most awkward stage! I planned to show her this year, but in a fit of “OMG, what is going ON with that funky stage???” just threw her out in the pasture! There’s tons of lush green grass down there. Maybe THAT will fix her. LOL[/QUOTE]
NO!!! She was so beautiful!! And I was so smitten with those little tiny ears and delicate muzzle. She can’t be ugly! It’s always the most adorable ones…
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NO!!! She was so beautiful!! And I was so smitten with those little tiny ears and delicate muzzle. She can’t be ugly! It’s always the most adorable ones…[/QUOTE]
LOL
She’s not “ugly” per se. She just doesn’t hang together right now. Everything got long all at once – legs, head, neck (well, that was good), she’s butt high. She just needs more time, I’m sure, but I’m not feeding her expensive show feed/supplements if she’s going to be a gawky yearling. Though I have moments where I look down in the pasture and think who is that gorgeous pony down there – and it is her. So I think it is a combination of seeing her at the right or wrong angles, and just the growth phase she is in right now. Crossing my fingers she pulls out of it in time for some shows this year!
Love this thread. I will have to scan a pic of my guy in as a yearling, I don’t even know why I kept the photos. His coming 2yo year he was so gangly that he was hanging out with the elk herd that lived in the upper section of the property he was on rather than the other horses. I think he assumed he was an elk because he really looked like one at that point! I was terrified but he blossomed into a swan!
Hahahaha!!!
Talk is cheap. We need pictures people!
Firstly, I totally agree with TBMaggie - where is the proof?!!
Secondly, Rideagoldenpony, that foal is divine! Is it buttermilk or grey?
I have some horrifying photos of one of my fillies. She was truly disgusting as a yearling. As a 2yo she is totally unrecognisable as the same horse… Must dig the pics out…
LOL, love th
Second is my sport horse colt, Valdemar
[IMG]http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u150/twinlights/lastsnowofseasonbabiesrunning038_crop.jpg)
And last is my Ridley filly, Macarena
[IMG]http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u150/twinlights/lastsnowofseasonbabiesrunning026.jpg)
Kerole – she’s buttermilk, and it’s even more striking now than it was then. She has a milk colored body with pale black points and then that black mane with the silvery hairs. If it ever stops raining I’ll go snap some pictures.
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Talk is cheap. We need pictures people![/QUOTE]
I tried to take a pic and the camera broke :lol:
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I tried to take a pic and the camera broke :lol:[/QUOTE]
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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I tried to take a pic and the camera broke :lol:[/QUOTE]
Awe, come on, excuses excuses, lets see photos!
I showed mine, lol.
https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=296239&id=792835761&l=d1eac80da7
Mine is hiding behind the llama!
I’ve never bred any horses myself, but I raised my now coming 5-y/o gelding from 9 months old.
He was a beautiful yearling! Probably prettier than he is now. :lol: He did go through a fairly ugly phase in his 2-y/o year, though.
as a yearling
2 year old
Shockingly, I actually don’t have very many photos(none that are truly encapsulating) in my photobucket of that awkward stage. You’ll just have to take my word for it that it’s not just the way he’s standing in the photo - he looked equally wonkus when properly stood up. I’m just glad he grew out of it.
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https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=296239&id=792835761&l=d1eac80da7
Mine is hiding behind the llama![/QUOTE]
ok, now we’re talkin’…sure, you show us pictures of pretty ponies, and a llama.
Not even close to ‘ugly.’ Well, I guess maybe the llama is a little bit ugly. Is that your ugly yearling?
Mine is 100x worse than the photos posted! You can PM for pix… I don’t want them spread all over, I do want to sell her EVENTUALLY!!!
I don’t have any scanned, but my belgian draft gelding was pretty fugly as a yearling. His head grew first, and his neck grew last, which is NOT pretty when you’re talking about a gigantic draft head :eek:
He turned out gorgeous, though, and he kept growing until his body hit 18.2hh and caught up with his head. :lol:
[QUOTE=TBMaggie;5524517]
ok, now we’re talkin’…sure, you show us pictures of pretty ponies, and a llama.
Not even close to ‘ugly.’ Well, I guess maybe the llama is a little bit ugly. Is that your ugly yearling?[/QUOTE]
She has a really pretty face. Not much else is pretty right now. 
Here’s a quick cell phone picture of mine. The one looking at the camera.
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