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Are you sure that's too small?  I'm 5'9 and used to regularly ride a 14h mare (about 700 lbs) when I weighed 150 -160. Even my dad at 6'3, 200lbs used to ride her and she never took a lame step in her life.  Never had any back problems either.

 

Rae

Tall C Arabians - Central

Claire Nystrom <claire.nystrom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a 2 y. 9 mo. Arab filly that measures 13.2 3/4 and is extremely
> fine boned. I used the weight tape to guess what she weighs and she
> measures in at 600 lbs. and has 6 in. cannon bones. She is
> well-proportioned and isn't too thin-- she's just tiny. She also has
> very small feet that really haven't gotten bigger. I did notice that
> her ribcage grew some and her bones did fill out a bit over the summer
> and the fall, but I'm worried she's just going to be
>  too small for me.
> I'm 5'3", 110, but am worried that I am still too large for her. I
> was planning on using her for trail/endurance but I'm afraid she's
> going to be too small-boned to hold up to the task. I know horses
> vary tremendously-- but she needs to have a serious growth spurt for
> me to be able to ride her (perfect size horse for me is my mustang/tb
> mare- 14.2, 875 lbs. and medium amount of bone). Just wanted to know
> if any of you more experienced endurance and Arab people on the list
> think she might get big enough.
> Additionally, her mom is pure Russian (14.3) and father is
> Egyptian/crabbet and I was told was 15.2 but I've never seen him.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol
>
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