Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Mad Science

Where were you measuring the cannon bone, the middle, or right below the
knee. How about cannon bone length to circumference ratio? Taller horse longer
cannon bone, same circumference - hmmmmm........longer lever but weaker.

Truman

Susan Garlinghouse wrote:
> > From my experience, I believe that for my 180 pounds with tack a horse
> > in the 14.1 -- 14.3 height range weighing about 800 -- 850 pounds is
> > about ideal for most endurance rides.  YMMV.
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> Interestingly, the research data would agree with you.  The rider weight
> ratio of 21% wasn't any more or less likely to finish Tevis as higher or
> lower RWRs, but horses carrying a total mass of around a thousand pounds had
> a very low incidence of lameness pulls.  What was also interesting is that
> even though the weight of horses measured ranged between 750 pounds and 1250
> lbs, cannon bone measurements varied relatively little.  The average
> circumference was around 7.5 inches, with only about a quarter inch standard
> deviation, a pretty narrow range.
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