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I have ridden everything from 16 hands to shorter, and my most recent past 
two were at least 15.1 or maybe 15.2.  The new horse I bought in April is 
14.2 and old enough so he will not grow any more.  I love 14.2!  Easy to get 
on, feels just right, and I hope I never have to find out that it's a 
shorter distance to the ground.  Strong little guy, too.  Climbs hills like 
crazy.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lucy Chaplin Trumbull" <elsietee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Horse size....what gives?!?!


> If small horses end up going cheap, all the better
> for those of us who *want* small horses. :)))
>
> Mine have been getting smaller each time I get one.
> The latest purchase is a Section B welsh pony who's
> currently (at 16 months old) 11:2 . He should mature
> to between 13 hh and 13:2 hh, which will be excellent,
> size-wise.
>
> My new arab is also smaller than the older pones - I'm
> guessing he's not more than 14:1. Between him and the
> pony, the others all look *massive* to my eye now, almost
> scarily so (I'm 5'2").
>
> Having short horses means no ducking under branches, easy to
> get on and off, and they fit in small trailers, etc...
>
> But as someone else pointed out, it's not so much the
> physical height as how they carry themselves. Of my older
> horses, the "shorter one" who's 14:2/14:3 feels way taller
> once you get on than the other two who are both ~15 hh.
> He's got a long neck and a long back and is very forward,
> so he just feels bigger.
>
>
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