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Re: [RC] [RC] Horse size...what gives? - sandra bommert

I wish I understood why everyone seems to think bigger is better.  I've rode mostly hunters, jumpers and dressage and I swear that they're horrible about horse size!  Everyone seems to think that you need to be on at least a 17hh gelding and only weigh around 110lbs.  Well I'm 5'4 and 160lbs and prefer a 15-16hh horse but thats just me; and I also prefer mares to geldings lol.  Right now my ride of choice is a 14.3 closer to 14 nothing hh petite arab mare.  I know of a barn that likes to keep their geldings on a mare hormone supplement and when asked why they did that they replied "to keep them even tempered."  I had to laugh.  Yeah I don't get it either but hey to each his own.  I just look at it this way: it's a lot closer to the ground to get on and it takes less time to hit the ground when I fall off.




Sandra

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From: Kristi Schaaf <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Horse size...what gives?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 06:59:00 -0800 (PST)
>I don't get it either Natalie. I'm 6'0 and for a
>decade I rode NATRC and AERC on a 14'2 (on his tip
>toes) Arab. It's all about the barrel size for me so I
>have a place for my leg. I much much much prefer a
>short horse with a big rib cage than any sort of tall
>horse. But the ribbing (no pun intended!) I took for
>being a tall person riding a small horse sometimes
>felt endless ("so, you gonna push with your feet when
>he gets tired", "heck, you should never fall off since
>you can hook your feet under his belly", etc etc). And
>I swear to gawd, I don't know if I've ever seen women
>under 5'4 riding anything other than 15'2+ horses.
>What's up with that? My current riding horse is 15'0
>(and built 'solid') and I hope that he's done growing.
>
>Kristi
>
>Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off)
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Re: [RC] Horse size...what gives?, Kristi Schaaf