Am I too much of a chunky monkey ?

B

BoxCleva

Well-Known Member
Joined
10 November 2012
Messages
50
Visit site
My daughter has a 14.2 Welsh Sec D gelding.

He's a chunky lad (he was a tiny bit underweight when we got him, but not now) , what I want to know is would it be cruel to put my 5'10 16 stone on him ? If so , what would be an acceptable weight ?



Thanks
 
I would say yes. When you factor in the weight of the saddle, it is a lot for a horse to carry.

Not sure what an ideal weight would be though.
 
BoxCleva said:
My daughter has a 14.2 Welsh Sec D gelding.

He's a chunky lad (he was a tiny bit underweight when we got him, but not now) , what I want to know is would it be cruel to put my 5'10 16 stone on him ? If so , what would be an acceptable weight ?



Thanks
Click to expand...

Yes, you are far too heavy, lose 6 stone and you will feel much better for it. 11 stone would be the max for such a pony.
 
Noooo, please don't apologise , I would much rather honesty ;)
I'd be devastated if I hurt him (even though he's my daughters I love him to bits) .

Many thanks :)
 
justabob said:
Yes, you are far too heavy, lose 6 stone and you will feel much better for it. 11 stone would be the max for such a pony.
Click to expand...

11 stone? Blimmey, alot of the hunt horses here are Welsh cobs & ridden by men. I would say a decent Welsh cob is capable of carrying quite a bit more than 11stone.
 
Full up, very stocky & muscular fully fit sec d of that size, could probably manage 14 stone for short periods of slow work. But as yours is young, & won't be fully fit or muscled, even if it has plenty of bone, I'd say 12stone max at a guess.
 
I would say a good chunky 14.2hh could probably carry 14 stone for short periods, I wouldn't put more than that on him/her though :)
 
justabob said:
Yes, you are far too heavy, lose 6 stone and you will feel much better for it. 11 stone would be the max for such a pony.
Click to expand...

I guess diplomacy is not your strong point justabob?
My advice would be google weight carrying capabilities, but i would think you would need something more around 16 hh and hw for horse to carry happily :)
 
Also at 5 ft 10, you'd look far too tall on a 14.2. There are plenty of sensible 16hh + weight carriers if you're wanting one to buy/loan.
 
Think people are being far too ridiculous over weight carrying ability of the welsh cob.
Ok,yours may not be overly comfy carrying you all day,but as Navaho says,they carry men hunting.
I am marginally over 13 stone,having lost 2 stone recently. I am 5'9" tall. My welsh cob carried me ok before and still does now. We haven't done much with her due to personal circumstances, but she could carry me much longer once fit.
These are cobs, folks, not show ponies!!!
 
Spottyappy said:
Think people are being far too ridiculous over weight carrying ability of the welsh cob.
Ok,yours may not be overly comfy carrying you all day,but as Navaho says,they carry men hunting.
I am marginally over 13 stone,having lost 2 stone recently. I am 5'9" tall. My welsh cob carried me ok before and still does now. We haven't done much with her due to personal circumstances, but she could carry me much longer once fit.
These are cobs, folks, not show ponies!!!
Click to expand...
Yes they do carry men hunting but it does not mean that they are that happy about it. I hunted for years with the Sennybridge Farmers and saw these men hunting ponies and welsh Ds and they were knackered by the end of the day. They did not last many seasons.
 
Funny you say that rider lizzie, I've never had any issues being 5'10 on a 14.2. And that was competing & hunting, where nobody felt the need to say I was too tall.
 
I am about 14st and a bit, also 5'10ish and used to have two 14.2 welsh cobs next door, the lighter one I would not have ridden other than for a sit and walk about the field, the heavier one I would have happily ridden for most things but she was a very thick set heavy mare, one of the heaviest I've seen and probably more 14.3. Don't think I'd put much more than me on her though and even my 15hh haflinger I think 16st would be a bit too much.

It's not because you're too big or fat, its because you only have a 14.2 pony :-)

I've never really ridden ponies as always been too big :-(
 
I think you are a couple of stone too heavy for that particular horse but I don't think you need to lose 6 stone in order to be able to ride.

As much as I think you could be too heavy for him I would think you are also too tall...I'm 5ft 10 also and I felt too tall on my last horse that was 15.2hh!!
 
metalmare said:
Just as an aside... bombproof... welshie... where??

Practically every terrifying experience I have ever had on horseback has been on a welsh pony, including mine :-)
Click to expand...

Oh he's a complete sod, but that's what I love about him :D When I said bombproof I was more referring to health and wellbeing, low maintenance etc etc
 
I was helping the very novice mum of a child I taught horse hunt for herself, all she wanted was a safe hack. We got a 4yr old lightly backed sec d mare. Not what you'd generally describe as the perfect first horse, but she had the most wonderful bombproof temperament, even at that age. Years after, I've never had cause to regret recommending she bought her. Paid peanuts, & I did some schooling. Which was a doddle. Hadn't seen much, but it went along the lines of 'oh right, that's what a skip lorry & a crane look like, that's fine, I'll just take a higher step to avoid the remote control car passing under me, yes that's a dog attached to my tail, wonder if the owner has food in that bag'. Born bombproof. From being about 5 my daughter could canter her off lr in an open field in a group. She's basically a first ridden pony disguised as about 550kg+ of 14hh sec d.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top