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Post by spotti on Jan 30, 2010 14:11:40 GMT
I've been trying to do some research into roughly how much Faith should weigh, yet all google seems to give me is how to condition score her, how heavy a rider she could potentially carry, but nothing about an average weight for her breed/size I know it all depends on the individual horse and what they do etc, but a rough idea of boundaries would be helpful, sooooooo... I'd like to know what your horses weigh! What breed are they? How big? Age, sex etc Faith is a 14.2hh mid to heavyweight(ish) cob x/gypsy cob type mare - she has lots of feather, a thick tail and loads of mane and has 9 1/2" of bone on her front legs, 10" at the back if that helps at all. She is 12 years old. I'm sure you all know about her various ailments (legs, back, pevis etc) so she is only really ridden at walk and a bit of trot when the ground is suitable, usually for anywhere between 1 hour to just over 3 hours, usually including some kind of hillwork. She is getting quite well muscled around her hindquarters, and her shoulders/just below her withers is nicely filled out with muscle. She's been out of work for a few weeks due to the snow but currently weighs in with the weightape at 540kg - I think she weighed roughly the same at almost this time last year when she was in about the same amount of work at uni with me (even seemed the same when weighed with tape and on weighbridge). Is this a good weight for her to be at? Condition score wise she's spot on what she should be (just under 3/5), except for her belly at the minute which is just over 3 due to lack of work!!! Sooo, over to you...
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Post by Blonde Donkey on Jan 30, 2010 16:52:45 GMT
Savvy is a 14.3 lw cob (connemara) 14 years of age and is female and she's about 520-540 depending on the season. Condition wise she's a 3 but lacking topline due to lack of work she has no real problems except a gammy hock which can affect her occasionally e.g. too much work on hard ground or galloping round with Dainty *shakes head*.
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Post by fleabitten on Jan 30, 2010 19:39:40 GMT
I think it depends more on the condition score than how much they should weigh. I wouldnt worry about the average weight for type etc.
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Post by spotti on Jan 30, 2010 20:31:36 GMT
I do generally go with the condition scoring method and just use the weightape to keep an eye on any changes (mainly to see if extra work or change in food etc has made any difference), but I was just being nosey really as some times she looks a bit porky yet others she looks just fine... Hmm...as long as she's happy then so am I
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Post by rainbow on Jan 30, 2010 22:58:29 GMT
rosie is 14hh 7yrs old. i reakon shes a lw cob. not in much work at the moment and is missing topline. When i first got her she was 400kg but weighed her the other week and she is now 410kg. She looks better now then when i bought her with the extra bit of weight.
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Post by spotti on Jan 31, 2010 13:00:04 GMT
I think the main reason I'm interested to know how heavy is a healthy weight is because I can't decide whether she's LW, MW or HW! Personally I think she's a heavy MW or a light HW...but according to my showing friend, MW cobs don't exist In which case she would be a very heavy LW or a very light HW...either way we don't really fit anywhere lol. Not that it really matters I suppose as she'll not be carrying anyone other than me or maybe my sister, and we both weigh about the same and are roughly the same size/build etc so I guess its all just for me because I'm interested!
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Post by haffyfan on Jan 31, 2010 13:15:43 GMT
Harry is 13.2 and quite substantial. He weighs around the 450 kg mark usually (give mainly or take a bit) when he's a s trim (well as as it gets witha porky). At the moment he probably weighs more as he gorged hay (which he didn't actually need but Murph did) when it snow and ballooned a tadge due to lack of exercise
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Post by fleabitten on Jan 31, 2010 15:22:36 GMT
i think the LW, MW, HW classification is to do more with the size of bone rather than fat. maybe you could look up some showing pics of cobs and see what group she looks most like.
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Post by spotti on Jan 31, 2010 18:29:32 GMT
I have tried, but heavy MW or light HW is all I've come up with I also tried looking into how much bone is said to differentiate between LW, MW and HW, but still she seems to be between the two! Pfft, I give up. She's just a freak pony (but I love her )
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Post by fleabitten on Jan 31, 2010 20:07:57 GMT
awk well! sure you could just take her into coloured pony classes - in fact you could register with chaps and do all the in hand comps once you get sorted with the trailer!! theres maybe even a gypsy cob society that does shows too!
maybe you could do both classes (lw and hw). or shave her and do a large pony show hunter class? although dunno if that would work and youd have to ride - that would be interesting lol!
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Post by mossh on Jan 31, 2010 23:59:59 GMT
Mattie is 16.2hh and 11 years old. He weighs around the 500kg mark and ideally needs a bit more weight on but its hard to tell with his muscle wastage. He stresses alot of his weight off and has also been a bit colicky this week and dropped a few more kilos! He now has yummy new food lol
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Post by spotti on Feb 1, 2010 9:51:28 GMT
Flea, that sounds like a fun plan. The only thing (ok, 2 things) stopping us from showing are a) her conformation and bad back/legs/pelvis and b) we'd have to be clean!!!! Oh, and there is no way she's going bald. She's far too pretty to shave all of that lovely hair off
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Post by fallible on Feb 1, 2010 11:05:27 GMT
Fal is TB/Han 15.2 and I last weighed her when fit at 518kg she weighs considerably more now as all she can do is eat, with her back to the snow! She is a wee bit tubby. Condition scores are a good ready reconer to keep an eye on lamanitics or if they go the other way and are not able to make use of their food for some reason or another etc. But weight tapes or weigh bridges are best. Weight, temperature, heart rate etc should be take at different points in the year, if you can do it. It is a good way of knowing what is normal for your horse and you have the info to hand if your vet needs it.
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Post by joandlad on Feb 2, 2010 10:48:58 GMT
A client of mine bought a new horse that I went to see yesterday. She told me on the phone that he was a 14hh Heavy Weight Cob. When I saw him he turned out to be a very obese Light Weight Cob. Sent her off home with a copy of the WHW Right Weight DVD.
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Post by fimacg on Feb 2, 2010 14:49:36 GMT
Chompy when I bought him weighed in at a mahoosive 670 kg+ according to the weight tape, he is now just under 600kg but when I condition score him he comes out a very respectable 2-3, considering he was morbidly obese, although for some reason he still has small fat pads on his shoulders, but his ribs and bone structure etc can be easily felt.
Brave is around 500-550kg and a score of 3, Dexter 550kg and a score of 3.5 heading to a bit of a porky 4, but slimming down over winter.
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Post by spotti on Feb 2, 2010 15:09:23 GMT
See Jo, I don't want to class her as a heavyweight, because compared to some HWs I've met, she's not quite big enough to be like them (some of their legs are huuuuuuge!), but then again she's defnitely no lightweight... Like I said: freak pony!
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Post by scattymare on Feb 4, 2010 21:47:23 GMT
I don't know what Ed's weight is - waiting for my weightape to arrive. But there is no doubt it's too much. WHW do a great download for condition. Condition score wise she would be 4/5. She's not obese but definately fat! But we're getting there slowly.
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