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Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;) - Laney Humphrey

In my mind, the ultimate proof that shorter is pretty gosh darned good is John Parke and his 2 Icelandics, Remington and Skoldur. (The horses are short, John isn't!) John has over 11,000 miles on his 2 trusty "ponies" and they are still going strong.
Laney
kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Our family just got a 14 hand Halfinger, and boy do I love riding him. He feels like a big horse when riding him, and I don't mind getting on and off either! He has a very big walk, but his trot is quite a bit slower than our 15 hand arab.
Today I was riding my 15 hand Arab "Shrimp" with a fellow boarder at Piedmont Stables (CA), and she was riding a 16.2 TB. When I told her how tall my horse Shrimp was, she said "Oh, so Shrimp's just a bit taller than a pony". I'm thinking... what?? For me, 5'3'', 15 hands is tall!
Perhaps that is just me, because I haven't been too exposed to horses who are 16 hands and over. What do you all think the AVERAGE height for endurance horses is? My guess would be 14.3.
Anyway, I think that I wouldn't mind an endurance horse under 15 hands next time. I know I'd get off and walk along side a lot more!



Katie


On Feb 7, 2005, at 4:56 PM, gary affleck wrote:

Yep there sure is, it goes just like the ones about dogs. It
ain't the size of the Dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog
that counts. I'm pretty sure that goes as well for horses. I
could be wrong, But I'd doubt it. <image.tiff> G.Affleck
---- Original Message -----
*From:* Kristen A Fisher
*To:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Monday, February 07, 2005 2:49 PM
*Subject:* Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;)

    So here's a question - is there a hard and fast rule about horse
    size/weight vs. rider/tack weight?


Kristen in TX




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Replies
Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;), RDCARRIE
Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;), Kristen A Fisher
Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;), gary affleck
[RC] Maybe shorter is better ;), kazevedo