How tall are you and how tall is your horse??

[LauraPD]

I'm 5ft5 and my cobby horse is 15.2hh so carries me no problem.

 

[Bills]

Im 5'4'' and mine are 16.1hh and 16.2hh. And we fit just right

 

[SpockkyBoy]

Im 5'1" and my pony is 14hh. I ride anything from 11hh to 16.2hh (well any 16.2hh depends on build!)

 

[B.O.B.]

5'11", and my boy is a very chunky 16.2hh.

 

[Spyda]

5'1" and my homebred 3 year old (unbacked) is 16.2 and still growing. Groan....
She was out of my homebred 15.1 TB by a 16.1 WB and was supposed to make around 15.3. The stallion's offspring aren't big, either. Just a pity no one told my filly's genes!!!! LOL. I'm going to need a flipping step-ladder - even with the mounting block!!!

 

[posie_honey]

5'5 and 16hh - shes a chunky monkey though who takes up a lot of leg - she has taken a friend of mine hunting who's nearly 6ft and she looked fine on her
i feel about perfect on her but many peeps my height feel over horsed as she's quite powerful.....

 

[vam]

Im 5'5 ish and m old mare was 14.3hh, LW cob and took my leg well. My current boy is 16.2 prob more 16.3 (he's only 5) and i dont look any different on him than i did on my smaller one.

 

[jsr]

I'm 5.7 and my horse is 15hh (on a good day!!). He's a heavy weight cob so I think I look fine...but then again I've been riding alot more horses recently and people seem to think I suit a taller horse cos they keep saying how I 'match' certain types...worrying cos I've always felt fine on my boy.

 

[Toffee44]

5ft 6 and both my poinies are 14.1hh.

I feel more comfortable on a 16.2hh BUT I wouldnt wanna own a horse that big.

 

[BroadfordQueen]

I'm 5ft4 and my horses are 16.1hh (but very chunky, people think shes around 17hh!), and 15.1hh (and growing) .
Feel just right on both of them

 

[madeleine1]

im 5,6 and ride my 16hh horse but i weigh a lot so thats the smallest i can ride everyday. william fox pit rides smaller then 17hh and he must be over 6 ft

 

[foraday]

am 5'2" tiny! On a 16.3 full up to height Irish Eventer!

Also wear 28" junior jodhs which are rolled up!!!!

Have a tiny 23" inside leg measurement!

 

[diamondrockharvey]

5'6 and 15.2hh cob Just right IMO

 

[catdragon]

I'm 5' 10.5" , Bonnie is 15.2, as wide as she is tall though so takes up my leg

 

[Clarkie]

I'm 5'9'' and my horse is 15.3hh

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

I'm 5.7 and my horse is 15hh (on a good day!!). He's a heavy weight cob so I think I look fine...but then again I've been riding alot more horses recently and people seem to think I suit a taller horse cos they keep saying how I 'match' certain types...worrying cos I've always felt fine on my boy.

Just ignore then, they are talking utter rubbish! Please do ignore other people coming out with this tripe, I am sure alot of people would like to see me on a bigger horse but when both me and my horse are happy then they can bugger off as far as I am concerned. I ride a 14.2hh and am 5'5-5'6

 

[keanmu]

I'm 5ft 5.5 (don't forget the half inch, it's important. My horse is 16.1hh.

 

[JenTaz]

i'm just over 5"9 and taz is just about 17hhs now :O and still blooming growing theres days that i look big on him, and other days that i look tiny, yet i can ride my sisters loan pony bruce and look fine on him and he is only just 14hhs

 

[Marilyn]

I'm 6'1 and my cob horse is 15.1-15.2hh and my 1/2 cob is 16.1hh. I think I'm OK on them= I'm obssessed with looking like a giant but they seem to carry me oK. I have a 16.3hh TB and looked big on him- bigger than I look on my cob I think.

 

[dibbin]

I'm 5'8" with a 32" inside leg, Dylan is an ickle 15.1 luckily he's quite deep chested so my feet don't dangle underneath!

 

[C&C]

I am 5'6" and my horse is 16.2hh. I had a friend once who was 5'8" and her horse was 15hh. I think as long as the horse is comfortable with you then what does it matter?

 

[Tifferss]

5'6 and Stanley is 15'2

 

[crumbs]

I'm 5'7" and my arab is 14.3hh, I ride fairly short and dont think I look too big on him, although I seem to be fairly tall on a 14.3hh from the few replies I've read!! I am only slim though so weight not an issue at all

 

[immoralorchid]

im an odd one im 5'7''
out of my two my main girl is a 14.2 dales pony and my other girly is 15.3 ISH

im also riding a 15.3 welsh cob for a friend schooling him up and teaching him some manners out hacking lovely chap though

 

[Chermar]

I'm 5ft6 and ride a 16.1hh most of the time, I also have a little 15hh TB that feels like a pony to me and a 17.2hh 3yro which makes me feel like I'm a child again, legs don't reach very far!! LOL..............

 

[Walrus]

I'm 5'8" and my pony is 13.2hh (on his tiptoes!).

 

[Mistyrocks]

im 5ft 9in and Breeze is 15.3hh (158) i look just right on her we both got long legs, I also ride a 18hh hunter/cob which makes me look small

 

[Eventer96]

Please do not laugh at me, I am in the short person club. However I love riding the bigger types. I currently ride:

17.0hh Dutch Warmblood (He is all leg however)
14.1hh Connie
15.2hh TB (very fine- failed flat racer)

Must admit I look a little big on the connie now, I stand at about 5'2/5'3. I don't think I look overally small on my eventer, see for yourself

Here I am on the connie (I apologise for the extremely short stirrups, I am so used to riding short XC that long showjumping just dooesn't feel right).

 

[Lexie81]

I'm 5 ft 6 and my horse is 16.1hh. I had a 13.2hh before her!

 

[horseriderdeb]

I'm 5ft 9 and ride an 18.2hh shire and also a chunky 15.3hh