5yr old welsh section D's

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surreygirl17

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I have a 5 year old who is on the brink of being too big for me. I'm slightly concerned he will grow more as I know they don't finish maturing til 7 ish.

Can I ask how much bigger your 5 year old section D's grew?
 
miss_c said:
Mine was 14.2hh at 4, and 15hh at 6... after that she grew outwards rather than upwards!
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Mine was registered as 14.3 at 5 she's now 15h (7) on tip toes so didn't grow much, she did go from 6ft rug to a 6ft 3 in that time so got a longer, weirdly!
 
I haven't actually measured mine but I don't think his he's any taller now than a year ago (now 6) however he is 'bigger' because he's filled out so much and looks like a horse now instead of a four-legged lawn mower!
 
EKW said:
D's are supposed to be wide and in my opinion any that go above the 14.1-14.2hh mark tend to look more like horses than ponies.
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There's wide and then there's Wide with section d's.
Thankfully most judges seem to disagree with you regarding height as some of the most successful stallions have been 14.3/15h. I think NBM was 15.2h. I can think of very few around the 13.3h mark that have done famously well.
 
Nebo Black Magic was 15hh.

Alot of these bigger ones are losing the short pony cannons, the small dainty heads and the movement. There is a huge difference in a pony that grew too much to specifically breeding cobs for height.

I find that a few of the Thorneyside cobs from a certain line look far more like horses than cobs.
 
I don't really see how putting down the bigger section d's is helpful to anyone especially bit the OP when we don't even know how big her and her horse is. Plus it's not anything to do with the original question and can be downright inflammatory.
 
EKW said:
Nebo Black Magic was 15hh.

Alot of these bigger ones are losing the short pony cannons, the small dainty heads and the movement. There is a huge difference in a pony that grew too much to specifically breeding cobs for height.

I find that a few of the Thorneyside cobs from a certain line look far more like horses than cobs.
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Agreed. Mine was 15.1 when I bought him as a 4yo. Now 6 and 15.3 (although not grown much in height since the end of last summer). He's Thorneyside and doesn't look much like a section D at all.

ETS OP, two of my previous Sec D's grew an inch between 5 and 6 - after that, most of their growing was outwards.
 
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Chunkie said:
Agreed. Mine was 15.1 when I bought him as a 4yo. Now 6 and 15.3 (although not grown much in height since the end of last summer). He's Thorneyside and doesn't look much like a section D at all.
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Are there not just different stamps of welshies depending on bloodlines as there is with other breeds?

I have a taller cob, who definitely wasn't bred for height. A few people identify him as welsh immediately and have complimented him but most people don't because he doesn't have a leg at each corner, small neat ears or a dainty head. He looks like a throwback to a few of his ancestors that appear generations back who also had a bigger head, straighter facial profile and look more carriage horsey than ponyish if you know what I mean.

Does that mean he is a bad example of a welsh cob? I am not a showing person so I judged him purely from a ridden performance POV
 
Yes, there are some, like Maesmynach, that are larger, sportier cobs. My boys parents were both 14.2, and whilst he's undoubtedly a good looking, nicely put together horse - he's not typical of a welsh cob. As far as showing goes, I would not show him in a pure Section D class, and tend to probably avoid M&M classes too, but he does do well in open in hand classes.
 
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