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horse sizes



I am a big person, 5'6", and ride in the heavyweight category. My horse is
15.1HH and all leg. He's not a heavy horse, but he's athletic and agile and
very fast. Even with me on him, he stays at the head of the pack. Star
outwalks every horse we've ridden with. Most horses have to trot to keep up
with his walk, even big  horses.

He's got a short, strong, flat back, good leg bone, big feet and a very
typey Arab face and neck.

Star is a 10 year old grade Arab gelding, I got for $800 because no one
wanted him. The stable that sold him to me, celebrated when I drove away
with him. They thought he was a difficult horse. He just needed a job to do
and someone to give him a lot of attention.

Last year was our first year of competition. We won our first 15 mile CTR,
placed 4th and 2nd in our next two, and finished our first 25 endurance
easily. 

MOst of the horses I've had in my life have been about 15HH, but my very
first horse was 14.2, a part-Arab pinto. I was a barrel racer then and she
was a little keg of dynamite. She could really scoot around those barrels
and ran like she was a big horse.

chris paus & star

At 09:09 PM 12/31/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>>Next question - What size horse do you prefer to ride. if you are 
>>either super
>>tall or super short, tell us so we can take it into account.
>
>I prefer tall. I ride a 16.2 horse and have never been beat in a race to
>the finish
>
>Kris
>
>



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