How tall are your yearlings (2007 babies)?

[buggs95]

Mine was born on May 10, 2007. He measured 15.0 hands this morning! His mom is 15.2 Calimero I - Caneval - Cor de la bryere (both her parents were 16.1) and his dad Alla'czar(16.3) - Zeus. Any guesses on his future height? How do you do the string test from the knee to cornet band? Do you hold the tape straight or let it curve with the leg? How accurate are the string tests in your experience?

[jward72182]

My BWP filly was born May '07 and it currently 15.3. Both of her parents were around 16.1h so I think she was just an early bloomer.

My vet came out to the barn recently and said, I thought you were getting a baby. I said I did, she's right there next to Lu (my retired jumper who is only 15.2). He was like :eek: that's no baby!

[buggs95]

Wow and I thought mine was tall!:eek:

[camohn]

Mine was born on May 10, 2007. He measured 15.0 hands this morning! His mom is 15.2 Calimero I - Caneval - Cor de la bryere (both her parents were 16.1) and his dad Alla'czar(16.3) - Zeus. Any guesses on his future height? How do you do the string test from the knee to cornet band? Do you hold the tape straight or let it curve with the leg? How accurate are the string tests in your experience?
String test (held taut) is accurate DEPENDING on if the cannon is proportional. For a horse with a long cannon proportionally then it will measure too big and for a horse with a proportionally short cannon it will errr on the side of short. My 14.3H in front/15H behind TB filly will be 2 in April and her string test says she will be 14.3/she has a really short cannon....so it is not accurate on her!
My 07 colt was just shy of 14.1H last I measured him in Feb./he is a May foal. Dam is 15.1H+ and sire 16.1H. His legs were longer than his dam's at birth so no way he will be 15.1H! His hocks are about at the same height now as his half brother who looks like he will mature to 16.2H....so I figure at least 16.2! (His 16.1H sire has a bunch of 16.3H family members and most of his kids, even out of small mares, are maturing over 16H).

[spacely]

My 2 both born early June are both about 14.2-3h. I have not measured them recently but the gelding is a bit bigger than the filly at this point. They should both be about 16.2h, the boy may be 16.3h. His sire is 16.2h & his dam is 17.1h. The filly's sire is 16.3h & dam just barely 16h. They both string test at 16.2h.

My first foal was 14.3h at 18 months and barely 15.3h at 3. He finally finished at 16.2 1/2h as a 5 year old. He is by an Alme son out of a Pregelstrand daughter.

[ChocklateChipConfetti]

I thought my baby was big...he was born late June and hes 14.1

[notforyouorme]

I haven't put a stick on my May 1st boy, but he seems about 14.1/14.2. His daddy is 16.3 and momma is 16.1 1/2, so he better get 16 at least! Can I do the string test at one year?

[allanglos]

Born March 2007. Filly.

Currently 15.2H

Anglo Arabian (70% TB and 30% Arab).

[Hunter_Rider]

My colt (WB/TB, who is by Nob Hill) was born February 26th. Sire: 16.3 ; Dam: 16.2 Looking at him today, he appears to be around 14.3-15.0 hands. I have not put a stick on him yet. In the last month I have noticed him growing like a weed!

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2439714550101131920jmYPkj?vhost=good-times

[jodyb]

My filly whose dam is a 15.1 Trakehner mare and sire is Contucci (16.3 1/2) is about 14 hands (foaled 5-15-07). My fillly whose dam is a 16.2 tb and sire is Regulus (16.2) is 14.2 (foaled 5-29-07). I'm hoping the Contucci foal will get to 16 h and I'm thinking the Regulus filly will be the size of mom and dad :lol: I guess I'll find out in a few years :yes:

[Tasker]

