Alonso horse character design

I recently had to do a character for a client, that wanted a horse, to look like Alonso the F1 racer.  It turned out to be an interresting challenge.  As you can see it started out quite different to were it ended up. I really like the finished product tho!  The client wanted the pose to reflect the image of "Uncle Sam" were he is pointing at the audience.  I have attached the various stages as he progressed.