Pls help filly height

Gibba75

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I recently bought a filly on the basis she was going to make 15h she's 3 and standing 13 2 did your horse make that height at similar age
 

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No mine were all almost fully grown at 2.5 years even the connie who should make 14.2 finished at 142cm and didnnt grow after her grading which was carried out at 3 and was 142 when measured for her workers classes
 

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At 3 they are pretty much done. I know people say their horses grew 3 hands at 6 but it doesnt happen often, and those that do tend to come up through the wither rather than a lot of all over growth. The growth plates are closed for limbs etc in a 3yr old.
 

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It's unlikely - have you done a string test?

I have one who went from 14.1hh at 3 to 16hh at 5, but she was very weedy and underdeveloped at rising 3. My other two horses grew 1 inch and zero inches after turning 3.
 

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I'd think she's unlikely to make much more than 14h unless she's really backward in her development. My current pony was 13.2 1/2 at 3 and is now 14.0h at 6 and that is pretty usual growth.
Have you seen the filly's parents?
 

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My rising 4 year old has grown quite a lot over the winter, I expect him to make around 1hh bigger than he was in the spring of his 3yr old year
 
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