Re: RC: pairing up

[Jim Holland <lanconn@tds.net>]

Erin...

You gotta be kidding! With proper conditioning and training, that little
guy will carry you forever.  Sounds like a jewel to me.  I'm a little
over 5'9" and 155 lbs and one year I rode a little horse belonging to a
friend of mine that struggled to be 14.2. He got STRONGER as the ride
went on.  He knew EXACTLY how far 50 miles was....and he would just run
everyone into the ground on the last leg. Ken Marcella, his vet at the
time, named him the "Pocket Rocket". I'll take him if you don't want
him! <grin> (Just kidding!)

You might find out, however, as he gets healthy he will exhibit behavior
more characteristic of a stallion and be a little more animated. Some
really good Endurance horses have come the environment you describe.
Give him a chance.

Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic

Erin McCrary wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering, at what point do you say ok, I'm too tall or too heavy for
> this horse I need something taller and or bigger to carry me?
> 
> I'm asking this because I used to ride a small Arab gelding at a breeding
> farm that I used to work at in an arena.  He had no trouble carrying me at
> all.  Two days ago I made a pity purchase for $300.  He is about the same
> size as the little gelding I used to ride, he is supposed to be 7yr but I
> think he is 9 or 10, I don't know anything about him because someone bought
> him at the auction yard and that guy starved him until he looked like bones
> with a hide draped over it.
> 
> Now the good stuff.  He loads and hauls better than any horse I have ever
> owned.  Walks out with a big stride as if he were 16 hands, is very well
> mannered (hasn't spooked once and didn't even run around and carry on when I
> brought him home and he's a stud!), loves to go out and slow to go home,
> excellent conformation (nice shoulders, good sized feet), but he stands
> about a whopping 14 to 14.2 hands.  I think at one point someone really
> cared about this horse and that he has been a lot of places.
> 
> The person who abused him owned him for 7 months (just enough time to starve
> and abuse).  He bought him at the slaughter auction to use for breeding to a
> pinto mare and when Christmas rolled around he needed money and was going to
> take him back to the auction until his neighbor a friend of mine made him an
> offer that wasn't to be refused and I have him now to nurse back to health
> and then find him a good home, the thing is I don't want to give him up.  I
> think this is the endurance horse for me, but is he to small?  I'm 5'7" and
> lets say 145 is my realistic weight, but I have some working out to do after
> baby number two in order to get back to that weight.
> 
> I'm I too big for this horse?
> 
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