Horses' heights

Sarah Chase · Post by **Sarah Chase** » 18 years ago

Love it! It makes them all the more "real." I was in for a shocker and actually gasped out loud when I saw my tentative, timid filly Southern Lights was a whopping 17 hands. Good gosh. Her full siblings were 16.3 and 16.1, so ...

Edit: This is assuming the new feature is pretty "accurate," even if it's not, it does well in conveying to me that I have a tall filly!

Laura Smith · Post by **Laura Smith** » 18 years ago

Love all the improvements made over the last couple days -- thanks!

LaDonna King · Post by **LaDonna King** » 18 years ago

my atlas filly is 17 hands..lol. i've got several 17 hand horses...and MANY 16.3 handers....fiji nights is 16.3

lucifer is the tallest in the sim, a whopping 17.2 hands.

Susie Rydell · Post by **Susie Rydell** » 18 years ago

Because dealing with Lucifer at a small size wasn't an unpleasant enough idea

I've got quite the little range of sizes in my barn, it seems, but I love when it actually matches up with how I've pictured them!

Sarah Chase · Post by **Sarah Chase** » 18 years ago

This only furthers my deep love for Lucifer. Having him be a physical monster is like the best icing on the best ever cake. He's so PERFECT. Nutty and tall and black and brave/obnoxious and fast ...

Ara Davies · Post by **Ara Davies** » 18 years ago

Wait wait wait. You're telling me that gigantic 17.2 hands Lucifer was trying to eat my little 15.3 hands Cyclone? Why did nobody stop this? Lucifer is EVIL.

Ali Weasley · Post by **Ali Weasley** » 18 years ago

I have a yearling named Colossal that only turned out to be 15.2. Kinda ironic, but cute!

My Chief Seattle yearling is 17h, though. Yowza!

Having heights is so much fun! Today, heights... tomorrow, markings!? okok, one day at a time, sorry Em.

Ara Davies · Post by **Ara Davies** » 18 years ago

Oooh I just saw that War Song (dam of Banner and granddam of Atlas) is also 17.2 hands! She is a freaking giant mare and I think it's hilarious that she towers over Conduit and Atlas and Jet-Ski hahaha

Also Comet and his baby sister Calais are TINY: 15.1 hands. But not as tiny as Looker (ignoring she is dead) at 15.0 hands. Are there any horses below 15 hands?

Post by **The Steward** » 18 years ago

No horses below 15.0 hands, because in real life if they are the owners tend to fudge that on their stallion register papers and such.

Bummer that Ali's horse ended up small, but don't forget Mighty Big is also tiny!

Still working on the real life horse's heights, that will take longer.

Ara Davies · Post by **Ara Davies** » 18 years ago

So does that mean that maybe Looker was UNDER 15 hands and I'm just a big liar? Especially since she was only two.

Tasha Langley · Post by **Tasha Langley** » 18 years ago

Love this new feature ^__^ Didn't know my dear Left Behind was such a wee one. Although... he's the same size as Victory Gallop (in real life) B)

Steph Wilder · Post by **Steph Wilder** » 18 years ago

So THAT'S what that number is. I was wondering that last night.

Martin Pennington · Post by **Martin Pennington** » 18 years ago

Walk of Life is 16.3 as is her little sister Heterostadasticity (by Atlas) and H is the same heigh as dad, hopefully she has his ability too

Ara Davies · Post by **Ara Davies** » 18 years ago

Er...Steph dear, you couldn't figure that out? *pats*

AlyseSchuver · Post by **AlyseSchuver** » 18 years ago

I just new Brave was going to be big, he's 17.0. By Barbaro out of a Point Given mare, he has to be, lol. I have several at 17.0 and maybe 4 or so at 15.0, the rest are in between. I never knew Snoqualmie was to tiny! I had to go through every single horse in my barn to check them out.