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Post by BJMM on Dec 12, 2011 11:03:36 GMT 1
Wow! What a lovely looking boy! I have never even heard of a fallen crest before you learn something new about horses every day on this DG! It really does look peculiar in the first pic and dramatically better in the second Does this mean that his crest will always have a tendency to fall if he packs on the pounds?
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Post by julz on Dec 12, 2011 11:21:14 GMT 1
Julz, he is PRE, Pura Raza Espanol- Andalucian. It is often the case with stallions, whose crest has been allowed to get way too big, usually due to being overweight. The person who brought him to England had him gelded as she couldnt manage him, and his crest fell after he was gelded it seems. But she must have allowed him to get too fat, and probably the trauma of gelding caused it to topple. I am certain I will get it fully up again, and probably in only another month, making three months from that first photo! Heather thanks.. never understood what PRE meant....
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Post by jen1 on Dec 12, 2011 11:24:23 GMT 1
Julz, he is PRE, Pura Raza Espanol- Andalucian. It is often the case with stallions, whose crest has been allowed to get way too big, usually due to being overweight. The person who brought him to England had him gelded as she couldnt manage him, and his crest fell after he was gelded it seems. But she must have allowed him to get too fat, and probably the trauma of gelding caused it to topple. I am certain I will get it fully up again, and probably in only another month, making three months from that first photo! Heather ooooOOOOOOoooooo ;D
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Post by steve on Dec 12, 2011 13:32:09 GMT 1
Wow what a transformation! Well done!!
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Post by heather on Dec 12, 2011 14:42:31 GMT 1
Good heavens, Joflo, I never thought of that, what an interesting thought as the origin of 'crestfallen'!!! And I must say that when not under saddle, this did describe his demeanour to a T!!! lol!!
Heather
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Post by mandal on Dec 12, 2011 14:44:16 GMT 1
Sounds like you are off to a great start with him. He's lovely, best of luck.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2011 18:01:29 GMT 1
Ooh very handsome Must admit having been completely ignorant about falllen crests until reading this I would have avoided a horse looking like that too, would never have imagined it could be improved so much so soon... though if I'd bought him he wouldn't have Heather riding him so probably wouldn't have
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Post by heather on Dec 12, 2011 22:11:20 GMT 1
Dont do yourself down, Michelle, from what I have heard of your patience and success with Talin!!
Heather
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Post by rosemaryhannah on Dec 13, 2011 0:12:22 GMT 1
Gosh at the improvement, and golly gosh at the horse!
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Post by troop on Dec 13, 2011 12:11:26 GMT 1
He does look wonderful but then i liked him before anyway . I really am looking forward to meeting him Heather he is a real credit to you
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Post by kafee on Dec 13, 2011 12:32:32 GMT 1
Julz, he is PRE, Pura Raza Espanol- Andalucian. Heather thanks.. never understood what PRE meant.... Me neither! That is quite some transformation, I'm sure a lot of hard work has gone into getting him into shape. Sounds like a very likely origin for the term "crestfallen": you can understand a gelded adult stallion being crestfallen!
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Post by heather on Dec 13, 2011 12:56:46 GMT 1
Sounds like a very likely origin for the term "crestfallen": you can understand a gelded adult stallion being crestfallen! [/quote] LOL!!!! Kathy!! Next time you are in Devon again, come and see him in the flesh!! Heather
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Post by heather on Dec 13, 2011 12:57:59 GMT 1
PS actually we haven't done much at all to get him into shape, good feed, Pure Condition- and gentle classical work to get him back into being ridden again, and thats about it!!
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Post by kafee on Dec 13, 2011 13:34:04 GMT 1
Sounds like a very likely origin for the term "crestfallen": you can understand a gelded adult stallion being crestfallen! LOL!!!! Kathy!! Next time you are in Devon again, come and see him in the flesh!! Heather[/quote] Hi Heather, thanks for the invitation, I'll try to take you up on it! I learnt quite a bit about riding position in the short time I spent with you and your students in August. Thank you!
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Post by mrsfields on Dec 13, 2011 21:17:25 GMT 1
he is beautiful Heather! congrats! i'm sure he will turn out wonderfully in your hands! he's a lucky boy!
i sadly knew a poor elderly mare with a fallen crest - the poor lady had been left on the lushest grass and would get terrible laminitis every year - her owner thought he was being "nice" by letting her retire on his lush cow pastures, and her neck was exactly the same! she developed a huge stallion crest which was rock solid in spring and early summer, then flabby and toppled in late summer/winter... poor girl...
re. the term crest-fallen, i heard it came from chickens as when their crest goes floppy and falls to the side it can be a sign of illness or being under the weather... one of our hens was poorly once and her crest flopped right over, and perked up again when she recovered... also thru having chickens the expressions "hen-pecked" and "pecking order" certainly came alive to me lol!!
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