9ins of Bone?

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What does this actually mean? She is 4 next month and is 14'2hh measured tonight with 9ins of bone. Never done the bone thing before, just that somebody mention that she has plenty of bone to carry me at 13.5 stone???
 
know the feeling!! awful isn't it bought myself a younster to boost my incentive!!, 9 inch of bone she is obviously a heavier breed who will carry weight, but tbh i weigh same as you and won't get on our 5 yr old cob till i am a stone lighter, they don't finish growing till 6/7 even if slowly and would like to give him best start?? Well done though you are doin great won't be long
 
showley1 said:
know the feeling!! awful isn't it bought myself a younster to boost my incentive!!, 9 inch of bone she is obviously a heavier breed who will carry weight, but tbh i weigh same as you and won't get on our 5 yr old cob till i am a stone lighter, they don't finish growing till 6/7 even if slowly and would like to give him best start?? Well done though you are doin great won't be long
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When does the bone stop growing, I've
been on meds which have made me gain weight, never paid so much attention till now?
 
From my experience would say she be happy to carry you, would keep jumping to a min but then she still too young to be jumping too much anyway, so depends if jumping your thing but for next 12 months would personally not do more than once a week
 
I have a little obsession with measuring bone in my youngsters - as a decent amount of bone is essential for grading (Irish Draughts). a well built Irish Draught stallion of about 16.2 SHOULD have at least 10" (though more than a few have graded with just over 9"!)
Bone is only part of the consideration for the weight carrying ability of a horse: breadth, depth and length of back should be taken into account as well. I would expect a WelshxFell with that bone to be capable of carrying 13-14 stone when mature - bone will keep growing until 6-7 years old.
 
JanetGeorge said:
I have a little obsession with measuring bone in my youngsters - as a decent amount of bone is essential for grading (Irish Draughts). a well built Irish Draught stallion of about 16.2 SHOULD have at least 10" (though more than a few have graded with just over 9"!)
Bone is only part of the consideration for the weight carrying ability of a horse: breadth, depth and length of back should be taken into account as well. I would expect a WelshxFell with that bone to be capable of carrying 13-14 stone when mature - bone will keep growing until 6-7 years old.
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This was taken 2 months ago, how does she look to you?
 
JanetGeorge said:
The point about the horse in OP is that it *isn't* anywhere near mature yet. I suggest that you leave it to grow on until you have lost enough weight to be able to ride it safely, without compromising its development just yet. If the horse is only just 4, there's plenty of time.
She looks lovely but no more mature for her age than I would expect - she's still rather bum high, which I'm sure will right itself later.
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Pearlsasinger said:
The point about the horse in OP is that it *isn't* anywhere near mature yet. I suggest that you leave it to grow on until you have lost enough weight to be able to ride it safely, without compromising its development just yet. If the horse is only just 4, there's plenty of time.
She looks lovely but no more mature for her age than I would expect - she's still rather bum high, which I'm sure will right itself later.
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Thanks you :) I'm in no rush to ride, and even when shes just going to be a happy hack and then for my 6 year old daughter to grow in to. Maybe I need to take another photo of how she looks today.
 
Every horse no matter breed matures at the same time, skeleton doesn't stop growing until horse is 6 with the spine being last thing to finish and add 6 months for a big horse!

Well done with the weight loss so far though, she'd easily carry you when you're on target :) And being Welsh x Fell she will be sturdy. My 'mini' Welsh D at 13.3 has 8 inches of bone which impressed me as it was the same as the 14.3 and 15.3 on the yard at the time!


ETA- Just seen the picture of her, she needs a while just yet before you ride OP.
 
Champion1969 said:
This was taken 2 months ago, how does she look to you?
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When she matures she's going to be a chunk. At present, she looks VERY bum high and should be 2" taller when she matures. Her back leg is better than her front leg - you'll have to watch her trimming as she is a bit too sloping in the front pastern.

I wouldn't be treating her as a weight carrier yet - in fact I wouldn't work her at present because she IS so bum high.
 
she looks very immature and i would be long reining and walking out in hand but not putting any rider on her just yet personally.

i would not expect her to carry more than about 10.5 stone (ever) unless she really fills out as she matures as she is light in her frame and not particularly strongly built. obviously photos can be deceptive and she may look different in real life
 
Bone is measured mid way between the knee and fetlock, the cannon bone, on the front leg. It's measured around the bone not horizontal.
 
Champion1969 said:
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This was taken 2 months ago, how does she look to you?
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Very croup high at the moment and looks very weak so not up to carrying weight at the moment. Also there is no guarantee that she will come up in front and with her breeding the best you could hope for is for her to level out. With her large head and conformation she will be on her forehand and the way her front pasterns are that will mean increased pressure so even more reason to give her chance to mature.
 
Well she certainly has grown in the last two months! She's not so bum high now is she?. I'm sure she will be up to weight when she is fully grown, she's lovely.
 
Wow, hasn't she grown! In a years time she'll easily carry you at your current weigh without even noticing. At the moment though she's still weedy, growing and immature. She certainly won't collapse if you rode her now but it's not going to do her back any good. She's pretty and it'd be a shame to ruin her.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
I don't know really, it will depend on how big her parents were but I think I would expect her to grow another inch or so and fill out.
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I haven't got a clue about her parents she was tethered by the roadside and a woman bought her then backed her and sold her to me in Feb 2013 and NO I haven't ridden her not even sat on her. She's on a diet of Suregrow and Sarc-ex for her sarcoid not bad for £300 I don't think :)
 
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