Posted 2014-12-10 6:29 PM Subject: RE: When do horses fill out
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Posts: 1119
I think it depends a lot on the individual horse. The horse in my profile pic was 2 years old in that picture and was already completely filled out, he was all cow bred. My race bred mare is going to be 8 in the spring and she is just finally starting to fill out a little bit.
Posted 2014-12-10 6:40 PM Subject: RE: When do horses fill out
Member
Posts: 36
I have one of each. A 2 year old that's thick but short and a race bred 5 yr old thats all legs but not wide at all. It makes me paranoid that the 2 year old is the thicker one.
Posted 2014-12-10 8:08 PM Subject: RE: When do horses fill out
Neat Freak
Posts: 11216 Location: Wonderful Wyoming
My stallion seemed to sire babies that were about as tall as they were going to get at the age of 4 and wouldn't finish maturing until 6-7ish. They just got better and better. We don't feed them up either, who knows, if we poured the food to them they may have been done at 3.
Posted 2014-12-10 8:51 PM Subject: RE: When do horses fill out
Money Eating Baggage Owner
Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix
The colts we raised (King Fritz, Sundance Jet...those old type of bloodlines) matured really late. Like 5 and 7. Whenever I see fully developed 2&3 year olds my mind is blown.