Will a 3 yr old grow much more...

[almrc]

....and if so how much? Little monkey is 3yrs and 4 months and she is standing at approx 14.1hh (this is very approx!)

I am just wondering how much she will grow until full height? I know its quite vague as all horses are different but I just wondered. I have heard that pony crosses mainly reach their mature heights pretty early on as so do TB's. But then I have also heard the flip side where they grow about 4 inches or so!

But she had a bad start (weaned too early, suspected gastric ulcers and on wrong feed, all before the age of 1!!) so I am kind of hoping this makes her a bit behind herself and she has lots of growing to do...I would love her to make at least 15hh but I don't know if this is asking too much?!

How high were yours at 3 and then at 4/fully grown?

PICS!!!

June this year - She does look quite gangly

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[penhwnllys_stardust]

Have you tried the string test? it can be quite accurate but abit off for others so take it with a pinch of salt!

http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/stringtesting.html

ETA, what a gorgeous girl she is!

 

[Pipkin]

Depends on the horse
My mare ayla was 14.3-15hh when i bought her as a 3 yr old, she wasnt meant to grow anymore, she`s 16.1 now
My other mare Roxy was 16hh as a 4 year old and is now 16.3
I do wish they`d stop growing because i`m only short

 

[Abbeygale]

She is beautiful! Such a sweet face!

My 3yo is looking as though she is going through a bit of a growth spurt at the moment - when she is going upwards she seems to usually loose a little condition and look a little ribby for a few weeks, and then puts her condition back on.

I was hoping that she would end up about 15hh ish - but she is pushing 16hh already - but she is a sweetheart though!

Its a bit hard to tell from your pics, as she is resting a hind in every pic, but is she looking level from her withers to bum - or is she still a little bum high?

What are you plans with her?

 

[Shysmum]

i'm wondering the same with my 3 year old - he's 2 inches higher at the bum (but could that be gypsy cob breeding ???).

Your pony is lovely - she's doesn't look too bum high atm, but it can happen really quickly. My back man says fully grown at 6, i really would think there's a few more inches at least to go for yours. sm xx

 

[Kenzo]

Is she only 14.1? mind you, you did say approx, she does look bigger than 14.1, if you look at her against your electric fencing posts etc.

She'll probably creep up slowly to about 15 hands I'd say if she's 14.1 now.

 

[almrc]

I will try and measure her again later and I will also get a proper side on pic and post it up here later. Well ideally I would like to do some kind of eventing with her. I do some very local xc with my cob at the moment, but nothing serious.

Thank you will do string test too!

 

[Shysmum]

i'll be doing the string test too. Tried the second method, but was too hard to work out with the amounts of feathers he's hiding under. sm x

 

[CBFan]

All equines grow til they are 6 /7 /8. Fact. Their growth plates don't close til then so they are still growing albeit much slower after the age of about 3.

If she's 14.1 now I'd say she should make 15hh at maturity.

 

[Damnation]

I bought my TB mare as a 4 year old from racing at about 14.3hh she is now on the top side of 15.2hh and double the width! I'd say your lil un has more growing to do yet. She looks lovely btw

 

[Maisy]

OOO!!! I'm getting excited by this thread, as my little boy is 14.3 now, at 3 and 4 months.....I would have been happy if he made 15h, so if he is going to be bigger, that will be *ace*!!!!

 

[Marchtime]

OOO!!! I'm getting excited by this thread, as my little boy is 14.3 now, at 3 and 4 months.....I would have been happy if he made 15h, so if he is going to be bigger, that will be *ace*!!!!

Personally this thread has made me poo myself

My little chap who will be 2yrs old mid September is currently 15.1 and I was told he'd make 16hh maximum. If the little devil keeps growing at the rate you lot are talking he'll be mahooooosive... Saying that the farrier did say he would make 18hh and I thought he was joking

*wanders off to find string*

 

[Maisy]

Personally this thread has made me poo myself

My little chap who will be 2yrs old mid September is currently 15.1 and I was told he'd make 16hh maximum. If the little devil keeps growing at the rate you lot are talking he'll be mahooooosive... Saying that the farrier did say he would make 18hh and I thought he was joking

*wanders off to find string*

LOL!! You can always chop a few inches off his legs and send them to me....

 

[rowy]

my 3 yr 3 month old is currently 14.3 in front and 15hh behind. I have my fingers crossed for 15.2hh but if he grows any more like you guys are saying it would be great. I did string test on him and got 15.3-16hh

 

[Scoutie]

Damnation, your post scared me. I have a four year old (4 years, 1 month to be precise) and he is about 16.2-3 now, I really don't want him to grow another couple of inches! He was only supposed to make 16hh. Hopefully warmbloods have an early growth spurt and he has done most of his growing.

