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I have a sort of skinny but not pony. All the weight he gains goes on his stomach, and his hindquarters have no muscle what so ever. He's an extremly fit pony, but I'm just wondering what to do to built up the muscle on his quarters?

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Sounds like it's his diet and not an excerise problem. Do you have him on a regular worming schedule for different worms? What are you feeding him and how much?

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Well, he's wormed just fine, but I'm not in control of his diet.
He gets a lot of excercise, I try and ride him everyday! He has 4 pounds of hay in the morning. (I did give him 10 pounds but they've moved to another field with lots of rich grass). I just need ideas as to how to built muscle on the hinds!

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I'm still thinking this is all diet and not needing more exercise.

I'm thinking your horse needs more calories for the amount of riding you say you are doing. When your horse exercises, just like we do, we burn fat. If there is no fat to burn and not enough calories to burn through on a daily basis then we use up muscle. If your pony does not have the fat reserves to burn energy and does not consume enough calories for the exercise regimen you do with that horse, then you will see his muscles decline.

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As I'm just his minder, I'm not in control of his normal feed. But I'm sure I could find out, I understand your point.