gothdolly
Well-Known Member
Im slowly getting over the death of my mare and am looking at youngstock with a view to buying a nice cobby sort from between 6 months and 2 years old. I have never really been very good at judging the height that horses will make, is there a "formula" to do with length of cannon bone and thickness of bone that you can use for cobs if you measure them at a certain age? I have seen some 2 year olds standing at about 12.2hh that I have been told will make 15 hh and I have to say Im sceptical!! Im looking for a MW- HW cob, to make absolute minmum 14hh if HW preferably more like 15hh MW (or bigger!). When I bought my gelding, he was standing at 14hh at 2 years and only made 14.2hh. But our Cleveland bay x Fell seemed teeeeny tiny at 6months and grew into a huge monster so height prediction is obviously not my forte!
With the youngstock I am looking at they seem to have been bought as a "job lot" at auction and its not possible to view the dam or sire.
Im vaguely aware there are cannon bone measurements you can take to predict the height of TBs but Im not sure if it would work with cobs
Thanks if anyone can help me!
Cassandra xx
With the youngstock I am looking at they seem to have been bought as a "job lot" at auction and its not possible to view the dam or sire.
Im vaguely aware there are cannon bone measurements you can take to predict the height of TBs but Im not sure if it would work with cobs
Thanks if anyone can help me!
Cassandra xx