Re: RC: Height in FEI Horses

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/99 8:45:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
helgeson@lansford.ndak.net writes:

<< Why would you NOT want to see a 6' 200+ rider on a 14.2 horse?
 Could someone
 please tell me why that would be bad? Why do people think that
 taller horses
 can carry more weight? I would really like to see some answers
 on this! >>

That baffles me, too.  I know from experience that 14:2 horses with lots of 
substance can carry that sort of weight with NO problem, whereas a taller 
horse without the substance often struggles with it.  Weight carrying 
capacity has to do with strength and substance--NOT with height.

Heidi


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