Guessing Age.

[darkmaya]

Hi all.

This is an apparently 14 year old Morgan mare. I am waiting on the seller's registration number to confirm (if she is in fact registered)...but if you had to guess, how old would you say this mare is?

Comments

[lurath]

She could have also have had a couple babies by the look of her. She dosn't look wormy-her coat is too shiny. Could be fat though!
She has a long back, which leads more easily to having a more of a sway back as they age, so being around 14 is possible.

[appolonia]

100% agree.

[appolonia]

To add to that comment, she doesn't look even CLOSE to wormy, and I honestly don't think she's "really fat" and if someone told me this was their 14YO mare, I don't think it would really strike me as off. As the above comment above me here says, its possible to likely that she's had a foal or two, which could contribute to the sway in her back, and also, she just has kind of a long back.

So, to me, she looks like an out-of-shape (I don't think she's really fat, but she does have a bit of a hay belly, and could be much fitter) 14YO Morgan mare. Can I ask why the OP thinks she looks wormy, fat, or old? To me, she looks fine (I actually think she's MEGA cute), and with proper work that back would probably lift up some and she'd look great.

[darkmaya]

She is really cute. I got the impression she was much older because in some other photos, there looks to be obvious graying on her face, in addition to the back looking slightly swayed, which I thought was odd for a 14 year old. My recently gone Morgan didnt start swaying until 25-28 ish..

Anyway, she has never been pregnant and is a full blooded morgan, though a modern one. I got her reggy name and # but the AMHA website doesnt provide a lookup service for some reason -_-

[appolonia]

She looks sabino factor, which explains the facial and body ticking.

As I said, I bet if she was ridden properly and using herself and got fitter, you'd see a huge improvement in her back.

[darkmaya]

Im still considering. The price is definitely right, but I think it may be too soon to replace my Morgan. Im still barely making it 6 hours without losing it, and its been nearly 3 weeks. I guess everyone deals with the grief differently I just saw the ad, and the price, and couldnt help but at least look into it.

[caitlinj06]

I hate that the AMHA website doesn't have a look up function. You can look up prefixes though, and her's is registered, except for it doesn't tell you who it is registered to, silly website.

I would say that she looks older than my 12 year old Morgan mare, but that could just be a fitness issue. She is super cute though.

[xihateyourx]

agree. I'd believe that age.