••The Equine Guide••

[Ollie!]

Breed-Height-Weight Guide!

After a few questions about this, I decided to write up a quick guide for things like the relationship of a horse's breed, height, and weight. A few basics first, however...

1. Horses are measured in hands. There are four inches in a hand. So that means no such thing as 14.8 hh (hh=hands high). 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.0, etc.

2. Ponies are any equine less than 14.2 hh. Now, there are some breeds (such as the Arabian) that sometimes are under 14.2 hh. They are not a pony, as they are part of the Arabian breed.

3. Just to get in the right ball parks, the average Shire stallion weighs upwards of one ton, or 2,000 lbs.. Shetlands average 330 lbs. to 440 lbs.

Let's get down to business now, shall we? Keep in mind that the heights will be more exact than the weights, and nothing is entirely set in stone. Please don't come shrieking "I HAVE A 14.0 HH THOROUGHBRED" because a) probably not true and b) there are always exceptions.

Light Breeds

Akhal-Teke: a. 15.2 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
American Bashkir Curly: a. 15.1 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
American Standardbred: a. 15.3 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
Andalusian: a. 15.2 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
Anglo-Arab: 16-16.3 hh = 1,100-1,210 lbs.
Appaloosa: 14.2-15.2 hh = a. 1,000-1,150 lbs.
Arabian: 14.0 - 15.1 hh = 880-1,100 lbs.
Australian Stock Horse: 15-16.2 hh = 1,000-1,150 lbs.
Barb: 14.2-15.2 hh = 880-1,100 lbs.
Belgian Warmblood: a. 16.2 hh = a. 1,150 lbs.
Brumby: 14-15 hh = 850-1,050 lbs.
Budonny: a. 16 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
Cleveland Bay: 16-16.2 hh = 1,100-1,250 lbs.
Danish Warmblood: a. 16.2 hh = a. 1,150 lbs.
Dutch Warmblood: a. 16 hh = a. 1,100-1,200 lbs.
Hackney: 14-15.3 hh = a. 900-1,050 lbs.
Hanoverian: 15.3-16.2 hh = 1,100-1,400 lbs.
Holsteiner: 16-17 hh = 1,100 - 1,350 lbs.
Kathiawari: a. 15 hh = a. 950-1,100 lbs.
Knabstruper: a. 15.2 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
Lipizzaner: a. 15 hh = a. 1,100 lbs.
Lusitano: a. 15.2 hh = a. 1,000-1,100 lbs.
Missouri Fox Trotter: 14-16 hh. = 900-1,200 lbs.
Morgan: 14.1-15.2 hh = 950-1,150 lbs.
Mustang: a. 14+ hh = a. 900+ lbs.
Oldenburger: 16.2-17.2 hh = 1,100-1,300 lbs.
Peruvian Paso: 14-15 hh = 900-1,050 lbs.
Quarter Horse: 15-15.3 hh = 950-1,150 lbs.
Saddlebred: a. 16 hh = a. 1,050 lbs.
Selle Francais: 16+ hh = a. 1,100+ lbs.
Swedish Warmblood: a. 16.2 hh = a. 1,150 lbs.
Tennessee Walking Horse: 15-16 hh = 1,000-1,200 lbs.
Thoroughbred: 15.2-16.3 hh = a. 1,000-1,100 lbs.
Trakehner: 16-16.2 hh = a. 1,000-1,200 lbs.

Ponies

Australian Pony: 12-14 hh = 500-900 lbs.
Bashkir: 13-14 hh = 800-1,100 lbs.
Caspian: 10-12 hh = 420-650 lbs.
Chincoteague: a. 12 hh = a. 650 lbs.
Connemara: +14.2 hh = +900 lbs.
Falabella: a. 7.3 hh = 100-250 lbs.
Hackney Pony +14 hh = +900 lbs.
Haflinger: a. 13.3 hh = a. 1,000 lbs.
Icelandic: 12.3-13.2 hh = 600-900 lbs.
New Forest Pony: 12.2-14 hh = a. 600-1,050 lbs.
Norwegian Fjord: 13-14 hh = 800-1,000 lbs.
Pony of the Americas (POA): 11.2-13.2 hh = 500-800 lbs.
Rocky Mountain Pony: a. 14 hh = 800-900 lbs.
Shetland: a. 10 hh, highest they can be is 11.2 hh = 300-450 lbs.
Welsh Sec. A: +12 hh = +625 lbs.
Welsh Sec. B: +13.2 hh = +850 lbs.
Welsh Sec. C: +13.2 hh = +950 lbs.
Welsh Sec. D: +15 hh = +1,050 lbs.

Drafts

Ardennais: a. 15.3 hh = 1,500-1,600 lbs.
Boulonnais: a. 16.2 hh = 1,600-1,800 lbs.
Breton: 15-16 hh = a. 1,450-1,650 lbs.
Clydesdale: a. 16.2 hh = a. 1,750 lbs.
Friesian: a. 15 hh = a. 1,000-1,100 lbs.
Irish Draft: 16-17 hh = 1,100-1,250 lbs.
Italian Heavy Draft: 15-16 hh = a. 1,400-1,600 lbs.
Jutland: 15.2-16 hh = a. 1,500-1,700 lbs.
Percheron: a. 16.2 hh = +2,600 lbs.
Shire: 17+ hh = 1,850+ lbs.
Suffolk Punch: 16-16.3 hh = 1,450-1,700 lbs.

Key
*a. means about, around
*+ before a number means up to (ex. +2,600 means up to 2,600)
*+ after a number means over, more than

Now, if you have any questions, PM me or look for me in the c-box. Like I said before, please don't start whining that these are incorrect. The weights are purely educated guesses, but they all depend on the individual horse. The heights should be fairly accurate, as they came from my "Encyclopedia of the Horse" by Elwyn Hartley Edwards. Sooooooo yep! Enjoy! And please do not rip it off. Just ask, I'll probably let you use it. But ask!

Thanks dearies,
♥ Ollie! and Kayd

P.S. This is certainly not a complete list of horse breeds, so if you would like to see a breed added I'll do my best. Once again, use your manners please!