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Re: [RC] Height of horses - Chris Paus

LOL.. no kidding. My gelding is an honest 15.1H on the
measuring stick. When we go to rides, the vets call
him "bigun." Everyone who looks at him thinks he's
16H! People really often don't know how big a horse
really is.

My little gray Zabbie was sold to me as 15H.. He's
barely 14.2 H.

chris
--- Rae Callaway <tallcarabians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


 Hoo yeah - I remember when I went looking at a 15h
black mare.  She
couldn't have been over 14.1 and had such lack of
substance, she looked even
smaller.  They then tried to sell me the 16h mare,
who I fell in love with.
I came back the following weekend with my trainer
and a measuring stick with
a level - she was 15.2 and WP trained was suddenly
found to be barely green
broke, so I got to negotiate the price down quite a
bit. :o)
  My current horse, General, is 15.1 at the withers.
 Unfortunately, he
seems to still be growing. :o(  I'm 5'9 and 14.3 -
15 is tall enough for me!

Rae
Tall C Arabians - Central

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <nvrider@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Height of horses




I would bet my lunch that most of the taller

horses were NOT measured with

a stick and level.  I can't begin to count the

number of times that riders

have actually ARGUED with me, trying to tell me

that my horses are taller

than they really are, particularly the ones with

really good substance.



Heidi







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