Championing the Change Needed - Rider Weight

[toppedoff]

i do wonder how theyll go about implementing rider weight rules

 

[Titchy Reindeer]

Going by that chart, you, saddle and boots/hat etc need to be 48kg maximum. Saddle approx 5kg (I’ve sold a few recently and that’s the weight they come up at), boots, hat and coat together 4kg. Girth and stirrups another kg. So you need to weigh 38kg fully dressed in normal clothes minus shoes/coat. That’s just under 6 stone.

Or go the bareback and in trainers route like I used to do when I was young and skinny (and a little crazy).

 

[toppedoff]

haha yes - i only ask as the person on ig looks really good on her welsh a, actually i do follow a few people who ride/show their welshie a and have always been a bit curious

 

[Auslander]

I actually agree that a heavier but balanced rider is better for the horse than an unbalanced lighter rider, but with the strong caveat that neither rider should be too heavy for the horse.

So no using that argument to go over 15% (ideally) or 20% (abolute max) - but it is an argument for reducing the weight limit for novice riders.

A beginner who can't rise to the trot and crashes back into the saddle will be applying more force to the horse's back that a balanced educated rider.

TP (who scraped a physics A level a very long time ago ).

Agree. I am quite heavy, although well within Alf's limits, and I will refuse to let people who are a fair bit lighter than me ride him as they aren't strong balanced riders, so are much harder work for the old man to carry than I am, despite my capacious arse.