a quarter pony?

chelsieledbetter · 05-16-2007, 05:42 PM

one of my friends haven't had enough room at his breeding barn for one of his fillies.so i took her to my house and my other horse flicka.(the one with the rearing problem)got along great.the horse i got is named peaches and she's a quarter horse.and she's 8 months old.but she's taller than my 3 year old quarter horse.i measured her and she's up to 15:2.my other one is about 14:5.i dont know if my horse is just a midget or she's a quarter pony.

DoBeSassy · 05-16-2007, 05:47 PM

How old is your horse? It could just ba a late bloomer. Also, some QHs are bred to be kinda small.

talkofthetown4eva · 05-16-2007, 05:54 PM

Well 14.5 is really 15.1, which I would say is on the short side of normal for a QH. The youngster is probably either an early bloomer or is going to be really tall, or your horse is a late bloomer or just short.

Red Gate Farm · 05-16-2007, 09:02 PM

I'm not sure what you meant by 14:5. Do you mean she's fourteen and a half hands high? If so, you can write is as 14.2.

Each decimal point equals 1 inch. 15.1 is 15 hands and one inch. 15.2 is 15 hands and two inches. 15.3 is 15 hands and three inches. You cannot have 15.4 since that .4 is 4 inches and that adds another hand, making 16 hands.

If you already knew that, disregard this post

sswtness75 · 05-16-2007, 09:06 PM

Some quarter horses are not bred to be tall. My 3 year old measures 14.1 right now. Cascy's is on the shorter side too.

DoBeSassy · 05-17-2007, 09:47 AM

I agree. We have a horse that is about 14.1 and he is really quick. He is about to go into training as a steer dogging horse, so shorter horses are around

05-16-2007, 05:42 PM
chelsieledbetter Newborn Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12	a quarter pony? one of my friends haven't had enough room at his breeding barn for one of his fillies.so i took her to my house and my other horse flicka.(the one with the rearing problem)got along great.the horse i got is named peaches and she's a quarter horse.and she's 8 months old.but she's taller than my 3 year old quarter horse.i measured her and she's up to 15:2.my other one is about 14:5.i dont know if my horse is just a midget or she's a quarter pony.

05-16-2007, 05:47 PM
DoBeSassy Kid Safe Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 5,195	How old is your horse? It could just ba a late bloomer. Also, some QHs are bred to be kinda small.

05-16-2007, 05:54 PM
talkofthetown4eva Halter broke Join Date: May 2006 Location: Roswell, GA Posts: 180	Well 14.5 is really 15.1, which I would say is on the short side of normal for a QH. The youngster is probably either an early bloomer or is going to be really tall, or your horse is a late bloomer or just short.

05-16-2007, 09:02 PM
Red Gate Farm Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,180	I'm not sure what you meant by 14:5. Do you mean she's fourteen and a half hands high? If so, you can write is as 14.2. Each decimal point equals 1 inch. 15.1 is 15 hands and one inch. 15.2 is 15 hands and two inches. 15.3 is 15 hands and three inches. You cannot have 15.4 since that .4 is 4 inches and that adds another hand, making 16 hands. If you already knew that, disregard this post __________________ Wendi "Humans is sneaky" - Scotty

05-16-2007, 09:06 PM
sswtness75 Started Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,136	Some quarter horses are not bred to be tall. My 3 year old measures 14.1 right now. Cascy's is on the shorter side too. __________________ Don't say it's a fine morning or I'll shoot ya! John Wayne

05-17-2007, 09:47 AM
DoBeSassy Kid Safe Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 5,195	I agree. We have a horse that is about 14.1 and he is really quick. He is about to go into training as a steer dogging horse, so shorter horses are around