puddicat
Well-Known Member
OK how sad am I. Following on from the NL discussion on how much a horse can carry I'd like to do an online experiment to estimate how much stronger cobs are than ponios of the same size.
Anyone who has a tape measure and access to a cob or pony with clean legs (no feathers or lots of hair - wrong time of year I know) and known height can take part. All you have to do is measure the circumference of your cob's/ponio's front cannon bones midway between the middle of the knee and the middle of the fetlock - look heres a photo:
So measure at point C which is supposed to be midway between A (middle of the knee looking from the front and B (middle of the fetlock looking from the side). Then post BOTH the circumference measurements for R and L legs, the animal's height to the whithers stood on a flat surface with the topline of its neck horizontal, and whether it is a weight-carrying cob or a pretty ponio in your opinion.
If anyone actually replies and we get several ponio/cob measurements for same sized animals then I'll have a go at working out the answer.
Anyone who has a tape measure and access to a cob or pony with clean legs (no feathers or lots of hair - wrong time of year I know) and known height can take part. All you have to do is measure the circumference of your cob's/ponio's front cannon bones midway between the middle of the knee and the middle of the fetlock - look heres a photo:
So measure at point C which is supposed to be midway between A (middle of the knee looking from the front and B (middle of the fetlock looking from the side). Then post BOTH the circumference measurements for R and L legs, the animal's height to the whithers stood on a flat surface with the topline of its neck horizontal, and whether it is a weight-carrying cob or a pretty ponio in your opinion.
If anyone actually replies and we get several ponio/cob measurements for same sized animals then I'll have a go at working out the answer.