joanne1920
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Does any one know how to work it out??!!
Eventual Adult Height of a new born foal?
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AmyMay
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How big are the parents?
joanne1920
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the mare is 11.2hh grey welsh type father unknown, possibly a gypsy cob, foal was born weighing 36kg and big compared to mum! he's a little skewbald now 5 days old...
_jetset_
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I am interested in this too...
joanne1920
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the measurement from middle of knee to coronet is 10" ... he has to spray legs and stand back to suckle as he's a bit too tall!!
Toby_Zaphod
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By the end of the first year of life, the cannon bone has reached its maximum length.
The distance from the middle of the knee to the ground is 30% of the mature horses wither height, and that measurement is one least effected by how the horse is fed and maintained. There are formulas for relating the measurements of just about every bone to the ultimate height:
The head is 36 to 40% of the wither height,
the elbow to the ground is 60%of the wither height,
and the hock to the ground is 40%of the wither height.
The full article is as link below: http://horsedoc_org.tripod.com/junior_measuring_up.htm
I hope this is of use
The distance from the middle of the knee to the ground is 30% of the mature horses wither height, and that measurement is one least effected by how the horse is fed and maintained. There are formulas for relating the measurements of just about every bone to the ultimate height:
The head is 36 to 40% of the wither height,
the elbow to the ground is 60%of the wither height,
and the hock to the ground is 40%of the wither height.
The full article is as link below: http://horsedoc_org.tripod.com/junior_measuring_up.htm
I hope this is of use
ticobay831
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measure from centre of the knee to the coronary band.
whatever it is in inches it should be in hands
works with my lot
Debs x
whatever it is in inches it should be in hands
works with my lot
Debs x
joanne1920
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can you use these measurements from foals for adult height though? or just as yearllings...
Tia
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Well that would suggest that he is going to make around 10hh - are you sure you measured it correctly?
Generally this string test works at any age of the foal/horse.....but not always LOL!!
Generally this string test works at any age of the foal/horse.....but not always LOL!!
Patches
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Perhaps daddy was a Shetland...but then you say foalie is pretty big.
ticobay831
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well ive got five gees, ive measured all of them four of them being fully grown, the measurement is correct.
I measured my younster when he was about 7 months old the measurment was 16.5 " so he should make 16.2hh i havent measured him since, i will do it again tonight and see if its the same
This is just somthing ive heard so i am interested to know just how accurate it is.
Debs x
I measured my younster when he was about 7 months old the measurment was 16.5 " so he should make 16.2hh i havent measured him since, i will do it again tonight and see if its the same
This is just somthing ive heard so i am interested to know just how accurate it is.
Debs x
joanne1920
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ill try and post some pics of him against his 11.2hh mum! bear with me!
joanne1920
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ok here goes...
he's only 12 hours old in these pics!
Do you think he's a big foal? its her first ever foal and her owner didnt know she was in foal until a 4 months ago...
he's only 12 hours old in these pics!
Do you think he's a big foal? its her first ever foal and her owner didnt know she was in foal until a 4 months ago...
ticobay831
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RRRRRRRRRRRR bless him, hes a little sweetie
his legs look quite long, its difficult to tell by a picture
Didnt do the leg measuring thing tonight, to busy tending to yet another leg injury
will do it tomorow and let you know
Debs x
his legs look quite long, its difficult to tell by a picture
Didnt do the leg measuring thing tonight, to busy tending to yet another leg injury
will do it tomorow and let you know
Debs x
Tia
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Here's my little foal at about 32 hours old.
Her mother is 12.2hh and her father is 15hh (he's the coloured on the right). She is quite a decent sized foal and has grown quite a lot in the past month. I'm thinking that mine will likely grow to about 13.2hh/14hh however I haven't done the string test yet.
I think your little foal is a nice size but not a big foal by any means. If you look at the picture where you can see the front legs of the mare and the foal then you will see that the foal has a shorter area from knee to coronet band so I think your string test could well be right and that the foal may only make 10hh; especially if the mare is only 11.2hh. Whatever size, cute little foal
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What size was the stallion?
Her mother is 12.2hh and her father is 15hh (he's the coloured on the right). She is quite a decent sized foal and has grown quite a lot in the past month. I'm thinking that mine will likely grow to about 13.2hh/14hh however I haven't done the string test yet.
I think your little foal is a nice size but not a big foal by any means. If you look at the picture where you can see the front legs of the mare and the foal then you will see that the foal has a shorter area from knee to coronet band so I think your string test could well be right and that the foal may only make 10hh; especially if the mare is only 11.2hh. Whatever size, cute little foal
What size was the stallion?
joanne1920
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we dont know who the dad was, mare was almost a rescue case, all skin and bone, her owner thought her belly was worms turnt out she was in foal and shes only a baby herself being just 3 this year... turns out her first owners were panacur... and she has numbers marked on her back but not freezemarked, we think she may have been tested on but not really sure, why else would panacur own a pony?!
HDT
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I once heard that if you measure the front leg up to the elbow and double it this will be an approx height of when it matures.
Dunno how true that is though.
Dunno how true that is though.
joanne1920
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i should also say the mare and the foal are not mine but a friends and im just posting to see if anyone knew about eventual size as we were all curiuos!