Bum high at 5.. Much growth?

The cob at our yard measured 14 hh as a 5 year old. I measured him myself. Then the other day I decided to measure him again (he's now 11), and he is 14.2 hh with the same stick with spirit level. I was really surprised. I don't know when he finished growing as it has been 6 years since I measured him, but I've heard cobs grow until they are around 8.
 
Are you buying, or is she yours already? From that picture I would say she will grow - she looks like her front end really needs to catch up. Not more than a couple of inches though. What do you need her to be?
 
I'm interested in the replies to this - I also have a little skewbald mare (NF x cob)who is 4 1/2 years old and standing at 14hh and quite bum high......I'm thinking that she is going to be a very late developer. Interesting what Wagtail said about cobs not maturing until the age of 8. I'm hoping mine might shoot up another couple of inches!
 
Abacus said:
Are you buying, or is she yours already? From that picture I would say she will grow - she looks like her front end really needs to catch up. Not more than a couple of inches though. What do you need her to be?
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15.2hh ideally, she's already mine but I'm debating selling her or keeping her and hoping she grows.
 
Why don't you keep her? Her value will only increase if anything until she's 8 and then you can sell her if she's too small or keep her if she grows a bit more.
 
It doesn't really matter how big she is if you feel right and comfortable on her, and especially if she rides bigger. I bought mine as a 5-nearly-6-yo last year. He was 14.3hh, quite bum high and nothing on the front end. He's a native type (I say type because I thought he was a connie x but now thinking he's a NF x cob! long story...!). At the end of this summer I measured him at just a shade under 15.1hh and he's really bulked up, but he won't go up anymore now (he's 7). He did grow and I'd have liked 15.2hh as well, but it isn't happening. However, he rides like 16hh so he doesn't feel like a big pony/little horse, he feels and rides much bigger.

I like the mare in the pic and agree with Wagtail, you can always sell her.
 
I bought a 3 year old who was 14.2 at the withers and 15h at the top of her croup who was "certain" to grow. She is now 16 and..........14.2 at the withers and 15h at the bum. They don't always grow, even when they are bum high you know.
 
Cortez said:
I bought a 3 year old who was 14.2 at the withers and 15h at the top of her croup who was "certain" to grow. She is now 16 and..........14.2 at the withers and 15h at the bum. They don't always grow, even when they are bum high you know.
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Mine is still a bit bum high at 7. As I said above he did grow 1.5in maybe in a year, but he won't even out anymore now, it's just his conformation.
 
Just to add, I also bought a 5 year old 16h WB because he was a "tidy" size (not into giant horses these days). Well, now he is 8/rising 9 and over 17h. Horses! They never do what you expect them to, do they?
 
chestnut cob said:
It doesn't really matter how big she is if you feel right and comfortable on her, and especially if she rides bigger. I bought mine as a 5-nearly-6-yo last year. He was 14.3hh, quite bum high and nothing on the front end. He's a native type (I say type because I thought he was a connie x but now thinking he's a NF x cob! long story...!). At the end of this summer I measured him at just a shade under 15.1hh and he's really bulked up, but he won't go up anymore now (he's 7). He did grow and I'd have liked 15.2hh as well, but it isn't happening. However, he rides like 16hh so he doesn't feel like a big pony/little horse, he feels and rides much bigger.

I like the mare in the pic and agree with Wagtail, you can always sell her.
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Your right, to be totally honest I've not sat on her yet as she's just come back from being backed. She was with the lady around a year and was backed and did some low key shows (chaps) which she won all of. She came back this weekend and I was sure she was 15hh until she came off the lorry and my heart sunk a little. She was bought as a bogof (not on purpose- I rescued a very underweight mare who turned out to be pregnant) and she was the result. She's a sec Dx, a sweet little thing.
 
Cortez said:
Just to add, I also bought a 5 year old 16h WB because he was a "tidy" size (not into giant horses these days). Well, now he is 8/rising 9 and over 17h. Horses! They never do what you expect them to, do they?
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Exactly! And on that note... When I got my last horse from his breeders, they told me they'd been attempting to breed something around 16hh. Dam was a 15hh TB polo pony and sire was RID Banks Fee Daniel, who I think is 16.2hh (ish). My boy ended up 17hh and just absolutely massive in every way!
 
Cortez said:
Just to add, I also bought a 5 year old 16h WB because he was a "tidy" size (not into giant horses these days). Well, now he is 8/rising 9 and over 17h. Horses! They never do what you expect them to, do they?
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I bought my mare at 15.3 (she's only 4) in July in the hope that she won't go over 16 hands but she's that already now and hopefully won't get any bigger than 16.1hh.....I'd say your mare has another couple of years growing to do yet.
 
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