We had 6 last year...4 colts, 2 fillies

#1 - 17 hand sire, 16.3 hand dam - 15.0 at the withers, 15.2 behind 4/17/07 colt
#2 - 17.2 hand sire, 16.3 hand dam - 15.0 1/2 at the withers, 15.3 1/2 behind 4/22/07 colt
#3 - 17 hand sire, 16.2 hand dam - 14.3 at the withers, 15.0 behind 5/22/07 filly
#4 - 17 hand sire, 15.3 hand dam - 13.1 at the withers, 13.2 behind 6/3/07 colt
#5 - 17 hand sire, 15.1 hand dam - 12.3 withers/hind 6/6/07 colt
#6 - 17.2 hand sire, 16.2 hand dam - 13.0 at the withers, 13.1 behind 6/8/07 filly

#2 is going to be very tall. The top of his rump is at my eyeline & I'm 5'7"... :eek: I will need the 4 step ladder to mount that one. :lol:

[Oakstable]

Colt, born late June '07, 16.2 sire, 15 dam (a twin) = 13.2H.

[dorthyinoz]

May filly sticks at 12.1hh
sire 14.2 dam 13.2

[springer]

RPSI Filly, born 6-20-07 is just shy of 14hh. Dad is 16.2hh and mom is 15.1hh

[Innfilly]

Tasker - Thats enheartening to hear about your 12.3h little guy. My connemara/TB colt, out of a 14.3h mare by a 16.2h TB, I just recently sticked at 12.2h. He was born 5 June 07... am hoping (praying?) that he'll get to 15.2h. He looked really awkward today, growth spurt impending maybe? Please? :lol:

My TB colt, born 27 April 07, is a bit small for what he should be at 13.3h. He has been a rehab case, though... came to me wormy and thin and looking not so great last fall. His sire is 16.2h and his dam is 16.1h. Looking good now, and his hind end just shot up about 2 inches, so he may catch up.

[krfarms]

My 2007 colt seems really small. Mare 15-2 sire 16-3 compared to all the other foals I have raised. The questions is for those with taller yearlings...have you finished with winter??? I was wondering because until this week we have had really a cold and snowy winter (Colorado) and I wonder if my colt will "spring" up as the weather warms up. We have no green grass yet and the pastures are just starting to thaw. No shedding of their coats yet either. Funny though the brood mares are shedding like crazy but the yearling is not.--Just curious. Colt is a May 28th baby.

[Tasker]

Innfilly - the smaller guy is really proportional for his size (just like his 2 full siblings). We think he will end up between 15.2-16.0...a fine size really as not everyone wants a super tall horse. His full sister (05) is 15.1 and has gotten a bit lanky...so she is about to grow a bit more too. The full brother (06) is about 15 hands, so perhaps he will be the 'tall' one of the 3. :)

krfarms - we have been having shifts between spring/winter for about a month but the grass is sprouting and the horses have been shedding for quite a while.

[camohn]

My 2007 colt seems really small. Mare 15-2 sire 16-3 compared to all the other foals I have raised. The questions is for those with taller yearlings...have you finished with winter??? I was wondering because until this week we have had really a cold and snowy winter (Colorado) and I wonder if my colt will "spring" up as the weather warms up. We have no green grass yet and the pastures are just starting to thaw. No shedding of their coats yet either. Funny though the brood mares are shedding like crazy but the yearling is not.--Just curious. Colt is a May 28th baby.
I do think we are having and early spring here this year (woo hoo!) but it's not like the weather is balmy and we have pasture yet. It is still 28 at night but the field IS starting to turn from dead grass brown to having as haze of green on it as the days are now in the 40s, the robins/geese returned early this year and the mares here started coming into heat a week or 2 ago....early March. Last year when we had that horribly late/cold spring my mares didn't even start cycling until the end of April! My horses started lightly shedding about a week or so ago but the big globs of hair are not coming out yet. I am not seeing any big growth spurts from the kids yet. The yearling has been on the slow and steady plan/he has been a good size since the day he was born/ had not had many uglies. The now 2 YO was small at birth, grew very little as a weanling, started to grow a little more as a yearling (and all in the butt/none in front so she was a still short and VERY ugly yearling!!) and it looks like her front end is finally starting to catch up to her eternally butt high self! Both are by the same stallion. Both foals (yearling and coming 2 YO) are out of 15.1H mares but one is 14.1 at 10 mos old and one is 14.3 at 23 mos old. The yearling will soon pass his sister that is 13 mos older at this rate!!

