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
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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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