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I adore my 14'2" guy.  I bought a back-up horse advertised as 14'3."  
Great horse, but in reality, he's 15'.  I just hate having to get on and 
off him.  Heck, I'll walk a mile to find a rock, stump, bumpr or 
whatever to use even getting on my short guy and it's worse with the 
tall one.  My next horse is going to be even shorter if possible!
Laney
Suzi Maiorisi wrote:

> Having just done a 6 day trail ride (not endurance related) half way 
> on my 14.2 mare and the other half on a 14.3+ a little QH...I promise 
> that extra inch makes a lot of difference when you're getting on!!  Oh 
> please, give me back my 'little' mare!!
> Suzi and just short enough Holly
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Laney Humphrey <mailto:laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *To:* kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Cc:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Monday, February 07, 2005 7:59 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;)
>
>     In my mind, the ultimate proof that shorter is pretty gosh darned
>     good
>     is John Parke and his 2 Icelandics, Remington and Skoldur.  (The
>     horses
>     are short, John isn't!)  John has over 11,000 miles on his 2 trusty
>     "ponies" and they are still going strong.
>     Laney
>     kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>     > Our family just got a 14 hand Halfinger, and boy do I love
>     riding him.
>     > He feels like a big horse when riding him, and I don't mind
>     getting on
>     > and off either! He has a very big walk, but his trot is quite a bit
>     > slower than our 15 hand arab.
>     > Today I was riding my 15 hand Arab "Shrimp" with a fellow
>     boarder at
>     > Piedmont Stables (CA), and she was riding a 16.2 TB. When I told
>     her
>     > how tall my horse Shrimp was, she said "Oh, so Shrimp's just a bit
>     > taller than a pony". I'm thinking... what?? For me, 5'3'', 15
>     hands is
>     > tall!
>     > Perhaps that is just me, because I haven't been too exposed to
>     horses
>     > who are 16 hands and over. What do you all think the AVERAGE height
>     > for endurance horses is? My guess would be 14.3.
>     > Anyway, I think that I wouldn't mind an endurance horse under 15
>     hands
>     > next time. I know I'd get off and walk along side a lot more!
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Katie
>     >
>     >
>     > On Feb 7, 2005, at 4:56 PM, gary affleck wrote:
>     >
>     >     Yep there sure is, it goes just like the ones about dogs.  It
>     >     ain't the size of the Dog in the fight, it's the fight in
>     the dog
>     >     that counts.  I'm pretty sure that goes as well for horses.  I
>     >     could be wrong, But I'd doubt it.  <image.tiff>  G.Affleck
>     >     
>     >     ---- Original Message -----
>     >     *From:* Kristen A Fisher
>     >     *To:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     >     *Sent:* Monday, February 07, 2005 2:49 PM
>     >     *Subject:* Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;)
>     >
>     >     So here's a question - is there a hard and fast rule about horse
>     >     size/weight vs. rider/tack weight?
>     >
>     >
>     >     
>     >     Kristen in TX
>     >
>     >
>
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