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Note: Links with green underlines are shopping links and will open in a new window Measure Your Horse's GirthAnd How To Calculate Western Cinch Size It is easy to measure your horse's heart girth. This measurement can be helpful for several things including getting an estimate on the size of the cinch your horse will need, and for calculating an estimate of a horse's weight.
Calculating Western Cinch SizeThere are several different ways to measure your horse for a Western cinch. The one we have found to be the most reliable is to measure the horse's heart girth (in inches), divide that measurement by 2, then subtract 3 inches. The horse in the photo above measured 77 inches for his heart girth. So, to calculate his cinch size we're going to take his hearth girth, divide that measurement by 2, then subtract 3 inches:
That's darn close! The horse in the photograph wears a 36 inch cinch. A different horse we measured the same day had a 75 inch heart girth. Seventy-five divided by 2 is 37.5, minus 3 inches gives us an answer of 34.5. That's also very close - this mare wears a 34 inch cinch. This Is Just An Estimate...Calculating your horse's cinch size using the method above is not always completely accurate. There are enough differences in saddles and horse body types to make any method of measuring for a cinch little more than an educated guess. Measuring an old cinch (if you have one) that fit the horse and saddle well would be a better way of finding out a good size for a new cinch, but that's not always possible. Of the methods we have tried, however, the one we described above has been the most accurate. |
