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So how and where do you properly measure a cannon bone?

Don Huston


At 04:32 PM 1/27/2010 Wednesday, you wrote:

> On another horse
> site I am on I asked about cannon bone measurements.  What is ideal,
> per 100lbs?  I always heard 8? per 1000lbs, but 7? is
> acceptable.  And it can get thicker with age.
>
> But in response one person said: ?the
> only thing I know about cannon measurements is
> serious endurance folks won?t even consider a horse
> with less than 9?.  Don?t think she is an
> endurance rider from what she has spoken of in the
> past.
>
> Huh? This true?  I would think that would be a pretty
> heavy horse.  Though, I?ve never measured before to
> compare.
>
> What say you?
>
> Jen 
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