Will my Clydie X get chunkier?

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My 13 month old is half Clydesdale but quite fine boned. I really wanted a nice chunky horse to ride in a few years but I'm thinking she might not end up as substantial as I hoped :/

It doesn't matter much of course but I was wondering if there was much of a chance that she might chunk out in the next couple of years? Or is her stature at 13 months a good representation of the one she will keep into adulthood?

Anyone have any experience of a slight yearling becoming a cobby horse?
 
They still have a lot of growing and filling out to do until they are perhaps 7, they are still very much babies at 13 months, of course how chunky he might get will depend whay the other part is too.
 
Thanks Jessey :)
The other half is Andalusian. Her dam is a 17.1 PRE with a good amount of bone and sire is a 17.2 Clydesdale so I know she will be tall - she is already about 15.1 ish! maybe she will chunk out as she stops growing upward quite so much ;)
 
They do for years, they go leggy and up, then fill out a little, then up and leggy again and so on, generally only once they reach full height do they then fully fill out, draft types are renowned for not finishing filling out until late.
For a bit of fun, from 12 months if you measure with a piece of string from ergot to elbow, then take that length from elbow up you will get final height to within an inch. Ive tested it on mature horses and its always the same length and as at 12 months the legs are at full length it works :D
 
Yeah they are such slow growers. I've just never had a Clyde x look so slender before .All of mine have been monsters lol. I hope she just fills out late and isn't so fine boned in a few years :)
 
A foal actually attains roughly 90℅ of it's growth by the time it's twelve months old although some take up to eighteen months. They also reach about 75% of their adult weight by this time. They keep growing up and out for about 5 years but very slowly.

How tall or chunky a youngster ends up is defined by its genes. Even height and chunkiness is governed by what genes are passed on. If the PRE has a lightweight gene hidden away in there that's been passed on then it's likely your filly won't chunk up any more. But with both parents being a similar height you can probably predict her height much more accurately.
 
No, no feather - just some tufties on her fetlocks and a beardy face .

That's what I was thinking chev :/ I know she has a huge amount of growing to do yet but she is so fine compared to other similar breeds . Her dams lines are all substantial.. hence the choice to breed her to a Clyde. All very tall and a fair bit of bone though I suppose anything is possible. We will just have to weight and see. Hopefully she will turn into a nice heavy hunter type in time and if not we can change our plans :)
 
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