Re: RC: Height in FEI Horses

[Dave & Abby Bloxsom <cyclone@snet.net>]

> The horses at
> the international 100 milers appear to be big arabs or arab/crosses.
> 
> Maybe a few of these riders would share the actual measurements of their
> horses with us.  Steve Rojak's Hawk and Wendy's Flicka are good sized.
> Bev Gray's Omnar and Bravo, multiday champions, stood as tall as my CC
> who is 16hh.  All of these are AngloArabs (I think).  But many of the
> purebreds are just as large.  I don't recall many 14.2 hh horses at
> either event.
> 
Hawk is big (I'd guess 16hh) - his mom was a TB mare easily as tall, but
his dad was a beautifully proportioned 14.3hh Arab.

-Abby Bloxsom and
Sara (Hawk's half sister - 14.3 with shoes on, as was her 3/4 Arab mom)



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