Horse height

[David1411]

Hi Folks, just wondering has anyone had much experience with Belgian warmblood foals and their growth rate?
I imported a foal from Belgium last December and it hasn’t grown much in the mean time, it’s a June born foal and currently stands around 14hh
The dam is 16:2hh and the sire is 17hh.
The foal is in very good health and is on a good feed plan but yet hasn’t really reached a growth spurt..has anyone experience in something along the same lines and if so what was the outcome in terms of final height and length of time it took to fully mature ?
Do Belgian warm blood usually take longer to catch up?
See pic of her this week
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[David1411]

Hi Folks, just wondering has anyone had much experience with Belgian warmblood foals and their growth rate?
I imported a foal from Belgium last December and it hasn’t grown much in the mean time, it’s a June born foal and currently stands around 14hh
The dam is 16:2hh and the sire is 17hh.
The foal is in very good health and is on a good feed plan but yet hasn’t really reached a growth spurt..has anyone experience in something along the same lines and if so what was the outcome in terms of final height and length of time it took to fully mature ?
Do Belgian warm blood usually take longer to catch up?
See pic of her this week
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[David1411]

 

[David1411]

 

[TheMule]

I generally expect 2 hands more growth from yearling height, so I’d guess you’re going to have a 16hh horse approx

 

[David1411]

I generally expect 2 hands more growth from yearling height, so I’d guess you’re going to have a 16hh horse approx

She hasn’t hit any growth spurt since the spring but I hope she’ll finish a round 16hh because of the size of her sire and dam

 

[TheMule]

She hasn’t hit any growth spurt since the spring but I hope she’ll finish a round 16hh because of the size of her sire and dam

Some do just grow very evenly- my current yearling is, she has never been bum high.

 

[splashgirl45]

My trakehner cross was just over 13.3 at 15 months, 15.1 at 3 years and 16 hands at 6 years if that helps