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Meggie-Lu
Platinum Member
 England
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 Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 8:19:22 PM
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I no that most of you have arabs, i know they don't get overly big.
Just wanted to know what would be a gd hight and breed for me, when i decied to get my own horse, im more keen on having a boy tho.
Merlin is irish draught x tb and he is 16.2hh, he is 12 now and still has his mad days.
Do u rekon im riding the right kind of horse or shuld i b looking for smthing else?
By the way im about 5ft 6ish, and i weight about 14stone.
Thanks guys, no ur the right ppl 2 ask.
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moonlight
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Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 8:26:25 PM
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| Mine range from 137cm (my filly who was 1 on Friday so we measured her!) through 14 hands, 14.2 and 15 hands, all pure breds. I would think for your size your horse is ideal but if you wanted an Arab had you thought of a part bred, I have seen lovely Welsh Cob/Arab and also Hanoverian and Trakhener/Arab crosses if you wanted something taller? |
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Pashon2001
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Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 8:35:02 PM
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I seem to keep my purebreds in grow bags, have two 18 month olds, filly is nearly 15.2, colt 15.1hh!! The rest range from 14.2 to 15.2. Hakka (my senior stallion) varies in height from 14.3 to 17.1, depending on his mood.  |
     
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honey
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N. Ireland
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Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 9:37:02 PM
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| my stallions 15h1, my partbreds 15h1 and my 2yo filly is approx 14h3 and i suspect to make around 15h2. |
    
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barbara.gregory
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 10:32:09 PM
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Arabs "ride big" so something of 15 hands would be fine for you. Initially it may feel a bit small but once you get used to the size it will be fine. Also Arabs are usually good doers so less feed, less poo, easier to get on and off; the list of pluses is endless. My Arabs range from 14 2" to just under 16 hands and all wonderful people!
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xsara
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Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 10:34:17 PM
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| my part bred 4yr is 15h3 and my half bred two year old is 15h and is a good solid type so a part bred might be the way to go. |
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s.jade
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Feb 2010 : 10:44:51 PM
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I have a purebred mare who's 15.2hh, on a quiet day - get the wind up her tail and she's 17hh!
Her 2yr old son is growing fast too, looks like he'll be the same....
My Polish Warmblood nis 16.2hh, big jump when I go from 14.2hh aragb to 16.2hh chunky fella! |
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Callisto
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 07:01:51 AM
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| Lily is 15.2hh, although I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to find that she has grown a little taller over the winter(she's not 5 until June). However I think you should go for whatever horse you fall in love with, whether it be arab, partbred or something completely different. It's just that I have been under the spell of arabs since I was a child, and it seems to be incurable. I have had and loved non arabs, but given the opportunity to buy exactly what I wanted I knew this one had to be an arab. I thought I wanted a chestnut or bay gelding, but it turned out I fell in love with a grey mare! |
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debs
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 07:24:42 AM
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My old boy Giz was 15.2..kept growing until he was about 9! Big solid boy , (no withers) .... luvverly!
Ali is very different, at 2 he is just 14.2 (with withers)at the moment though he seems to be growing lengthways, eeek! Hopefully up and out soon! |
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Meggie-Lu
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England
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 11:31:22 AM
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| Thanks for all your help guys. I will be on the look out for somthing nice and bombproof, for when i do get my own. |
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Gemma
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 4:42:00 PM
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| My two (one part-bred, one pure-bred arab) are both around the 14.3 mark. Both are sturdy, well-built lasses and strong as oxes. |
 
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Lindsay
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Scotland
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 4:53:37 PM
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| My pure bred is 14.3hh, my part bred, 13.2hh and my Welshie is 11.2hh |
   
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Ari
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 5:23:59 PM
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| May old lady is 14.3hh and my boy is 15hh. They both give a super ride bigger than their size. As for weight I have to admit I was 14st briefly and she was fine but 10st plus my saddle is where I am now. |
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Evie
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England
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 8:12:49 PM
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| My pure bred mare is 14.2hh, but again when I ride her she feels bigger than that. |
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moatside
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England
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 8:19:58 PM
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| My Arab mare stands at about 15.1hh, my Welsh C is a full up 13.2hh - very chunky and rides much bigger, she is ridden by my 18 yr old son - he is about 5'10" and he does not look big on her.My B mare is 13hh and more than able to take an adult out for a hack! |
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natntaz
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England
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 8:30:29 PM
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I have three, I have a seven year old who is 15.2 and a 19 year old who is 15.hh and a rising two year old filly who is 14.2 already with lots of growing to do by the look of her  |
   
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Arachnid
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England
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 8:37:46 PM
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| Mine is somewhere betweent 14.1 and 15 hands though he wont stand under the measuring stick so no-one knows for sure... You learn to ignore the heightist remarks, honestly. |
   
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NUTTER
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England
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Posted - 07 Feb 2010 : 11:39:54 PM
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Our youngster is at just turning 3ys standing at 15.3+
He is a pure bred, bred by Jane Fraser Brown,
Have to say he has plenty of bone, very deep girth and is so easy and well behaved a real gem..
Our other mare stands at just 14.2 |
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angelarab
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Wales
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Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 08:29:41 AM
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Bahcardi is 4 end of April and he is 14.3ish and bum high again still room for outward filling at the front end |
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LYNDILOU
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 1:48:31 PM
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crimbo is about 14.2 on a good day, yet his stock are always bigger than him  , at least 2 are 16hh! and not out of huge mares either , I think he carries the tall gene in there somewhere  |
   
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fidodido
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England
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Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 1:51:14 PM
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| My boy is 14'2 and my girlie is 15'1. They both ride much bigger and in fact my boy doesn't ride or feel any smaller. |
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Pasha
Platinum Member
England
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Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 3:27:42 PM
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Pasha is full-up 15.2hh (no withers) and rides about 17hh when he's excited lol!
Shesky is 16hh, but has proper withers and doesn't feel big at all, but then I had been used to riding 16.2hh + horses when I got him so think it must be that - everyone comments on how huuge he is, but to me he is a little cuddly pony x |
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phoenixbruka
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England
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Posted - 08 Feb 2010 : 4:06:47 PM
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I have 2 purebreds both high % crabbet.
one is 14.2 and the other is 16.1hh!! ( and he's only 4 and still growing! will prob end up at 16.2hh, I think he's attempting to be the biggest arab EVER! lol)
what ever their size, they do ride big
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badders
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England
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Posted - 13 Feb 2010 : 12:02:48 PM
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| We have a 4 year old crimbo son and he is 15.1 and a bit. slow to mature but will get there. Hope he ends up 15.3 as he is still growing. |
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jaj
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Feb 2010 : 12:15:25 PM
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K is 15.1 but her baby (also by Crimbo) is enormous! I hate to think what he will end up as given that he is only 9 months old and 3/4 of her size when I last saw him 3 weeks ago. Reckon he'll end up about 18hh judging by the growing that's going on at the moment .
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mogwai
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England
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Posted - 13 Feb 2010 : 4:18:08 PM
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I have a 4 year old who bearly nudges 14.1, a 15 year old who is about 15.1, and a 2 year old who is about 14.3 (all purebreds). I also have a welsh section a who is only about 11hh, but actually a lot bigger than the lot of them (in her head and probably thiers too lol!).
I get a bit intimidated by anything over about 15,1 these days!
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