Quote Originally Posted by Kraxis
It could have been bulkier, that would explain why it could carry a heavy load and why the bones and shoes might appear larger?
Well Im no equine expert so I have to trust Ann Hyland in her judgement. AFAIK you can measure human height by the thigh bone pretty accurately, so I guess the same goes for horses if you have a good idea of what breed it is. And same for hoove size.

She considers a typical crusader warhorse to be around 15-15.2 hands and weighing 1200-1300 pounds. Turkmene horses of around same height but 800-900 pounds and Arabians of under 15 hands and 700-800 pounds.


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