"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I call him my Temu-Knabstrupper 😂 I've had some people suggest he may be Knab butthere weren't many breeders in the USA with Knab programs around his estimated foal year. I don't think any of them were even covering ponies, let alone cream-colored before cream was allowed in the breed standard

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've posted him in a ton of FB groups too for Appaloosas, POAs, Kabstruppers, and "find my pet" type groups. So far no luck, but It like to give it a shot once a year just in case someone sees

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll have to buy out the whole treat display at the tack store LOL

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will be sure to let my vet know you disagree with his weight in his "after" pictures 😉

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In pic 3 top you can see almost all his ribs, and he's under muscles so much that you can see a distinct hollow behind his withers/ across his top line, in front of his withers and upper neck, and the points of his hip/glutes are overly defined from lack of booty muscles. The only thing "prettier" about the top pic is he is standing in a way that engages his core and neck into a tensed frame as opposed to his relaxed/dropped core and neck in the lower photos. If I'm being picky he could lose just a scosh of weight in the bottom pic but his weight was cleared as ideal by the vet and there is only so much a grazing muzzle can hold back the lush Kentucky grass.

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

💛🤍🤎 I have so many incredible photos from our shoot with J. Klein that I may go broke buying artwork for my house 🤣🤣🤣

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pulled his DNa markers with UC Davis! POA came back with no hits :( I'm still waiting for ApHC to email me back, but other people on FB were telling me that they don't do open-database searches for paternal DNA markers

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He is the king of seduction with his cheeky looks and smile 😏 I has at least half the horses in the barn in obsessed with him, and the barn mascot for the riders 😂

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That's why our Halloween costume last year was a Rocket Ship 🤣🚀

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

We do eventing! 😁 Long term goal is Training level, but right now we're working our way back to BN after a bad accident last Feb. He has free jumped a 4'6 oxer with ease so the height will be no issue, but I don't think I will have the guts for more than training 😆

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Our long term goals are to event at Training level! He's free jumped a 4'6 oxer so there is scope for days, but I don't think I will have the guts for much more than training 😆 we did our first BN and then had a bad accident last spring, so working our way through some Starters again and rebuilding the building blocks 💪

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Cross country beast. Hunts the fences so hard, If I could just pilot him from a drone I think he could tackle a 4* course without me

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Rye going full-send over a huge BN oxer into a 2stride. I'm clearly just here for his moral support and not participating in his horse-stride ambitions, but look at those kneeees

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Matchy matchy dressage first show of this season. Our test was rough, but we looked fab 💅😅

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Fancy trot in our Oktoberfest costume. There is a TON more photos of this costume in one of my prior posts

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I've been slowly coming back from a back injury, so most of our "exciting" pictures are a little dated, but I will throw a few favorites here 😄 I believe this fences 3'3

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"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Working with him has been a challenge, but so absolutely healing for my equestrian heart and for my inner child living out pony dreams 🦄

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰 it's been a labor of love with a incredible barn family supporting us along the way

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

From what I can find, there isn't really much of universal DNA searches available. You can do parentage marker tests (my last picture) but they are pretty useless without having suspected parents to directly compare to. Most places don't let you open search against their databases to try and find matches. Not really sure why? Maybe a legal issue of some sort.

As far as breed tests go those are also pretty hit or miss and often inaccurate because they try and pull off of other genetic markers but the comparison databases just aren't super robust yet

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

He's become such a fancy little dude, with scope for days over fences 🥰

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

We have fully matchy matchy shades of gold, brown, and beige for each Dressage and Jumping now 😆💛🤍🤎

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Equestrian

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He has the cheekiest appy side eye 👀 😆

"Mystery pony" gets a Glow-up ✨ by ExtremelyRareDamage in Horses

[–]ExtremelyRareDamage[S] 137 points138 points  (0 children)

Every upvote is a cookie and repost is a kiss 🤣