RE: [RC] heavyweight on small horse - Maryben Stover
Yep, Rajab was a teensy little thing. But he was awesome...........mb
From: ctghw@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: merryben@xxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] heavyweight on small horse Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:22:14 -0700
MB, I remember Hugh Bryson rode Linda
Walker’s little horse on Tevis one year and came in second. I remember his name
was Rajab. I rode him once and he was the fastest trotting horse I had ever
been on. I’d say he was 14.1 or 2. I am not sure this will get to Ridecamp but
I wanted to tell you. 9 inch cannons????????? Wow! Cindy Tough
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Maryben Stover Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009
4:28 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] heavyweight on
small horse
Marlene, it's Maryben. You know me and I am a HW
without my tack. I don't own a horse over 14.1. My horses are
built like tanks and my little Spotted Saddle Horse has 16 50's to his
credit, a lot of them hauling my butt around. I can't get on and off
and have juniors to open gates so you know he carries me every step of the
way. My mustang I have not ridden yet but he is about 14.1 and has
9" cannon bones. I think is is how solid the horse is built and
not how much the rider weighs or how tall the horse is............mb
From: marlene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] heavyweight on small horse
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:25:12 -0600
In general I agree that people don’t need to be looking
for large horses for endurance, but my husband and I have been discussing him
competing on our stallion. He’s a really nice little sabino arab, about
14.1 and maybe 850 pounds. He’s got solid legs, good sized canons, but 00
feet. They are good tough feet, he did his first ride barefoot because
the boots wouldn’t stay on.
My husband weighs 220# and his saddle about 20+ pounds
more. He is a balanced rider and his saddle is a Free’n’Easy which spreads
the weight over a pretty large area.
The stallion has always self exercised quite well and when
he started conditioning, we were both very impressed with his fairly low
exercise heart rates and good recoveries (at least down to 70, more on that
below!). He’s doing well mentally – I posted a while back about advice
with dealing with a stallion and every ride he’s gotten better and
better. On the trail, he’s never been anything but a gentleman too.
Anyhow, we haven’t had any obvious issues concerning my
husbands weight, but we’re only doing LD so far. My husband loves riding
this horse and would like to do 50’s next year and even possibly Tevis
eventually.
We had one horse that was lighter bodied that did well
with my husband until he climbed a really steep hill and she hesitated and then
couldn’t get going again. It wasn’t pretty, but it ended with no injuries
at least! So I am concerned that this is really just too much weight for
a horse of this size even though we haven’t had a problem yet. I don’t
necessarily want to just keep going until we have a problem if it just isn’t
wise. I don’t know if the stallions testosterone is just getting him
through! And then even though the HR closely matches my horse through
extensive exercise and recovery, he does just hang around 70 for 10 minutes or
so. It’s not because he’s being a stallion or getting distracted by
mares. He can stand with his head down and eat. But that 70 mark is
tough to get past. Could that be because the weight is just too much?
Any stories or general advice would be appreciated.
I know every horse is an individual, but I don’t want to gamble against the
odds too much!
Thanks,
Marlene
Marlene Moss
www.LosPinos-CO.com - boarding,
training, sales
www.KineticEquineAnalysis.com -
saddlefit for the horse in motion
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