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RE: [RC] small horse/ not so small rider - David LeBlancEd Kilpatrick said: the more i see, the more i think that we should be paying a bit more attention to this issue. i have seen some horses recently that i thought were carrying far to much weight. for instance, a horse that was around 850 lbs. with a rider that weighed about 275 lbs. not counting tack. that just cant be a good thing. cowboy ed ========================= I think it is one of those "it depends" things. One of my best years points-wise was with Ozar in 2000 - she's 14h even, and I'm a 5'11" heavyweight. She is short but stout and didn't have a problem carrying me. I'm a LOT lighter than the person you saw - I'm not sure someone who is 275# ought to be on most horses at all. I also noticed that at the PanAm, just about all of those top-notch 100 mile horses were somewhat small. I have seen people get in trouble in endurance with large horses, too - they don't cool down well. OTOH, we have one for sale right now because she's short and slight - we don't think she's big enough for us. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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