ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] tights/horse size

Re: [endurance] tights/horse size

ChacoL@aol.com
Fri, 3 May 1996 13:44:39 -0400

The Carousel tights do run large in the waist. At 5'10" and 150 lbs I
normally wear a women's large, but I wear a medium-tall in these tights.
Nice to know you can get a custom fit!

I'm not all legs like Tina--my inseam is 34"--so I do have a long torso.
I've just gone from a short-coupled 14:3 hh Arab to a long-necked,
long-back, long-legged (long-coupled??) 15 hh Arab. The latter is clearly a
much better proportioned horse for me, not because of his height or weight
(no significant difference there), but because of his length.

On the short-coupled horse, I noticed he would react strongly to keep
balanced whenever I shifted my upper body weight, such as when ducking a
tree branch or reaching down to adjust equipment. And I always felt like
there wasn't much horse in front of me--rather unnerving. The longer-bodied
horse feels much more secure, and he seems to handle weight shifts much
better.

Linda Romander and Chaco (we both have long torsos)
San Francisco, Calif.