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Angie,

Well said..the thing to remember is this mare will continue to grow until at 
least 6 or 7. According to Cheri Brisco, Doc babies typically grow until 
they are 8. My Doc son has grown at least an inch since I bought him at age 
5..he is 7 now and 15.1..Stop. I say! She is a very nicely put together 
mare..I've seen pictures..so hopefully she will continue to grow to a height 
someone will want.

About saddles for short-backed horses..I found the FreeForm SB to work great 
on my short-backed horse. Although he is very stout..he has a loonnggg. hip 
and shoulder, leaving little room for a saddle..the SB works great so far.


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> From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx
> To: aylisha@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Horse size....what gives?!?!
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 09:54:25 -0500
>
> > Arabs
> > (who are supposed to have been 14.1-15.1 origionally, but are all
> > now > 14.3-16.2...huh??)?!?!> This thought hit me, cause my friend has
> been trying to sell an
> > EXCELLANT > endurance Arab...granted, she is young (just over 3) she is
> now only 13.3 and will probablly never > top > 14.1-2
>
> I"m short (5') and love ponies, but it's pretty easy for me to see how a
> 3 year old that's 13.3  isn't the most marketable thing in the world. Add
> to that they bred to a well known horse, which ups the price, she's
> paying you to train it at 3, that ups the price... it's a mare (in my
> experience most like to ride geldings) and you've just got a lot of money
> in that horse for what its marketability is.
>
> I competed 11 years on a 14.2 horse. Everybody thought he was bigger
> because my legs lacked about 8" reaching the bottom of his belly and that
> made him look bigger. After that  I bought a 14.1 horse that wasn't as
> deep in the heart and had a shorter back. It was a huge difference in
> feel, and that's just ONE inch. Somebody not being interested in a 13.3
> horse certainly doesn't mean they'd turn up their nose at 14.2...and a
> 13.3 "deerlike" build is a *lot* different than a 13.3 stout build.
>
> One of my biggest concerns with my little guy was that he had *such* a
> short back I wasn't sure I'd be able to get a saddle that fit him *and*
> me. Saddle makers tend to make the seat size in proportion to the tree
> size and assume a kid rides tiny horses. Just because I'm 5' tall does
> not mean I don't have a bigger butt than a 5'9 woman!  He didn't work out
> for me for other reasons and now I'm on a 14.3 horse. He's a little big
> for me and I'd prefer 14.2 when I'm trying to get back on out on the
> trail without a stump, tailgate, stool, etc. in sight. :-)
>
> I've bought and sold horses enough that I accept the fact you cannot
> scold someone into wanting a product. The worst argument declaring a
> horse's worth is "how much money you've got in it". That is not the
> buyer's problem. It's like telling your boss he should give you a raise
> because you need the money.  If you want to sell something it's got to be
> more desirable than the others they have access to. If you sink more
> money into an animal than it has a market value to sell for, you've got
> to consider that "hobby money" that you spent to amuse yourself. That
> filly may blow everyone's mind someday and hopefully make them wish they
> owned her, but when you breed small you've got to accept the fact that
> there's a limited market of people who can and want to ride short horses,
> and they also have the option of riding tall ones if they have access to
> them at a better price.  At 14.2 she'll be marketable. At 13.3-14.1 she'd
> be more fun to keep and go beat everyone with to prove a point. >g<
>
> Angie
>
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