I just got home from the barn. TheNewHorse is at least 5 or 6 years old because he has all his adult front teeth and his canines. I didn't get to look at the flat surfaces of his teeth yet to tell if he was older than that. He tolerated my messing with his lips pretty well, but I didn't wanna push my luck too far just yet. He let me pick up his feet, front and back, and they don't look TOO terribly bad. He could definately use a trim though. He also tolerated my spraying him with fly spray fairly well, at least on the front end. He danced around a bit when I got to the hind end, but didn't totally freak like I've seen some horses do. He did manage to get on my foot one time though. Ouch! I didn't yell or anything, but he seemed to know it and thought he was gonna get in trouble for it coz he tensed up, then he let out a big breath, like he'd been holding it, when I told him it was ok. Poor little bugger, he's probably had a hard time of it.
Poor ol' Bob seems to take exception to him the worst so far. I think he thinks TheNewHorse is gonna steal 'his' mares. Grace has alternately expressed a little interest then threatened to kick his brains out. She's a little heatish I guess and he's a fresh face. His face is all he's got going for him though, coz the rest of him sure ain't nuthin' to write home about! ;o)
TheFarrier is coming tomorrow to shoe Bob so I'll ask him how old he thinks he is.
Did you take any more pictures of him? I think he's got potential. He looks like he's got nice legs on him, at least in the one pic.
Poor guy.
I'd sure want to find the person who allowed this to happen. Surly they couldn't make you give him back?
Becky
That is a VERY nice looking boy (at least, his BONES look nice.) He's not very old, and I'd put money on his being a TB, QH or Appendix, depending on how tall he is. Just for grins, pull up his upper lip and see if there's anything tattooed in there.
I do wonder though if he has some sort of health issue that caused somebody to toss him away. He looks too good to starve.