Re: RC: Determining horse's weight

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/30/99 7:18:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dgerman@earthlink.net writes:

<< Does anyone know of a more accurate way to estimate a horse's weight
 other than those weight tapes?  >>

I've heard of people taking their horses to the truck scales and having them 
weighed.  I've been lucky enough to have access to a scale at the Outlaw ride 
a few years ago.  It was very educational.  Harca is a good sized Arab (15.3) 
and I had always thought he must weigh at least 1100 pounds.    When they 
weighed him at the OT, he was 950.  The next year they did the weight tape at 
Tevis (S. Garlinghouse study) and he came in at 960.  Very interesting.  If 
you saw this horse up next to most Arabs whose owners think they weigh 900 
pounds, you would think he must be a draft horse.  Does anybody know what the 
"average" weight for an Arab is?  I'm guessing between 750 and 850.  Would 
love to know.

Sylvia
(PS, if you don't own an actual measuring stick -- make the investment.  
ESPECIALLY if you're horse shopping.  There aren't alot of 15 hand arabs out 
there (contrary to the sales pitch )


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