I really don't have any idea how genetics like this work out. I think it's all a matter of chance, really. It seems to me that the foal shouldn't be much shorter than its dam if any. At the very least, he might be an inch or two less that his dam. At the most, maybe an inch or two taller than his sire. Or, I could be completely wrong and he'll grow to be 17.1 hh... but I sort of doubt it.
Kim, I would look back at the linage of both parents. It may be more difficult in your case since your mare is mixed and you don't mention anything about the stud - whether he is registered etc.
We need a lot more information. You need to tell us about 3 generations on both sides and what the stud has produced in the past to get a good guess on overall height of the foal.
Alot will depend not only on genetics but proper diet as to how tall it will get. Odds are good its not going to be alot different from the sire and dam by 5 years of age but I've seen cases where without proper diet they never get close to their potential height. And I've had a few that because of past generations as iridehorses mentioned can get much larger. I had a stud thats dam was 14.3 and sire 14.2 as a 3 year old he was 14.3 when he was 5 he was up to 15.2. But he had granget that were over 15 hands.
arab mares ussually stand around 14.2hh, QH's stand about 15hh like you said. the foal ussually turns more out like its sire b/c of his genes, so i would say around 15.1hh
They can also be easily well under 15 hands especially cutting horses Smart Little Lena is the #1 cutting sire in history and stands 13.3. Theres never been a NCHA Open World Champion over 15 hands.
Of course they can. You really can't generalize QHs sizes, anymore.
Usually, babies seem to turn out like one parent, or the other--and not really 'inbetween', which some people hope for. They do not usually take after their sires, since that's kind of impossible... genes are a 50/50 deal.
Who knows. You tend to like to assume that they are going to finish around the parent's height but it is proven over and over again that it not always the case. I know of a few people who I know bought a horse expecting it to be 17+ and never made it passed the 16hh mark. Others I know were expected to be around the 16hh mark and finished nearly 18hh. Happens all the time with ponies. You can only guess.
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