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) ) (  )