Re: Question about size/ relationship

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Significant numbers of horses have successfully completed Tevis carrying
over 30% of their own body weight.  The translation for "conventional
wisdom" is "nobody really knows".

Susan G

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From: <DESERTRYDR1@aol.com>
To: <SandyDSA@aol.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 9:35 PM
Subject: RC: Question about size/ relationship


> Misty Moon is 14.2 and I am 5'9+" and 150#.  Plus an 18# saddle.  We do LD
> and LOTS of trail riding and a little arena work.  She has never felt
small
> to me, except that she has a fairly upright neck, and sometimes the reins
get
> awful short when she wants to run and I don't.  I have ridden her for nine
> years and definitely don't feel underhorsed.  In fact at times she is so
> powerful that I used to feel way overhorsed (we have adapted to each
> other--long SLOW process).  Conventional wisdom says a horse can carry 25%
of
> its own weight, and Arabs are made for weight bearing with their (often)
> shorter backs.  If your purchaser likes the horse and seems suited to it
> temperamentally and training-wise, its up to her to decide if the horse is
> the right size.
>
> jeri (it's still a LONG way to the ground)
> misty moon (gee mom are you still holding THAT grudge?)
>
>
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