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When riding my mare (16 hands) I watched plenty people have to swim 
their horses across deeps holes in swampy rides. While I kept my feet 
dry on her neck, they were soaked waist down. On the other hand on one 
ride - a cold ride - I was getting very cold at the 95 mile mark so I 
says self get off and walk to warm up. Of course my keens were stiff by 
then and there wasn't a stump, log, ditch, etc. in site to get me a 
little advantage after I decided to get back on. I ended up walking the 
last five miles.

Moral - all other things being equal it comes down to preference.

Truman

PS: I'd rather walk than be soaked to the waist.


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


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