) and didn't notice.
Yes, bought ISH gelding aged 4 and 16.2hh. Nothing happened for several years (I did measure him several times) so I was happy I had a 16.2 horse.
A friend commented - when he was 8 - that he was looking awfully big, so we got out the measuring stick and... 17hh.
I think I just got used to him being large (I think of him as my big pony
Told by farrier and also his vet that he is still growing (as god forbid he is bum high again). They think he'll make 19-19.1hh or thereabouts unless I put a brick on his back.
Oooh, I bought my boy (an Irish Draft x Cleveland Bay) as a rising 5 year old in February this year standing 18hh. Measured him in July after his fifth birthday at the end of June at 18.2 1/2hh. Measured again in October at 18.3hh.
Still has lots of filling out to do too, so I'm more than a bit afraid of what his end height will be.
My last late horse was a pure bred TB that that was 17.1hh when I got him as a 6 year old. 18 months later we had him measured again and he was 17.3hh. I was always under the assumption that TB's matured around 4-5 years of age. How wrong I was.
I really do believe that once horses are given lots of care, attention, feed and supplements then they do tend to shoot up an inch or two (even though they have been advised by vets that they won't grown any higher).
oh hells bells I dont want 16.2 Im only 5ft 2 I bought id x warmblood passported at 15 2 hes definitely 16h + already havent backed him properly yet due to injuries . My tb was over 16 h but different type of horse so height didnt bother me plus I was riding him as 4 yr old.