Canon to coronet to estimate adult height - who's tried it???

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I ask, as I still cannot fathom the method and would love someone to clarify it for me.

I am using the mid-knee to coronet meaurement. Do you place the tape at the front of the knee or on the side?

And as you run down, do you press the tape tightly against the bone, following the contours down to the coronet? Or, just pull the tape tight from the mid-knee to the coronet (which shortens the final measurement)?

Questions, questions as I measured my rising 2 year old filly this morning and got 18 inches
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I just want to make sure I measured her right! I measured mid-knee (where the little dent is) straight down the front of her canon (keeping the tape against her bone) to the top of the coronet. Keep thinking maybe I should have just held the top of the tape on her knee and pulled the tape tight to her hoof. Can someone clarify the exact method PLEASE!!!!
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I was told use a cloth tape, find the groove mid knee, follow the contours of the leg (hence why soft tape) and go to ridge on coronet band. (Sorry, on front of leg you do this, not the side)

Being sceptics, we tested the mares first, Asti is 15" on this measurement - she's 15hh. Byter was 15 1/2 inches, she's 15.2. But both are older mares though this should be your test group!

So we measured Ivy and it came out just over 16" - this was when she was a youngster, and as of sister measuring her yesterday (she's 5) she is 16hh!

Will try Finn when he's home, see what his comes out at!
 
Eeek, holding cloth tape to front of mid-knee to front of hoof at coronet band I measure a full 18 inches. I've measured and re-measured. Always 18 inches. Just cannot think this is correct!!!!

The filly is 23 months old, standing 15.3 in front and a smidge under 16.0 on her rump. Dam was 15.1 and sire 16.2. Dam's sire was 16.3. Don't rekon she'll make 18 hands!!!!
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Have you tried the elbow to fetlock method? My friend and I tested this out on her older horses before we did my youngster to see if it worked! It was spot on for her 16.3 TBx 14yo and her 4yo came up as 16.1 - he was 16hh at the time so we'll do him again this year to see if he made the last inch.
My youngster came out at about 17hh - he is 16hh at the moment (2 years 10 months) so apparently he has a lot to grow in the next 2 years!
 
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Have you tried the elbow to fetlock method? My friend and I tested this out on her older horses before we did my youngster to see if it worked! It was spot on for her 16.3 TBx 14yo and her 4yo came up as 16.1 - he was 16hh at the time so we'll do him again this year to see if he made the last inch.
My youngster came out at about 17hh - he is 16hh at the moment (2 years 10 months) so apparently he has a lot to grow in the next 2 years!

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how does this method work?
 
Put a piece of string on the elbow joint (nice and pointy - you can't miss it
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) bring it down to the fetlock joint. Then, keeping the string at the elbow, move the fetlock end up towards the withers.
 
I've measure my filly's mid-knee to coronet in all ways possible and still 18 inches.

Photo below:

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Doesn't look like she's got overly long cannons for her height (16¼ hands)?
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