What weight is your 16.2hh horse?

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Trying to get some averages
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thanks! Please include breeds?
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On my weightape my ID is about 670kg. I suspect that's understating his weight though because he has a massive front & pretty good quarters too.
 
My 16.2hh TBx (LW but we think there's some ID in there) is approximately 650kgs on a weightape, however she only wears a 42" girth so methinks something isn't quite right there
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My 16.3 MW only comes up as 570kg on the weight tape. As he has about 10" bone and wears a 54" girth I don't think so! I would guess he is more like 625kg.
 
My 16.2 TB x ID x Connemara is about 540 on a weight tape and he has a 56" girth. He's definitely not fat and not big boned, he has more TB than ID and I would describe him as a lightweight hunter type. He's fairly lean all over but just has a broad girth and rounded rib cage that makes him look like a pregnant mare from some angles
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Needs some muscle tone me thinks
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My 16.2 polish sports horse is 537kg according to a weigh tape. I dont know if its correct but I can tell if hes gained or lost weight from regularly using the same one
 
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having read all the other replies i am now slightly worried that my boy is too light
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he takes a 48" girth...

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i think if i rem rightly your an eventer??? if so your horse will need to be more athletic and therefor slighter!! dont worry!!!!!
 
I haven't weigh taped my girl (16.3hh DW) because I know she's underweight - I can not only see her ribs, I can play tunes on them
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, also her bum is angular and there's no muscle anywhere.

But, she is putting on weight and some small amount of muscle - I know this by eye and feel; and as a five year old I know that she is broadening out and stll going upwards a bit. I also know her full-sister and half-brother so I know what she is likely to do, so am not worried.

You have to take into account the individual horse. With Little Lad, he has a barrel body so can look fat, but I can feel his rbs and at certain angles they can be seen; I know where he lays down fat stores (shoulders and either side top of tail), so again with him I know what to look for. If you can feel your neds ribs, and there is muscle where it should be and no rolls of fat then your ned is right
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Mines Irish (prob half Tb half something else!) and is approx 535kg. He is very deep through the girth, and takes a 52" girth in a "normal" saddle
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