 

[VioletStripe]

Depends on the horse! Many horses continue growing a little bit until they're 6 or 7!
She's a gorgeous girl by the way xx

 

[almrc]

MONKEY NUTS UPDATE!! I got some more pics today where shes standing straighter. I also measured her, she is just 14.3hh! wooohoooooo mind you my measuring skills isnt too good!

pics:

and ignore the (lack of!) grass, they have LOADS i have just given them down by the bottom hedge

 

[competitiondiva]

lovely pictures, well I love these threads!! But honestly starting to **** myself reading some of your stories!!! My friend bought a 3 year old 16.1 warmblood and it ended up at 17.1!! It does depend alot on the breeding, if there's alot of tb blood there is Should mature earlier!!

The reason I'm rather cacking it, is because I've just brought my yearling home, I thought he might be touching 15hh when out in the field? But wasn't sure, he's bum high again too!! He measured 14.2 at 11 months old. Well we put the height stick on him yesterday and my god he measured just over 15.1! His bum is probably about 15.2/3!! He's only 16 months for goodness sake!!

I think he's making up for lost time as he wintered out last year he barely grew at all, he's hardly on any feed just some pony nuts and vit/min supplement!

He's my mares first foal and she's only 15.2!! although he was a big foal for her bless! My only requirement was for him to make at least 15.2 as this is the smallest horse I can ride and look ok on!! Well no worries there then! I'm sure glad I bought a 2x 17.2hh trailer!!!

But honestly Alfie (my yearling!) please slow down 16.2 is perfect for me!!!!

 

[almrc]

oooo I think Alfie is going to be quite tall!

 

[Shysmum]

I tried the string test last night - but it failed, as the boy sort of goes out just above the elbow, so he actually came out as being much smaller than he actually is - does that make sense ? I'll settle for 14.1 - 14.2 and be done with it ! sm x

 

[almrc]

oh dear shys mum, that one didnt work for you then! have you tried the one where you measure from the knee to somewhere and the length = the predicted height...or something?

 

[Katd66]

My boy was 2 in June and standing at 14.3hh ish now and is still quite bum high!

Mum was 16.2 Trakehnar x welsh d x alnglo arab
Dad was 15.2 Danish warmblood

 

[almrc]

pretty boy! I would say lots of growing yet how much though, I don't know. You will have to try the string test too

 

[Nakita]

My just turned yearling is 14.1 but her tallest parent is only 16.1 so I don't expect her to be too big!

 

[Katd66]

Im going to go down the field and measure him with string! Will let you know outcome - with being only 2 yo and only 3ins shorter than dad now - think he will be nearer mum at 16.2hh!

Was really hoping he would be about 16hh

 

[nicole1968]

this thread is interesting maybe theres hope for my neddy he stands about 15.1 15.2 now he is 5 in sept being a cob x warmblood im led to believe neither stop until 7 or 8 his mum is 16.2 and dad 15.3 if he makes 15.3 ill be happy owt else is a bonus

 

[competitiondiva]

My just turned yearling is 14.1 but her tallest parent is only 16.1 so I don't expect her to be too big!

I was told that whatever height they are at 12 months, add 1 hand to the age of 2 and then add 1 more hand to maturity to get the adult height, of course with all these things it's all very hit and miss.

My foal didn't really grow over his first winter, (as he wintered out) and was a relatively early foal (2nd April) so at 11 months he was 14.2, but after a summer of growth to catch up on he's now over 15.1!

Don't be too fooled about parent heights! the foal above is out of a 15.2 by a 16.1!! But grand parent heights are 16.3 and 17hh! So big genes! and he was a big foal!

 

[DipseyDeb]

Interesting post...charlie is 15hh-15.1 and is 4 (and a half) He's ISH (we think) a little bit bum high!!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I've just measured her today and she is 14.2hh and a half inch at 2 years and 4 months of age. She was just under 14.1hh 6 months ago. I think she's going to hit (and maybe pass) that magic 15hh!

 

[Stelzar]

Seriously bricking it now!

absolutely Beautiful Iron Grey by the way she looks quite gangaly so should expect more growth and bulking out ;-)

My boys are only 2yrs 3 Months and they measure 16hh and 16.1hh already! Both their Mums were only 16hh and Sire was only 16.2hh.

Arrrgggghhhhh!!!

How big do you think there gonna be? one has Shire as Granparent and the other has Baron B as Grandparent (Also have Gallant in there somewhere)

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