Re: RC: Re: overweight an issue?

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Geez, Howard
Have you been reading the posts of Ti's and Susan's? It is not so clear
cut an issue as you would imagine. And I never equate weight to fitness.
Bette

Howard4567@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 7/25/00 2:23:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, woa@stormnet.com
> writes:
> 
> << Is it fair to ask the horse to carry an unfit rider for 100 miles?
>  Should the rider make sure that the horse has the necessary frame and
>  bone to carry his/her weight?  >>
> 
> This seems a bit silly to me.  An unfit rider won't last 50 miles let alone
> 100.  What exactly is your definition of unfit here?  Fitness and weight are
> two completely different things.
> 
> I don't see why this is even being discussed.  A horse does better with a
> lighter rider. End of story.  That's why the featherweights and lightweights
> do so well in our sport.  Middleweights and heavyweights are a completely
> different arena of competition and I know if I could drop 40 or 50 lbs my
> horse would perform better.
> 
> The weight of the rider is a factor in determining best conditioned for good
> reason.  Why does my daughter's horse easily complete 50's while mine has
> great difficulty even though both horses train exactly the same.  In fact, I
> take my horse out more often because I'm obsessed with riding while the kid
> isn't (yet)  It's cause she weighs 75 pounds and I add on another hundred to
> that when I mount up.
> 
> cya,
> Howard
> 
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