FAO 5ft8 - 5ft10 riders!

[RolyPolyPony]

Following on from a post a few weeks ago ...

What size horses do you ride? Height and build?

Pics welcome!!

 

[JVB]

I'm 5'11 and both mine are 16.3, one WB and one TB

 

[Flight]

I am 5ft 10 and ride anything from 15.2 hh tb types upwards. Legs are a bit long on anything smaller but only weigh 10stone ish so hopefully not too heavy.

 

[BFG]

I am 5ft 9 and lets say more than a little over weight. My horse is 18hh ISH middle weight hunter type.

I really don’t think i need a horse that big but he is a super start so worth all the hassle that comes with a horse that doesn’t fit in most rugs, wagons, stables etc etc.

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

I'm 5'8 and my horse is 18.1hh, 3/4 shire, 1/4 tb.
And, not the best pic, but gives you a rough idea of size...
P.S. Sorry it's massive - I don't know how to resize!

 

[Birker2020]

I have a 17.1hh WB gelding who is, I guess, classed as middle weight, he has 9 inches of bone. He is lovely. x

 

[Chestnuttymare]

5'8. 16.2 quite fine TB (the one in sig) I feel like i swamp anything smaller. suppose it depends on the build of the horse and how much of your legs it takes up.

 

[vicky86]

Im 5ft8 and am currently riding a 15.3hh tb up to my 17hh IDx.

 

[EKA]

I'm 5'10 and my horse is 15.2hh. I also regularly ride a 16.3 and 17.1.

 

[Faro]

I am just under 5'11 (fortunately not very heavy) and of my three boys in work the largest one (the dark bay/black in my signature) is just 16hh, one of the Arabs is about 15'2 or 3 and the other (my main endurance horse) is about 15'1hh. All three, however, are extremely broad in the back so take up a fair bit of leg.

I am one of the few tall people who doesn't actually go for big horses!

 

[RolyPolyPony]

I'm around 5ft8 (leggy!) and i'm going to look at a 15hh tbx next week. Apparently she isn't a fine built tb but i still dont know if i will be too big for her.

 

[DressageDiva1983]

I am 5ft 9 and have a 16.2 TB who is a quite stocky she is like the old classified TB's she would have been bred as a middle weight TB. And a 15.1 very fine TB. But feel guilty ridin her after christmas over indulgence!

 

[LadyRascasse]

5ft 9 and i ride a 15.3 narrow TB and a 16.1 chunky tb. i do look a tad big on my 15.3 but i'm not particularly heavy

 

[_HP_]

This is my daughter...she is 5'10" and rides Benji who is a 16hh tb type:

and on a 13.3hh lightweight cob:

and on her 13.1hh Connie type pony:

 

[cavalo branco]

I'm 5'8" and have a 16.3hh TBxWB. He is quite fine but he looked enormous when I first saw him

I bought him because he is so gentle and polite. Now he feels just the right size and I wouldn't want anything smaller!!!!

 

[Fairynuff]

5ft 9inches-15.2 7/8ths TB. At the time I weighed 58 to 60 kilos.

 

[agreenhalgh]

im nearly 6ft an my (heavy) cob is 15hh, some might think I'm too big but we are a perfect match in my eyes

 

[MontyandZoom]

I'm nearly 6 foot and I have Monty, a 17hh tb and Zoom, a 14.3hh argy tb.

I do look fairly ridiculous on Zoomy but tbh, she can cope with my weight fine out hunting all day so who gives a stuff!

 

[WoodsideEventing]

I'm 5'10 and ride a whole host of sizes. We currently have a 15hh Connemara in for schooling/sale and I absolutely love riding him, he is quite broad but by no means a table top, quite athletic! Personally I came of a 14.2hh at 14 and went straight to a 16.3hh, and have always had big horses since. Had a lovely 16hh TB, very fine, but like the feeling of a lot of horse (up front or deep girth) whether smaller or taller!

 

[BigRed]

I am 5'11 and weigh 13 stone. My horse is a 16.3 TB. Before I got her, I used to hack out with my friend on her 14.1h Section D pony.

 

[pennyh]

5'8" , horse 16.3

i feel most confortable with plenty horse to sit on, i have long legs & people often say that when i'm on him he doesn't look that big, once i get off they say 'he looks massive!'

i can get away with down to 15.2 as i'm slim

 

[ElliePippa]

16hh Tb Type, Lol Im HUGE on her (sort of

 

[Lollii]

I'm 5ft10"
Here is one of me & my 16.1hh horses:

Here is me on my 16.3hh: sorry it's so big!

 

[Passtheshampoo]

I'm 5'9" and my mare is a 16hh ID x SWB/TB. She has a deep girth and good head carriage so I feel fine on her. I used to ride 16.2s but since my major spinal ops I'm better off on something a bit smaller. In the past I've ridden 14.2hh cobs upwards.

 

[kerilli]

i'm 5' 9 1/2" and look daft on anything under 15.3, i fit 16.3 mw perfectly, pics in my siggy are of horses 16h-18h+.

 

[Shrimp]

Im 5'8 and my old horse was 15.2 but quite a fine full TB so didnt have a huge amount of bone though he had a deep girth. I wouldnt really want anything smaller.

 

[LadyRascasse]

5ft9 on 16.1

and on 15.3

 

[catdragon]

I am 5'10.5", my girl is a 15.2 HW cob.... I am certain I am no hindrance to her as some of the time she forgets I'm there !! The way she prats about and spooks at times I am glad she is such a shorty.. Thankfully I find her width takes up my legs and boy am I glad I have long legs

 

[Georgie1989]

Im 5'11 and have a 16hh tb horse who is more like a pony but much prefer riding smaller horses than the massive ones!

 

[chickeninabun]

I'm 5'9" and am a size 14. I ride my 14.3hh HW mare. She carries me no probs what so ever and I find I am so much more confident with smaller horses that big TB things!
This is us (please excuse the bad riding, oh and I was quite alot fatter back then!)