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A rider will make a difference up to a point. Some rider/horse 
combinations just don't work. I need a horse with a long trot. I can't 
get a rhythm with a horse without a long trot. So a horse with a long 
trot will not do less work with me than one without a long trot.

However, force = the mass X the acceleration of gravity.  The only 
variable in that equation is the mass of the rider. A poor heavy rider 
probably is harder to carry for the horse than a poor tiny hinny, but 
the force - hence do work done - is directly proportionally to the mass 
of the rider.

Truman

RHONDA LEVINSON wrote:
> Just my "one horse" study, but I have a TWH gelding that I used to 
> ride A LOT.  We rode all over everywhere, more than 50+ miles every 
> week (he's the reason I started getting interested in doing 
> endurance).  This guy could easily go 25 miles in gait with me with 
> hardly a sweat.  I let a friend ride him one time.  She weighed almost 
> exactly the same as I did and was using my saddle.  But, she didn't 
> ride all that well.  At the end of six miles, my gelding was sweaty 
> and breathing hard.  He seemed to struggle with the hills.  For him, 
> the rider made a huge difference. 
>
> Rhonda


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