Horses height vs riders hight

[Wagtail]

Two things spring to mind. Firstly you're long in the body and short in the legs so if you look at your legs on the horse you're fine but your top half will always look taller - whatever the size of the horse. Secondly who measured him and how because if you're 5'1" he doesn't look anything like 15 hands.

The horse will have no trouble carrying you. However, I agree with jemima that if you are 5'1 the horse doesn't look 15.1. You are 15.1 and in that picture look a lot taller than the horse. Measure him again and see what you get. Even if he is smaller he'll still carry you though.

I agree. From that picture you look about a head taller than the horse. At 5'1 the top of your head would be level with its withers. So either you have grown or the horse is smaller than you think. However, you are not too big for it IMO.

 

[JJS]

Hopefully this will work

I agree with what others have said. Firstly, you look perfectly in proportion. Secondly, either you're taller than 5 ft 1' or he's closer to 14hh than 15.1. I imagine that putting a measuring stick on him would be quite revealing!

 

[FfionWinnie]

Does he have very prominent withers? I think you look fine on him and once he has matured you will probably feel fine too.

 

[Tally-lah]

I agree with others, you look fine but I would be very surprised if he was 15.1 I would be really interested to hear how big he was after measuring again (use a proper measuring stick though, if you possibly can)

 

[Channy.marie1992]

Thanks everyone.. And we have a measuring stick at are new yard so I will measure him.Amd let you all no his true size, and my freind measured him using a tape

 

[Channy.marie1992]

So today I measured Rodney and he is bang on 15hh for every one that wanted to no his height xx

 

[elizabeth1]

Look at photos of William fox Pitt in the dressage with longer stirrups on some of his smaller horses eg Bay my Hero.his height doesn't seem to get in the way of his success!

 

[FlyingCircus]

So today I measured Rodney and he is bang on 15hh for every one that wanted to no his height xx

5ft 1 is roughly 15.1, you look to be taller than that.

 

[Channy.marie1992]

5ft 1 is roughly 15.1, you look to be taller than that.

I will measure my self tomorrow on a machine and see what it says hopefully I have grown lol always been short

 

[Crugeran Celt]

I am 5ft 3in and my pony was 13.2hh. I never felt big on her. My welsh d is 15.1hh but you look a lot taller next to your horse than I look next to mine. You don't look to big on him but I think you are taller than yoh think.

 

[only_me]

I wouldn't be concerned about height tbh.

I'm 5f7 and ride a 17h horse & I don't feel or look small on him at all. He is however a narrow build which makes him easier to ride. I would feel massively over horsed if I was riding a 17h ID though!! Would be like riding a boat lol.

I've ridden 13hh to 17h and tbh don't look massive on any - it's all about width of the horse imo. For example here is me on differing height of horses, I'm 5f6/5f7 in all of them!

Eg. 13h

14.2

15.2

17h (without saddle though lol)

Imo OP you don't look big on your horse at all!

 

[kassieg]

You don't look big at all but he definitely doesn't look 15hh! My 15hh 3 year old looks about the same next to me & I'm 5'7!!

In the pic it looks like your measuring stick is sloping rather than standing straight, the actual stick that stands on the floor needs to stand straight & not right close to the horses shoulder.

It may just be that you are bigger or that he is just not very filled out, either way you are not too big

 

[Baycobsmum]

My horse is a very chunky 15.1hh cob and I'm like a pea in a mountain on him @ 5ft lol . . . I need an extra 4/5 inches of leg lol . . . I doubt u are too big !! As everyone tells me I look tiny on my boy x

 

[mytwofriends]

I wouldn't worry OP. Whatever height you/your horse are, you look just fine