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where r u clanad you were the only one who awns my q. bout working out adult height of my foal and i tried to ask does this method not only apply to yearlings but alas no awns.?
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There's no foolproff way of working out your foal's height - if you're talking about EMH, although different people swear by different theories. A lot depends on how it's fed, the length of its tail, length of back and slope of shoulders. Also the height of the dam and sire can determine whether a horse in maturity is liable to be tall. I think you were given a method of measuring in another post, which could roughly work out the hands high overall height, but a lot depends on the health of the animal, and I personally think you can only get a rough idea. x
I apologize, chysun that i haven't been able to get back to you... hope everything is going well with you and your colt.
Here, in the western U.S., the method I described to you has, generally worked out well... my experience has been that it's accurate to within a half a hand or so. The string should be held against the lower leg... "follow it" for the most accurate measurement. It works well on any colt. I've tried it on yearlings up to about 14 months old and it still approximates the "finished" size.
I have to say, here on the ranch using working cow ponies, they tend to be a bit smaller... near 14 to 14 1/2 hands... maybe 15 in stallion colts. Our horses are thick in the hips and short coupled... all from the Appaloosa/Arab blood that we favor for sturdiness as well as super-smart (for a horse). I suspect that working with taller breeds, especially the Thorobreds can throw the estimates off... and just as I explained before and reiterated by Ice.Maiden, a well fed, well maintained horse will do better in growth than a neglected one... I can tell by your posts that your foal won't be neglected.
Again, sorry about tardiness... Keep on truckin'!
Here, in the western U.S., the method I described to you has, generally worked out well... my experience has been that it's accurate to within a half a hand or so. The string should be held against the lower leg... "follow it" for the most accurate measurement. It works well on any colt. I've tried it on yearlings up to about 14 months old and it still approximates the "finished" size.
I have to say, here on the ranch using working cow ponies, they tend to be a bit smaller... near 14 to 14 1/2 hands... maybe 15 in stallion colts. Our horses are thick in the hips and short coupled... all from the Appaloosa/Arab blood that we favor for sturdiness as well as super-smart (for a horse). I suspect that working with taller breeds, especially the Thorobreds can throw the estimates off... and just as I explained before and reiterated by Ice.Maiden, a well fed, well maintained horse will do better in growth than a neglected one... I can tell by your posts that your foal won't be neglected.
Again, sorry about tardiness... Keep on truckin'!
Nice to hear from you clanad dont think i said but she is a filly out of thoro.mare and half bred coloured a pretty girl looks more like her dad thankfully as mum is very fine in the leg she is more like a cow in the leg (not a bad thing) ! and yes she is exceptionally well fed ! IM hoping she will do as a good all rounder ( I KNOW SHE HAS A WAY TO GO YET ) but heres hoping will try to measure tomoro and see. Shes like my baby and yes im prob. an over fretfull mum .Ihave her mum a pony and two shetland x stallions . The mum hurt her shoulder and had to be rested for a year which is why she was put into foal . She is my first foal and have seen a few disasters in my time which is prob why i am an over protectful mum ! will c 2 moro morn and thanks again .
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