Cob folks - measuring bone

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Daughter and I have been having the same conversation for about two weeks - is our cob a medium or heavy weight - so tonight I am going to measure how much bone she has - slight problem though, wherabouts does one measure and what dimensions constitute a light/mid or heavy weight.

Also someone posted on here a while ago some info as to how much weight a horse could carry (roughly) based on the amount of bone it had - does any one know what it was or what thread it was - thankies in advance
 
Measure the circumference of the cannon bone under the knee.

As showing cobs go there is only lightweight and heavyweight.
A lightweight should have at least 8" of bone and be able to carry up to 14 stone.
A heavyweight cob should have more than 8" of bone and be able to carry over 14 stone.

But in everyday terms a lightweight is 8" of bone and under, middleweight is 8 to 9" of bone and a heavyweight is over 9" of bone.
My gelding (second in siggy) is a middleweight with 8 3/4".
My mare (first in siggy) is a heavyweight with 10".
 
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I am going to measure my horse tonight. I'd quite like to show him in hunter classes next year so it will help confirm or deny which class to take him in.
 
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Measure the circumference of the cannon bone under the knee.

As showing cobs go there is only lightweight and heavyweight.
A lightweight should have at least 8" of bone and be able to carry up to 14 stone.
A heavyweight cob should have more than 8" of bone and be able to carry over 14 stone.

But in everyday terms a lightweight is 8" of bone and under, middleweight is 8 to 9" of bone and a heavyweight is over 9" of bone.
My gelding (second in siggy) is a middleweight with 8 3/4".
My mare (first in siggy) is a heavyweight with 10".

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Spot on.

My boy has 10inches of bone and is a heavyweight

i believe you are supposed to measure about a centimetre below the knee, just so you are off the joint basically.
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