Just a quick question, how much weight do you think my 14.1 arab x whelsh can carry? i know it depends on how the person rides, but a rough estimate please. thanks X
Lol sorry! well he is arab x welsh but no one can actually see the arab in him so Im guessing more welsh! I'll have a look and see if I've got a piccy X
Well apparently you can use a weigh tape & some basic maths for this one, get your horse's weight in pounds (not kilos like I did!) divide it by six then divide by fourteen. This is the total weight in stones incl tack that the horse can carry. Incidently, anyone know how many pounds to a kilo?? Still haven't worked mine out!!
Thanks for that go to http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/WeightConverter.html and type in how many Kg the horse is an it'll convert it for you. Going by your suggestion it rekons he should be able to carry 10.5 stone!
Well the P2P horses I worked with carried 12 stone over 3miles. I've worked mine out with the weigh tape and it comes to about 11 stone but she is a quite stocky Irish TB (who doesn't like her piccy took by the looks of the above!!)