when it was small the rider looked like a halo character

A very good first time. Horses are very complicated, and I think you captured them wonderfully. Very nice.

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Stunning painting! I thought this was a photo in the thumbnail. Very beautiful colors!

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So beautiful! ^w^

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Amazing! A stunning first attempt, I must say! Horses are beautiful.

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My, my, it's very well done, the colour of the horse and the shine on him, looks like the photo itself

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Wow thats the best painted/drawn horse i have seen for a while! Love it!

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Well done, Milbisous. You are so diligent.

Wow! Courageous!
The head is the best feature, the chest looks a bit off and the legs are a bit too solid for a racehorse, but otherwise not a bad first attempt at painting a very difficult subject! (I know what I'm talking about: I've got tons of reference material on horses..... but I never got up the courage to paint them!) So: Chapeau!!!

Just one thing, as I know you don't ride and probably aren't familiar with equestrian sports: In your place I would have kept the race track background. The number cloth on the horse, the goggles and the jockey's crouch make it clear that this is a race or at least training for a race, and you don't do that in a meadow or field. And nobody in their right mind would ride cross-country just for fun with shortened stir-ups like that... unless they wanted to break their neck!
So, a race track would really be the (only) appropriate background for this scene.