[dbaygirl]

Um, okay, so how do you do the string test again? I know there's been threads on this before but it's too late to search. My filly is 9 months old, born June 6/07. She is VERY tall, I'm thinking around 15H just looking at her. Is it: start at ergot with string up to point of elbow, then flip bottom of string up past withers while holding at elbow? I don't have a stick per se, will try the measuring tape this weekend.

[camohn]

Middle of the knee to coronary band, tape is atraight (kept taut) and the baby is supposed to be at least 12 mos old. The other one is ergot to point of elbow and flip up. The second one is more accurate for horses that have disproportionately long or short cannons. A few years back I had an Arab/WB cross colt with a very short cannon. He string tested 14.3 on the cannon thingy and 15.3 on the ergot test. He ended up 15.3+. He was coming two and 14.3H when the test was taken. I had a devil of a time selling him for a while because some folks were SO stuck on the cannon string test saying he was going to be 14.3H. I was telling people use your heads!! He is a WB cross (will mature late) plus he is 14.3H already at coming 2. He is NOT done at all!! The lady (an Arab breeder that wanted to do Arab sporthorse classes) that ended up buying him bought him off a video but we delivered him to CT. She was shocked when he got off the trailer at how BIG he was. Her mature Arabs were 14.3H and by the time he was delivered he had been growing in the meanwhile and was over 14.3H. I guess she didn't believe me when I said the "baby" was 14.3H!!

[lilypondlane]

My Contucci filly (foaled May 25th) out of my 16 h Trakehner mare (by Ith) is 14.3 h now and ever-so-slightly butt high. My mare's other two offspring are 16 h at age 8 (Trak/SWB mare) and 16.1 at age 5-3/4 (Trak gelding by Graditz). I think this girl is going to be the tallest of the three.

[buggs95]

I did the string test from the ergot to the point of his elbow I get 17.1, but I get 16.1 from the middle of his knee to his coronary band. Does that mean he just has short cannons, or is he still too young for the string tests to work on him (10months - foal from first post)?

[camohn]

Wait til his first birthday. Most of the cannon growth is in the first 12 months...he still has a couple months of spring growth spurts to get through yet!

[Appsolute]

My Appy X TB Cross was born April 24th. She had a very bad start nutritionally (starved mare, no deworming, had to fight for hay).

She is catching up quick though.. measured last week..

14.2 in front, 15 behind.

Dad is 16.1+ mom is a soild 16.2

[graystonefarm]

Mine was born in June and he is 15.2 at the withers.

[DieBlaueReiterin]

our tb colt born 3/10/07 was 14.3 about a month ago. his butt is a little higher. dam=16.0 and sire=16.2, so we'll see. his older half sister was about a hand taller at this age, but her sire is 18.2 and she string tests to about 18hh so...

[JenRose]

My April 2007 filly is 15.2 at the withers. Dad is 16.3 and mom is 16.1 so hopefully she'll be somewhere in between. I am 5'3" so it wouldn't hurt my feeling if she stopped growing soon! :winkgrin:

[Clarion]

Wow, JenRose, 15.2hh sounds big to me for not quite a year old! My one colt was 14.3hh a few weeks ago, but he just seems to have become a monster the last couple of weeks, so I have to re-stick. His parents are 16.2 and 16.1. My little orphan midget is 13.3hh as of yesterday. His parents were both 16.2hh so I am hoping he will eventually catch up after the slow start. He doesn't have to be 16.2 hh but at least 15.2 would be nice.

[Hunter_Rider]

Wow 15.2 is big! My yearling is around 14.3-15.0 hands and his first yearling debut for the Non-TB colts is in Maryland in 2 weeks. Here is his pic taken last week. He is by Nob Hill out of a Dutch mare by Alla C'zar.

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/39020/2439714550101131920S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2439714550101131920jmYPkj)

[spacely]

Wow 15.2 is big! My yearling is around 14.3-15.0 hands and his first yearling debut for the Non-TB colts is in Maryland in 2 weeks. Here is his pic taken last week. He is by Nob Hill out of a Dutch mare by Alla C'zar.

