Horse WIP please oh please crit this!

Fwap

Hey guys, I've decided to try my hand at organic modeling, starting with a horse.
I only have the faintest clue of what i'm doing here so some crits and pointers would go a long way for me, please of course.

I'm referencing from http://lh4.ggpht.com/__Le_vMi7wPE/RqhDjy20woI/AAAAAAAABjQ/X2pUyFosEhg/Horseanatomy.jpg as i saw another polycounter using it for his horse.

Here is my horse, i have kind of been flying blind up to this point.

Joopson

Ok, so, it looks like a horse so far - which is half the battle.
Try to complete your loops/not stop loops with no warning. Especially for organic modeling. Organic models should, generally, be rather smooth and flowy, as most forms are (with notable exceptions, of course - never set a hard and fast rule, in regards to anything). This ended loops can produce shading and smoothing errors which will make bumps in the mesh. Same with poles (where 5 or more edges meet at a single vertex). Also, it is generally a good idea to stick with quads, at least during this stage. Do you intend it to be low-poly or high-poly?
Below is how I would handle the mesh, were it up to me. Of course, I am no pro, so don't take it as an epitome of topology or something, haha.
Good luck.

XenoKratios

Since I think you're new to all this I suggest you go to websites that sell models and look at Horse models, see how others model them and try to learn about edge loops. After that you can set edgeloops for muscle groups and go from there .

Pretty much what Joopson said

.morph3us

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/humans/animals/32710/view/horse_side_muscular_diagram/

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/humans/animals/32709/view/horse_3_view_and_basic_proportion/

for setting up the edgeloops in your mind before you even start modeling you should understand the muscle and bone flow and the overall proportions of a horse.
also, i hope you are modeling with a blueprint in your background?

Fwap

Thanks for the paint over Joopson i fixed the tri's and the wires look much cleaner now. I downloaded a whole bunch of reference art for this piece and studied some wireframes.

xXm0RpH3usXx Yeah im using a reference in a viewport the one from the OP

Thanks for the crits guys ill hopefully finish this one.