This is going to sound weird, but couldn't you have mirrored this image?
For some reason, head shots of horses like this seem to work a little better if they are facing right............I know, weird, but just a thought.........
I like the processing, the effect you have acheived is different, and as a result, this does stand out. Not sure on the square crop though. I would have cropped a little off the top, and given a little more to the left (or right if you mirrorred it) giving the horse somewhere more to look........... |