OMG that poor animal is just about morbidly obese Score 8 9 would depend just how much you could lose your fingers hand in the blubber over the ribs etc I hate hate HATE it when people call obese show condition or looking well Wrote to Horse and Hound recently on overweight youngsters in the show ring and H H showing editor was pleased to agree with me I like to see animals in the same condition that I d like to be in fit healthy with the right amount of muscle for the job they re doing and the right weight for the time of year A bit overlean at the tag end of winter is OK if the horse is out of work and living rough Fat at the tag end of winter is a big no no laminitis lurks just around the corner when the spring grass comes roaring through And by the way I m not fat I m in show condition o