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  Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | In October 2013 he was 3.5 years old and right at 1250 lbs. He's been off for most of the last year, but obviously has grown. He started training in June. I went home in August and he looked great at the beginning of the month, but by the end he was growing again, but his weight was still good. He had grown about 2 inches in height, had a much deeper heart girth and hip, but was really narrow from the front or back view. Called my mom this weekend to have her bump his feed up in preparation for winter months. She said he had gotten a little thin looking so she had already bumped his feed up. He is now 4.5 years old and over 16.2 hands. He string tested at almost 17. Surely he will start growing out shortly and if he goes up any more...he's going to be huge!!!! What are the chances of him hitting 1400 lbs?? |
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 That's White "Man" to You
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| It could happen, but trust me you dont want a 1400 lb horse. My mom has one that is almost 1300 lbs. He is heavy boned and built right, but because of this size he is dealing with ringbone and lots of other joint issues. He is 16 years old and really only been used as a trail horse and kid horse. It is such a shame to see such a nice horse go down hill. Big horses can have so many problems. |
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| My mare is about 15.2 and around 1400lbs, she is 6 years old. I don't know what she weighs when healthy, but when she had pneumonia they ran her across the scale before sedating her. She weighed 1350 and hadn't eaten in about 4 days and was dehydrated, so I assume that healthy and on full feed she is close to 1400. I have a 4 year old that is taller and thicker than her, so I'm guessing that she is also in that 1400lb range. I put one of those weight tapes around them both and they were outside of the measurements.
I think it's very reasonable to think yours will hit that weight, especially if he's got that much height and has the muscle and bone to go along with it. |
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Coyote Country Queen
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| Also wanted to say that conformation will play a part in the horse's soundness and longevity. If the horse is balanced with good sized feet and has a long smooth stride it will be better off than one with small feet and a short choppy stride. But I think that can be said about any size of horse. |
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 Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | My stud was 1300 as a 3yr old. Being a stud he had a lot of mass throughout his shoulders and neck. As he aged and lost muscle tone and his injury bothered him more and more, he was probably closer to 1175-1200 later in life. I took him to a set of scales at the local feed store so it was as legit as you can get. The weight tape is a joke if you go off it. I have yet to have one even close.
I'm guessing my 3yr old 16.3 hand show horse would be about 1250 right now. He has a lot of substance for a HUS horse. I ideally want them (for barrels) in the 1150-1200 range. They loose agility with the weight. I know there are exceptions to the rule, but I don't want a plow horse to run barrels on. |
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Coyote Country Queen
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| I agree that my 6 year old is not as agile as the smaller horses I've ridden. She is also longer bodied so that also affects her. I have another big mare that is retired that was as quick footed and agile as the smaller horses, but she was more compact. My 4 year old is probably an in-between of these to mares.
I love my big mares, but have to say one of the most fun rides I've had was a little 14 hand 900lb mare. Talk about quick and catty! She didn't have the power of the bigger horses but made up for it with her quickness. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Yep 1440 on the truck scale/ dot ..so they are never wrong. stood 15 hands and all muscle and big boned. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I would like to see a picture of him.
Edit to ad: How do you use a string to measure a horse?
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-09-23 5:02 PM
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Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | Oh my goodness.....When I go back home in October I'm going to try to catch a ride with someone to the vets office. They have a scale and I want to know what exactly he weighs. I guess if nothing else he'll make a pretty jumper?!?!?! |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-23 4:00 PM I would like to see a picture of him.
Edit to ad: How do you use a string to measure a horse? edited because I thought you meant for weight. For string test, the HUS/jumper peeps usually measure from the middle of the knee, straight down the cannon bone to the hairline/coronet band. Whatever you get in inches=their height at maturity. I went around and measured everything from my yearlings to my husband's old horse when he was alive and they were all spot on for the adult/mature horses. I think it is the most accurate string test. My 3yr old string tests to 17.1, but he is only 16.3 now. And as whiteboy said, being that tall gives them a whole host of issues. I think he injured his suspensory when he cut his foot, but it wasn't diagnosed until 4 months later after he started to buck...of course I also know now that my saddle pinched. It started to leave white hair. But anyways. I am a bit scared with all the front leg issues I am already having and he is only 3 :(
Edited by wyoming barrel racer 2014-09-23 5:08 PM
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Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-23 5:00 PM
I would like to see a picture of him.
Edit to ad: How do you use a string to measure a horse?
Southtxponygirl, there's a couple different ways. I did the knee to coronet band.
http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/stringtesting.html |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | BleuIdGrl - 2014-09-23 5:07 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-23 5:00 PM I would like to see a picture of him.
Edit to ad: How do you use a string to measure a horse? Southtxponygirl, there's a couple different ways. I did the knee to coronet band. http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/stringtesting.html
Just wondering, seen it done this way, one of my horses measure out to be 17 hands and she never got over 15, LOL.. |
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 Career in Looney Tune Land
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Location: the high desert | what is the breeding on this colt? I love BIG tall horses. |
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Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | Iwish - 2014-09-23 5:17 PM
what is the breeding on this colt? I love BIG tall horses.
My guy is Double Beduino, once through Chicks Beduino, and Streakin Six. He's bred to be descent size, but I wasn't expecting this big.
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/flashfire+at+six |
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Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | So how much are yall having to feed theses beasts? Mom has him bumped up to 7 lbs twice a day  |
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Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-23 5:14 PM
BleuIdGrl - 2014-09-23 5:07 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-09-23 5:00 PM I would like to see a picture of him.
Edit to ad: How do you use a string to measure a horse? Southtxponygirl, there's a couple different ways. I did the knee to coronet band. http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/stringtesting.html
My trainer is going to send me a current pic of him this evening. |
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 Hummer's Hero
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | Husband's heading horse is 16hh/16.1hh and weighs in just over 1350#s. He'd easily weigh 1400 if I'd let him eat all he wants. He's tall, but certainly not a giant. He's just...BIG. Big boned, big bodied. Big and dumb, but the sweetest horse ever. Certainly not the most graceful thing alive...
He eats the least amount of any of my horses, just an easy easy keeper. He gets 2 lbs of Strategy Healthy Edge and a flake of brome, morning and night. That's it, nothing extra.
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | My Melvin is right at 16 hands, hes a big boy and weights about 1350 wish he was not that heavy, I worry about his joints, I try to get weight off of him but hes such a easy keeper, he can smell food and put weight on. Hes got his own pasture and then stall/pen up at night and he get's his feed and he gets almost half of what I feed the others and his supplements, I never had such a easy keeper like him. I have pictures of him on my other computer. |
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Expert
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Location: Bandera, TX | I hope that Shelly Martin will chime in on this post. Her stallion is huge. Take a look...Firewater Ta Fame. I called her prior to breeding my big mare, as I was concerned about getting the results-I got! I have the most drop dead handsome Palomino but he is BIG. Stitch AKA FTF has many winners and I'm sure the list is going to get longer. He helps mares out that need some size in the foals and stamps them with athletic ability.
http://www.barrelhorsenews.com/images/stories/stallion_alley/FirewaterTaFame/firewatertafame14.pdf
OP, you can easily have a 1400 when its all said and done! |
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Location: North Dakota | My Red is between 15.1 and 15.2 hands and at the vet he weighed in at 1,210 pounds (after being in the trailer for 5+ hours to get there).
I'm really curious how much my 3-year-old weighs. He's about the same height as Red or slightly taller. He's not quite as thick as Red but he is quite thick for a 3-year-old IMO.
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