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/39020/2439714550101131920S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2439714550101131920jmYPkj)

WOW! He is lovely!:yes::D

Here is a pic of my Chaka Kahn filly take a week ago. She's 14.2 at 9 months.

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/16739/2310140920055789344S600x600Q85.jpg

[Hunter_Rider]

Spacely- She's VERY nice!! Are you going to show her in HB this year?

[Erin Pittman]

Wow! I thought our babies were big, but after seeing how big others are, I'm rethinking that! Spacely, your filly is lovely.

Ours seemed to stall out back in December...
#1 - 14.2 at the withers (didn't do butt), sire is Hadrian - 17 hands, dam is 15.1 - he's a May 10 baby
#2 - 14.2-1/2 at the withers, sire is Salute The Truth - 17 hands, dam is prob. 16.2, May 17 baby.
#3 - 14 hands at the withers, filly, sire is Salute The Truth, dam is ~16 hands, May 23 baby.

Here they are all lined up - photo taken last week: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2218494770039146725IaowyV

[JenRose]

Wow, JenRose, 15.2hh sounds big to me for not quite a year old!

She is a big girl! Since Christmas, she has really been in a growth spurt. Here is a pic http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2948307220101086842wgqJTH?vhost=good-times


I did measure her standing on hard ground (not concrete though) at the flattest part of her pasture. It is definitely possible that I messed up! :lol: She is every bit as big as my retired guy who has a card at 15.2.

[spacely]

Spacely- She's VERY nice!! Are you going to show her in HB this year?

Thanks! We'll see about the line stuff. Perhaps this summer. If not this year, then definitely as a 2 yr old.

Erin, thanks! I love her!

[besjoux]

String test (held taut) is accurate DEPENDING on if the cannon is proportional. For a horse with a long cannon proportionally then it will measure too big and for a horse with a proportionally short cannon it will errr on the side of short. My 14.3H in front/15H behind TB filly will be 2 in April and her string test says she will be 14.3/she has a really short cannon....so it is not accurate on her!
My 07 colt was just shy of 14.1H last I measured him in Feb./he is a May foal. Dam is 15.1H+ and sire 16.1H. His legs were longer than his dam's at birth so no way he will be 15.1H! His hocks are about at the same height now as his half brother who looks like he will mature to 16.2H....so I figure at least 16.2! (His 16.1H sire has a bunch of 16.3H family members and most of his kids, even out of small mares, are maturing over 16H).


As I understand it you have to do the string test at yearling age. It would be inaccurate if done at 2 years of age.

[Waterwitch]

March 29 filly: 13.3hh (sire 15.3, dam 16.1)

May 3 filly: 14.2hh (sire 16.2, dam 15.3)

Hoping mine stay smaller!

[Kneigh]

Just measured my filly three days before her 1st birthday, and she's 15 hands.

Sire: 17.2
Dam: 15.3

[libertyfarm]

My colt will be 2 this month and he is 16.2.
Last year, at this time, he was about 15.2-15.3. His dam is 16.3 and his sire is 16.1. Last year, he string tested at 17.2.
I would bet money that he will reach that height. He just won't stop growing!!!! AND, HE'S A FULL THOROUGHBRED!!!!! SHOCK! :eek:

[JoZ]

My Paint colt looks big to me... clearly I travel in different circles than most of you! He was born 5/25/07 and is 13.3hh at the withers and a bit over 14hh at the butt. His sire is 16hh but his dam is only about 14.1-14.2 herself. He will assuredly pass mom by this summer!

[jamienavarro]

Ooo my March 2007 Colt was 15.1 hands in the middle of march. I string tested him when he was 8 months and it said 16.2, I'm sure they grew a tiny bit since then though.. His sire 16.1 and dam 15.3, but his grandparents are in the 17's so im hoping he's taking after them. I really hope he's at least 16.3. Thats my goal really...
Heres a picture of him in march next to my 15.2 1/2 gelding. We were on a trail ride.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/BayBGirl/Riot/trail.jpg

[Altamont Sport Horses]

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.

[Bravestrom]

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.

[Piaffe~Passage]

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.

[bpt]

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.