tail growth

[pickwickayr]

i have just bought a 2yr old filly who has had her tail cut short way above her hocks

does anyone know how long it takes a youngsters tail to grow down?

the pony is a sweetheart and im realy pleased with her regardles but everyone keeps taking the mick out of her poor tail!!

 

[Theresa_F]

Well my chap grows at about 1 - 1 1/2" a month, but he is gypsy cob who has plenty of megatek rubbed in his mane and tail.

 

[Enfys]

Look at it this way, at least she will have a mud free tail this winter, so yah, boo, sucks to those who are making fun.

I used to cut the tails of our welshies in winter because of our horrendously muddy fields, I would chop them to just below hock height, by the first show of the season in April they were back at fetlock height again. So that would be a good 6" in about 5 months.

You are not alone in the short tail department, Thank God I don't show this horse, I would be casting about looking for a falsie for her. This was NOT cut but trimmed by the flipping foal!