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I would have said that a gelding stops growing at seven, but your horse has
made a liar out of me.  As for mounting, do as I do....cheat.  Use a
mounting block, a large stable rock, put your horse on the downhill side of
you, mount from a berm......Lots of possibilities.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: <RhndLev@xxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 9:20 PM
Subject: [RC] Horse size -- was Rios brother


> How old does an Arabian or half-Arabian have to be before you can be
certain
> of the size they are going to reach?  I ask because I purchased a seven
year
> old half-Arabian late last fall.  He was 14.2 hh, which seemed almost
perfect
> for me.  We've been doing a lot of riding since then, and I kept thinking,
> man, this horse is getting harder and harder to mount.  I finally
re-measured
> him and he has grown from 14.2 hh to 15.2 hh.  Any ideas on how much
longer
> he is going to grow???
>
> I REALLY wanted a short horse, but I'm so in love with this one that he's
not
> going anywhere, so does anyone have suggestions for exercises I can do to
> strength my body for mounting?  I've been doing squats and stretching, but
> that's just not cutting it.
>
> Rhonda
>
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