Ooo 
That is interesting about using the string test only after 12 months of age. I’ve always done it before 12 months and my foals matured to that same estimated height +/- 1/2". I string tested my 2007 foals a few months ago and all of them made sense but one. I have a large filly out of a 16.2hh dam and a 16.1hh sire that was 13.3hh about 3 months ago when she was 5 months of age. String test said 15.2hh and I knew that couldn’t be correct and that she must have extra short cannon bones. I haven’t sticked her recently but for the other “yearlings” that I have measured:
9 mo. Irish Sport Horse filly 14. 1/2"
11 mo. Trakehner colt 14.1 1/2hh
The yearlings have all started sprouting up in the last week and a half. Mares already shed out and yearlings are slowly shedding. Seems like the babies always take longer to shed out.
well, you are all scaring me. My colt is going to be one on May 20, he is just shy of 16hh - his mom is 16.2 and his dad was 16.3, his uncle is 17hh. He is scaring me a little with his height but he is a real sweetheart.
The colt by Nevada(16.1 I believe) out of a Galapard mare(17 hands) I work with born May 15th, 07, is about 15.1 at his butt, and 14.3 at his withers. He’s a big guy for having a rough start, with mom drying up after only 2 months of milking. He’s smarter than smart, I have started lunging him a little, has taken to it wonderfully. I’ve done it 3 times, by the third time, I was able to lunge him without a helper, and with leg wraps on, also first time. If he was going to be like mom(Temper wise), I wanted to get an early start as she was quite the witch to start working. So once a week, I’ll play with him on the lunge line.
My Inndex, born 12:34 on 5/6/07 (1234567!!!) measured today at 16H!!! OMG! His sire is Innkeeper (Secretariat) who is 16.2H and out of Crucial (Artos Z) who is 17H. Any guess’s on this one. Legs like nobody’s business.
Last time I measured:
Trakehner filly:
The June 3rd 2007 filly, is just shy of 15 hh. (sire 15.2h x dam 15+inch)
Trakehner cross gelding:
The May 6th 2007 gelding, just shy of 15.3hh (same sire x Dam 17.1+)
I like the 15 to 15.3 hand size
Resurrecting this from the archives… so… how tall did they get?
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