I'd go back and look at the arabs and tell them you are buying it for that "someone special " in your life (so what if it's you , you're deflecting the garbage they are flinging and not lying!) Why settle for what you don't really want? I checked into my heavier husband riding my arabs, and everyone said they do fine and the shorter backs carry the weight better. And if you ride in balance it wil be ok, it's the unbalanced rider that supposedly causes more problems and the horses lack of conditioning. Like weekend warrior riding. The lady who had Rascal was 250, but she didn't ride him till he was 4, then just a little bit. Or else go with a friend and let her do all the talking , just pretend you 're the onlooker. Laurie and Rascal ----- Original Message ----- From: kit kat Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:05 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Finding the right horse Hey Everyone:) Well, I started my search looking for a pure arab or arab X,
but the problem is, were I live, arab ppl believe that arabs should only
have to care like 120lbs. Now me, I'm a heaveyweight rider. And in my
search, I have been shot down and insulted and told him to fat to be riding
and cruel....... the ppl out there can be sooooo nasty.... and all this to a
19yr old. Well, It miffs me, but I laugh because I rode a 13.2hh arab/welsh
cob for 4 yrs and she NEVER had a problem with me riding her. She vetted in
with a A back... Boy, sure sounds like she can't handle my weight eh. Now I
faced facts and sold her... needed something bigger... but I am now looking
in the 14.2hh to 15.2hh range, and seems like the owners have more problems
then the horses with me... (Just the arab owners so far... and im not
bashing you, its just the ppl that I have looked at there horses for sale)
So, I gave up on arabs.. and am now looking at QH... so far so good.....no
one has said im not fat to be riding a 14.2hh, 1100lbs QH. So, sometimes we
are limited to chosing a certain horse. I never plan to be a front
runner... im just in this for fun... so I think almost any horse could do a
25 miler with the proper conditioning. But Im always open to differnet
breeds... I had not even considered a QH for endurance... but now, my
options are wearing thin, so Im trying them out. Who know, I could be the
next 25 miler winner on a QH............Just kidding... Oh, and so all of
you know, The standardbred mare that i had went home... she had drugged her.
She got even worse with the cows as the week went on. The last few days,
she stood her feild and shook and sweated when the cows ran around.......to
bad, she had the potential of a 50 miler horse. I will let you all know
when I find that horse that my heart throbbs to have. Happy riding on
whatever breed horse you have:)
sarah(Im pretending to ride a horse............need to be on a trail
ride.....ye haaaaa.....*galloping human feet*)
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