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Post by dara on Jun 23, 2008 12:28:43 GMT -5
I should no this but, when you mesure a horse for height do you go to the top of the withers or to where they meet the back?
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Jun 23, 2008 13:13:40 GMT -5
Measure on flat ground to the heightest point of the wither. Make sure the horses head is at normal height, not up in the air or to the ground - the higher the horses head, the more the wither could lift (old horse traders trick!).
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Post by angelsdream on Jun 23, 2008 13:35:32 GMT -5
Dara - you're just like me. I had in my head what I THOUGHT was 15 hands, but come to find out, it was really 14.3 hands. 15 hands is much bigger than what I thought..ha After doing research, there's 4 inches to 1 hand...
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Post by dara on Jun 23, 2008 17:41:24 GMT -5
thanks a bunch!I am needing to figure all of my mares stats out, so i can put her up for sale and i have never mesured her before.
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Post by DianneC on Jun 23, 2008 23:46:53 GMT -5
How does the string test for foals work again?
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Post by MustangsInNC on Jun 24, 2008 10:49:32 GMT -5
You put a string from the hairline at the hoof right up the front of the cannon bone to the middle of the knee. Then measure the inches. 14 Inches = 14 hands, 15 inches = 15 hands, and so on. It's been pretty accurate for me.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Jun 24, 2008 12:06:18 GMT -5
I have had luck with the string tests if I use them on late weanlings or yearlings....when they are very small, everything is still growing. Gringo tested at 17' - I highly doubt he will get that big because his knee is more in the center of his leg than lower with a shorter cannon bone; but it will be interesting to see how tall he just might be!
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Post by DianneC on Jun 24, 2008 13:02:23 GMT -5
Thanks, I'll have to give that a try. I was just looking at the cannon and saying "Going to be big" and comparing other siblings.
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Post by fantasykiger on Jun 24, 2008 13:04:50 GMT -5
I like to take the string from the hairline at the hoof to the point of the elbow, then holding the string at the point of the elbow you pick up the end of the string that is by the hoof and bring it up around towards the withers and lift it up straight from where you have it held with your other hand. It does not give you a measurement just visual of how much taller your young horse has to grow. As the majority of most mature horses are even when it comes to those points.
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Post by DianneC on Jun 24, 2008 14:39:25 GMT -5
Ah, that's the one we did when Chinny was little. It was pretty accurate.
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Post by nrly on Jun 24, 2008 22:39:50 GMT -5
someone told me when you measure as Tiffany said the knee should be bent, that never did make sense to me... We measured Stormy, and she is 14.2 hands high. I am so glad she is no longer in the pony category...
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