Won't stop growing!

[saddlesore]

My 4yo cob has decided that this winter is the time for a major growth spurt- up and out! He was meant to make 15.2hh and he's that now, he is also going to be seriously chunky. I've had him since he was 18months and until recently I wasn't sure he'd even make his height! Please tell me that plenty of others youngsters HAVEN'T grown after 4- I only want a small one!

 

[Leo Walker]

Mine hasnt. He was 13.3hh at 2.5yr old, 14,1hh at 4yr old and at rising 6yr old is 14.1hh

 

[saddlesore]

I've got everything crossed- I'm going to be a pee on a drum at this rate!

 

[FfionWinnie]

Daisy grew over an inch between May and November this year and she is rising 7

 

[saddlesore]

Shhhhhh you! 😳

 

[AdorableAlice]

Did you forget to muck him out, muck is very good for growing things..................

My two four year olds are growing like weeds too.

 

[Casey76]

My 4-yo was bought at 7mo to make 15.1. He's now almost 16.2 and still going :/

 

[Tiddlypom]

My 4yo has suddenly started to shoot up..

 

[saddlesore]

Bloody hell- do they all think it's spring with the mild weather? I've just bought him new rugs as he's outgrown his old ones- if he gets bigger he'll just need to have a wet ar** lol.
AA he's still living out so in plenty of muck- just not the growing kind!

 

[Araboo27]

Oh this thread gives me some hope - I'd love my mare to grow a little more, not holding out much hope with her being 5 but who knows! Might try the not mucking out

 

[FfionWinnie]

I want mine to grow to the 15.1 she was supposed to be when I bought her!

You can't get too much of a good thing anyway, it'll be fine

 

[Sukistokes2]

Hate to mention it but my six year old traditional is growing like it's going out of fashion. He has completely changed shape in the last year! At four I don't think your half way through yet ..............

 

[saddlesore]

I honestly dread to think 😂 if anyone needs a spare hand let me know!

 

[Araboo27]

I honestly dread to think �� if anyone needs a spare hand let me know!

Me please...!!!

 

[rara007]

Our trad was 14.1 at 4 and 14.1 at 7 My WB was 16.3 at just turned 4, 17.1 at 6

 

[saddlesore]

Me please...!!!

Ok, do you want the feet or the ears?

 

[Nessa4]

All I have to say is that Eric was 14.2 at 15 months when I bought him (to make 15.2, like his mum and Dad). He made 15.2 at 2 and a half. For about a month. He is now 4. 16.1 (at the last measuring). I have just had to buy him a rug from the Bighorse Rug Company because his Premier rug won't go round his shoulders, and he has burst the front fastenings off!! My only advice is to buy/build a very large mounting block!!

 

[JJS]

My gelding grew three inches between six and seven, so I think yours might have a few more inches left in him yet!

 

[Nudibranch]

Mine is 4 and 17.2. I would like him to stop now...not bothered about the height for me as I'm 5'10 but very big horses do have problems. We are already looking at possible djd. Parents were only 16.2 so he's a throwback. They usually do grow a bit more yet.

 

[saddlesore]

*sobs* this is not the good news I was hoping for 😧

 

[Goldenstar]

It's a universal truth that if you want a youngster to grow it stays stubbornly small and if you wish a small horse it grows like a weed .

 

[FfionWinnie]

Ok, do you want the feet or the ears?

Can I have a hand of leg please (4 of). Ta.

 

[OwnedbyJoe]

Oh this thread gives me some hope - I'd love my mare to grow a little more, not holding out much hope with her being 5 but who knows! Might try the not mucking out

My Arab X got his endurance logbook at 5 and was measured then as 15hh. He's now 15.2...

 

[Slightlyconfused]

My appy was 16:2 at 6 and is now 16:3 at 7 1/2 and looks like he is still filling out.....he has two 17hh plus tbs as great grandparents :/

 

[saddlesore]

It's a universal truth that if you want a youngster to grow it stays stubbornly small and if you wish a small horse it grows like a weed .

It would seem that way- contrary beggars!

 

[Sleipnir]

My gelding stopped growing and filling out at 8... He grew from 16 to 16.2 from ages 5 to 8!

 

[sport horse]

I bought one in France in the December of her 4th year ie nearly 5. She was 16.1. She finished at 17hh!! However she was a delightful mare, made Grade A, jumped 9 seasons with not one refusal and bred me 3 lovely foals so I was a happy lady! Sadly she died after foaling her last one who is now 4 and 17.3hh - please join me in hoping he does not grow as much as him mum did in the next 12 months!!

 

[saddlesore]

17.3?!! You win! Youngsters eh, who'd bother. Can't rely on them to grow appropriately 😂

 

[Julia0803]

My cobalt kept growing out, even if he didn't go up...

When his previous owner bought him at 4he was in a 5'9 rug. When she sold him at just turned 7 he was in a 6' rug... So when we bought him when went out and bought lots of lovely rugs for him... which we had to then sell on the next winter when he was 8 as he had filled out and was bursting out of the seams!! He now wear 6'3... He is 14.2

 

[CeeBee]

My boy was 16h at 4 1/2 and just a touch under 17h by 8.