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Is this the new Papa Frita thread? :D

Seriously, I do not believe ANYONE who is seven stone and worried they are too heavy for a 14.2 welsh cob cross thoroughbred.

I am eleven and a half stone, and my 14.3 Arab is perfectly happy with me on her back. If she wasn't, she would soon let me know! By bucking me off. Or planting. Or not letting me mount up in the first place.

Reckon twenty one stone is pushing it though...I think for a 15hh the most would be around sixteen stone, including tack. I suppose it may depend on the horse's build and the rider's ability level too.

The best solution would be to surprise her with a paid for vet and physiotherapist/back person check for her mare - tell her you are helping make sure the horse is fit and healthy before she goes to all the expense of trying to breed from it:)

Let the paid professionals advise her as to whether the mare is able to carry her.

If she is too heavy, and has a reason for being that size - some medication is horrible - then why not help her get into showing in hand, or driving?
 
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Arizahn said:
Is this the new Papa Frita thread? :D

Seriously, I do not believe ANYONE who is seven stone and worried they are too heavy for a 14.2 welsh cob cross thoroughbred.

I am eleven and a half stone, and my 14.3 Arab is perfectly happy with me on her back. If she wasn't, she would soon let me know! By bucking me off. Or planting. Or not letting me mount up in the first place.

Reckon twenty one stone is pushing it though...I think for a 15hh the most would be around sixteen stone, including tack. I suppose it may depend on the horse's build and the rider's ability level too.

The best solution would be to surprise her with a paid for vet and physiotherapist/back person check for her mare - tell her you are helping make sure the horse is fit and healthy before she goes to all the expense of trying to breed from it:)

Let the paid professionals advise her as to whether the mare is able to carry her.

If she is too heavy, and has a reason for being that size - some medication is horrible - then why not help her get into showing in hand, or driving?
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your suggesting that at 20 stone she runs at speed??? :eek::eek::eek:
 
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Arizahn said:
Is this the new Papa Frita thread? :D

Seriously, I do not believe ANYONE who is seven stone and worried they are too heavy for a 14.2 welsh cob cross thoroughbred.

I am eleven and a half stone, and my 14.3 Arab is perfectly happy with me on her back. If she wasn't, she would soon let me know! By bucking me off. Or planting. Or not letting me mount up in the first place.

Reckon twenty one stone is pushing it though...I think for a 15hh the most would be around sixteen stone, including tack. I suppose it may depend on the horse's build and the rider's ability level too.

The best solution would be to surprise her with a paid for vet and physiotherapist/back person check for her mare - tell her you are helping make sure the horse is fit and healthy before she goes to all the expense of trying to breed from it:)

Let the paid professionals advise her as to whether the mare is able to carry her.

If she is too heavy, and has a reason for being that size - some medication is horrible - then why not help her get into showing in hand, or driving?
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Puh. I'm a worry wart (as mentioned) and I'm insecure about riding small horsie (14.2) because of all the nasty comments I've received from the people I compete against about being on a pony (most of them riding WBs 17hh and up). I like your vet suggestion though xD
 
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FionaM12 said:
Doesn't showing inhand include a bit of running to trot them up? My grandmother was 20 stone and anything over a slow waddle was beyond her capabilities, poor love. :(
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Ahh, see now I understand! Thank you. My brain is not fully recovered from last night's seizure yet:eek:
Well, there is still driving.

QueenofCadence: If you aren't hurting the 14.2's back, etc, then ignore the nasty types! Enjoy your pony/small horse:) Seven stone is tiny!
 
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At least if she puts the mare in foal then its like she's riding two horses at once really so they'll be able to carry her just fine, it'll be good experience for the unborn foal
 
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Oh please, stop it!! I've just snorted half a glass of very nice wine all over my keyboard :D

Surely a person of a certain size would be better getting two shetties? You know, one for each cheek? ;)
 
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My OH really likes Shetlands...the proper, traditional ones, with Thelwell type manes, etc. If we could afford our own land, he said he would buy one or two of them to keep Ali company. And so our nieces and nephews could ride them (small children and shetlands:eek:) - he's really taken with the idea.
Can't afford it yet, but maybe some day:rolleyes:
 
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QueenOfCadence said:
I weight about 7 stone (49kgs) and I ride a 14.2hh Welsh Cob x TB and I've worried about being too heavy for him! (though I'm a worry wart so it's nothing unusual):
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I genuinely can't believe that anyone who knows anything about horses could think 7 stone could be too much for a 14.2 Welsh Cob x. Okay, you're a worrier, but if you worry about something that's so clearly not the case, what else do you find to worry about?!








Or maybe I'm just bitter as I haven't been 7 stone since I was about 14. :rolleyes:
 
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