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3 yr old colt2007-11-24 21:09:49

I have a 3 yr old QH colt that is in his breaking prosess, hes 15.0hh tall and he is going to be a hunter jumper but my farrer says that he will not take me far in the show ring and that I should get a taller horse. He says that i can't jump him like 4 -5 ft, (which I don't want to I only want to jump him like 3 - 3'6 ft) Ill never get rid of him, EVER! How high can a normal 3 yr old colt jump?

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If he loves jumping and isn't afraid of the jump he can jump as high as his height (nearly).

When you watch him jumping...does he 'just jump' like most horses do...or does he 'attack' it...if he does attack it, then you have a very special horse. All horses are special but you would have one that could do soooo much. I know this famous horse called 'Headly Brittania' She is 15.2 and has won Badminton this year!! (Incase you are not sure what that is, it is one of the biggest comps out there!)

How a 3yr old jumps is how you bond with it, if you trust him and he trusts you then he won't be afraid of jumping big!

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well 3 year old colts could possibl jump 3-4 ft, and they can jump higher and higher as they grow up, it depends to if your train him he could probablyjump 4-5 feet

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super colt once jumped over the empire state building. but his son, super colt jr, was a huge dissapointment and could only jump over small rocks.

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At only 3 years old your colt is still growing. He may just get to be 15.2 or so. It's not a good idea to push horses younger than 5 because their bodies aren't completely hardened until they're 5. Until then stick with ground polls, cavalettis and go no higher than 2 feet. It takes a horse a SIMILAR amount of effort to jump 3 feet or 6. It's the oxers that get them.