Re: Arab growth rate

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Besides the Deb Bennett website, Cal Poly measured heights of different
Parts in their foal crops for several years to find out the same
thing---these were in Arabian horses of primarily CMK and Polish breeding.
Below are the results for wither height for the colts (females were just a
tad different, but not enough to really notice):

Age in months/percent mature height:
birth/61.3%
6/84.05%
12/90.78%
24/96.30%
36/98.12%
48/99.35%
60/100.0%

The standard deviation was roughly between an inch and an inch and a half
throughout, so of course there was some variation between individuals.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: Amanda Perez <amandaperez@ureach.com>
To: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 1:07 PM
Subject: RC: Arab growth rate


>   Jut out of curiousity, does any one out there have any info
> on how long it take arabs (on average) to reach their full
> height?  I have been told that different breeds mature at
> different rates, so I was wondering how long it takes arabs
> to 'grow up'.  Also, does anyone know of any tables showing
> percentage of total growth at different ages (ie: at 1 year
> horse should have 80% of adult height)?  Being tall, I'd like a
> horse that's going to be at least 15.2 (preferably taller), so
> when lookijg at young stock I'd like to have some idea if they
> are as big as they are going to get or if they are likely to
> gain some more height.
>
> Thanks
>
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