This is somewhat a reply to Dianes qu in my charm thread about who is all wrapped up to show! I felt it was more of a topic than a reply.
This is my little gelding Thriller. I had originally planned to give him a year off because as far as i know he has been shown/clipped nearly every year of his life (he is 7 this year.) I had always clipped him in about april all the years i have had him, cause of showing and he has had a bit of dandruff, but because this year i didn't clip i noticed his skin was TERRIBLE. I think he has a mild form of sweetitch or similar - he just rubs himself to scabs. SO it had to come off, and may as well show him when he is clipped.
He heals really fast and his scabs are almost gone already with some ointment, so his first show is in june. I'm not actually showing him myself, i offered him to a lady who is new to mini showing, who has her own but he is a bit feisty and shes quite nervy about it all so feels shes ruining things etc. (I have offered thriller to try and get her to relax a bit more, because that will help her horse who is AMAZING by the way and will go far just needs to relax too)
She reminds me of me when i first started, and Thriller was just the best little horse to get me started. Cant wait to see how they get on
He needs a good few lbs off though
This is him last week with the poorly skin:
How he should look in a few weeks:
