Mo: 15 month old draft/paint colt

[maplelawnstables]

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Breed: Belgian/Percheron/Paint
Age: 15 months (d.o.b. April 13, 2007)
Gender: stallion (soon to be gelding)
Height: 14.3
Horse's current job and future intended uses:
Right now he's just a pest to the pony. I play around with him in the round pen every now and then and do a lot of ground work. In the future, I'd like to have him be an all around horse, maybe a little jumping, basic dressage (I'd have to learn that too), and some western events (he stops and turns like a QH)
Additional information:
He's a character, he likes to torment the pony. He's already much taller than the pony, but the pony thinks he can still beat Mo up.

left side:



right side


back:


front:


saddled (pleae excuse the mud, he likes to stand and stomp in it):


trotting:

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[barnbum2106]

all i can say is gorgeous. hes gonna be huge. i love the curls in his tail! my stallion has curls... very nice trot. i'm no help with confo though sorry.

[lbequ4002]

I think he's very cute. I LOVE draftxs. He's butt high but he's 15 months and a draftx. His croup is a little steep, which is typical of a lot of percherons. In the first pic his neck seemed the same length as his back but in some it looks a little on the short side. He's got just the right amount of bone seems to toe out slightly in front but could be just long toes or the way he is standing. He has a nice long radius (upper arm) which means he can probably move pretty well. Looks like a great prospect.

[maplelawnstables]

Does anybody else see anything?

[ChasnCans]

His back seems a little short, compared with the rest of his body. Good bone on this fella. Smart expressive face, I don't really like how his top neck line ties with his withers. But again he is a darft cross.

Should make a nice english horse.