Re: rider size

This message is from: Storme Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don & Jane Brackett wrote: > Wow, I know my math is not my strong point, but it seems as if that's > not much weight. Our gelding is a big boy, 14.1 hands, 8 1/4" cannon > bone, almost 1100 lbs on the weight tape. He's not skinny but he's not

Re: Rider size

This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 07:59 PM 2/25/01 -0800, you wrote: That is a method that I have heard about for years , but does not take into account the bone structure of the horse.say for instancea horse who weighs 1000 lbs with this method cou

Re: Rider size

This message is from: Storme Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jon & Mary Ofjord wrote: > > This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Another method that doesn't require as much math that I've heard of is that > the horse shouldn't carry more than 20% - 25% of their body weight. So,

Rider size

This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Another method that doesn't require as much math that I've heard of is that the horse shouldn't carry more than 20% - 25% of their body weight. So, if your horse weights 1100 lbs and you use 23% for total rider & tack weight that comes t

Re: rider size

This message is from: Don & Jane Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the summer 2000 issue of Gated horses they have a wonderful article about heavier riders and horses and what they can carry. Wow, I know my math is not my strong point, but it seems as if that's not much weight. Our gelding is a

Re: farrier/rider size

This message is from: carol j makosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean Gayle wrote: > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Isn't there a formula for heavy riders vs horse size? Hi, I seem to recall that the rider and equipment should not be over 1/4 of the horses weight for the hor

Re: farrier/rider size

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Isn't there a formula for heavy riders vs horse size? A friend of mine who weighed over three hundred mounted a horse for a trail ride and the horse sat down and would not get up until she slid off the back end. At heavier times of my life I

Re: farrier/rider size

This message is from: "truman matz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . Maybe I should just swap them for Percherons and a ladder. >>Gail Dorine One thing I love about this list is that it's always good for a smile or a chuckle! We have a "mounting

Re: farrier/rider size

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some places may be different than here, but in Las Cruces there are farriers who don't like horses and never did but are making a living. I would never leave most farriers alone with my horses (who are quite good with farriers). I read an article about h