Re: RC: Re: Arab growth rate

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

I have to agree with Truman here. Halyva Guy was 15hh at 5 when we sold
him to Red Shield and at 7 he is 15.2 and Frank swears he is still
growing! That's the Russians for you! (of course, his daddy is 16.2hh
<BG>). Sheila Varian's are also slower developing who mature at 7-8.
Bette

"Truman Prevatt, PhD" wrote:
> 
> We got a 6 yo who grew from 15 to 15-2 after we got him, much to my wife's
> chagirn. From what I have found out from his previous owner (and woman who
> bred him) his father and mother both grew to about 8 yo. So its the exceptions
> that make it a statistical question rather than one that has any meaning :-).
> 
> Cheers
> Truman
> 
> Susan Garlinghouse wrote:
> 
> > 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
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Bette Lamore
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