Differense - good or bad?

I might not get the answers I want, but I'll ask anyway. And yes, I know it's difficult to judge from a summer coat picture and one with a sweaty wintercoat, but I've tried to make them as similiar in pose as possible, at least :)

Please feel free to give some critique about his shape altogether as well. You who don't know already may guess his breed, just for fun :P As if it's not obvious what he is.. xD

Last summer:



Today:

..sorry for the huge image, it refused to obey me..

Is he a standy? If he is then today is a much better the last summer. He is very nice built!

wow. im gonna def say that is a very good difference.

Nice to hear! In the other forums they said he looked better before.. :P

Starlight: But if he's a quarter the differense is bad? :P
Thank you! :)

Xeventer17, thank you too :P

no, before he looks rather obese

I agree, he looks better now and will look much better when he sheds out. Before he looked fat, now he is looks like he has a good weight.

Hm.. I see what you mean, but that horse has never been fat actually.. I've always had trouble keeping his weight! The first summer I had him, he lost too much weight, he looked awful.. :/ And that was on a 24hours turnout on several acres with grass.. x_X; I've learnt to keep his weight good now tho, I think and hope.

Could the belly be a lack of abdomen muscles to keep it up or something, you think? (first picture)

I hope he'll look better later on :P Or else I'll have to reconcider how I ride. x)

Throwing in a picture from when I bought him 2 years ago (tho it's the wrong angle to see much..):


And how he looked that first horrible summer, before I figured what to give him to get his weight back...I tried everything.. x__x I think he had started gaining some at that picture, actually..

Hrm... the new pics aren't showing up for me.

Strange.. they're there for me and uploaded to the same site as the others...