RE: Horses 16 hands and over doing endurance

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Could be that there just aren't too many "tall" competitors?
My gelding is 15H3.  I get a lot of comments that he's a 
"real tall" horse when I go on endurance rides as if it is unusual.  
Maybe because I'm  only 5'0". I dunno.  

Don't have the track record on P&R's yet to let you know 
what are real numbers either.  He is a little emotional on
endurance rides yet, but in training he has really good recoveries.

K.




-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Webb [mailto:kwebb@GSSB.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:50 AM
To: 'ridecamp@endurance.net'
Subject: RC: Horses 16 hands and over doing endurance


Okay folks, I posted a query yesterday about doing endurance on tall
half-Arabians.  By tall, I mean 16 hands and over.  I only got one
reply.
Surely I can get more input than that?  Don't any of you have some big
horses?  And what I want to know is do they do well?  I noted that a
16.2
hand half Arabian came in 65th at Tevis and Ruby, the 17 hand molly
Mule,
came in Top Ten.  Am just wondering if height is a drawback, especially
when
it comes to P&R's, since you would collaterally have more mass; or it
could
be a plus especially for a taller rider.  Since the two mares I have are
both half-Thoroughbred, when crossed with my Arabian stallion, that
would
hopefully produce a tall half Arabian with increased bone and good
stamina?
Any thoughts.

-Karen Webb
Epiphany Arabians
Palmetto, GA

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