Horses as big as you think??

[Ash the arab]

In a post the other day it was mentioned that when you go and view a horse for sale it is often smaller than the ad! So do we really know how big a 16.2hh is?
This made me think Joe, the horse i am riding, is smaller than i think. I put at 17.1hh but maybe he is nearer 16.2hh?
Well i measured him today and he is 17.2h! Must measure the yearling, i'm thinking he is about 16.2h, how big is he going to be?!!

 

[teapot]

Yup can agree with that -

went to see a horse that was available for share and owner had told me he was a good 15hh, maybe 15.1

Felt like a small 14.2 when I got on him

 

[JessPickle]

Well when we went to see pickle they said he was 16.3hh, and so did his passport, then when looking at his paperwork I noticed his farmkey stuff and it said 17.2hh

meaured him and he was 17,2hh!

 

[Nuttymanxmare]

My horse was sold to me as 16hh and she was measured at a full up 16.3hh!!!

 

[Jemayni]

My horse is 75% connemara but looks like a proper well-bred conne, he measures at 153 (JMB cert), but often ppl make snippy comments at shows saying he should be in the 148s

 

[Ash the arab]

Maybe i have it wrong! Sounds like horses are bigger than we think!

 

[vicijp]

Measure your eye level, it never fails.

 

[Jemayni]

I think people will always adapt there horses size for their own convenience. You rarely hear of a 14.3 showjumper, they are always 14.2. Nor do you hear of a 14.1 worker they are always 14hh. Similarly you will make an eventer as close to the 16-16.3 ideal that is possible.

There is an article on main page about it saying that they might scrap height certificates, as a result of horses getting in as ponies in SJ comps, that says it all really.

 

[seaofdreams]

i brought a new forest, tis is going back 10 years now but people kept telling me she was 15hh and so couldn't do n/f classes
she was extreamly well bred and i wanted to show her i thought she was 14hh - 14.1hh max so i got her measusred (JMB cert) and she came out at 13.3 and 3/8ths !!!

 

[leanne123]

depending on there build some horses can be quite deciving.
when we were having breakfast this morning at yard all three of us had a guess at the height of an arab on yard. owner said 14.2, my sister said 15.1, i said 15.3. goes and pulls him out of the box to measure him hes 15.2.
on my horses passport it says 19.2 i measured him with the farrier before he put any shoes on him and hes 18.3.

 

[PapaFrita]

I'm quite good at guestimating the height of horses, I got PF spot on at 15.2. However, Antifaz's passport says he's only 4 cm bigger than PF (less than 2 inches) and I'm sure he's bigger than that. Must measure him!

 

[Rambo]

Horse can also grow or shring an inch or two depending on how they are feeling at any point in time

Also, some horses are high withered, others flatter. A high withered horse will always feel smaller as where you sit IS lower lol!

 

[vicm2509]

My horse was sold as 16.3 and I measured him to 16.2 so its near enough. I do have trouble guessing the height of anything under 15.2 though.

 

[Seahorse]

He he, I thought Axel was massive, at least 16.1hh. When I measured him he's actually 15.3hh!