Overweight riders

[samantha1]

I have had a huge bust up on the yard to day about overweight riders?

What do you class as overweight and what horse is actually suited to an overweight rider?

On the yard there is an 11stone women who thinks she can not ride her 16.2h tb as it may snap

and a 15/16 stone novice who thinks a barely 14hh light cob with a 16inch saddle is acceptable

What do you class as to heavy?

 

[Auslander]

Why would you have a huge bust up if it isn't your weight that is under discussion?

 

[Luci07]

Hmmm....old topic. New member...whose bored this afternoon?!

 

[Shysmum]

HERE WE GO .......... POPCORN !!!!!

I am actually so fat that my pony's tummy scrapes along the floor when I ride him, so we stick in the school as it's softer for said belly.

 

[cptrayes]

I weigh ten stone seven and I am terrified that I am too heavy for my Shire cross 17 hand hunter. Can anyone reassure me?

 

[Shysmum]

^^^ YUP you are much too heavy, and should stick to the mini - shetland. They are much better weight carriers.

 

[flump]

I weigh ten stone seven and I am terrified that I am too heavy for my Shire cross 17 hand hunter. Can anyone reassure me?

get off HIM NOW!!!! WTF

I got slated for being fat on my horse so I went and ate rabbit foor for a bit and died in the gym and now im loosing weight so if your worried op just lose weight

 

[Blitzen]

Cptrayes, you are far too fat to ride your poor horse. It would be cruel to ride such a lightweight horse when you are that ginorma-gantuan. An elephant may be a more suitable mount for you and your fat arse.

 

[FionaM12]

I am actually so fat that my pony's tummy scrapes along the floor when I ride him, so we stick in the school as it's softer for said belly.

Strap a skateboard to the girth. Sorted.

 

[FfionWinnie]

I saw a weight loss ticker on here and it said 13kgs lost 87kg to go. It took me a minute to realise it was the horse not the rider

 

[WestCoast]

I'm so depressed at not being able to ride at the moment that I am eating chocolate cake until I feel sick. Poor hairy horse is going to have problems throwing me off again.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Well I have to say I was an overweight rider BUT the horse I was riding could take the weight

The definition of an overweight rider is MOSTLY based on peoples perceptions of an overall picture most of the time.

Ive jsut hit the ten stone mark and at my heaviest I was over 14 stone. I looked too fat to be riding my 14.3hh welshy x BUT he certainly had no bother carting my fat ass all over the countryside at common ridings for 6+ hours

Even now at ten stone I am overweight for my size so technically im and 'overweight rider' but I look a lot better sitting on him so people wouldnt assume I was over weight

 

[Littlelegs]

Surely it doesn't matter if someones overweight or not, isn't it about the horses ability to carry your weight? I wouldn't let an emaciated tall adult of 6stone on a mini, but a 14hh cob could happily carry a morbidly obese, young child of 10stone. Obviously being very overweight will effect a riders ability, same as in any sport but that's not relevant to the horses welfare.

 

[maisieblu]

I started reading and thought you were saying you had a huge bust!!!!!![till I read the rest!!]

 

[mcnaughty]

Quite frankly samantha you deserved a grilling for commenting on someone's weight. What the hell has it got to do with you!

 

[skint1]

I'm fat, not as fat as I was after losing nearly 4 stone but I am still 4 stone overweight, I wouldn't have felt happy on any horse at my heaviest but started to ride after I had lost 3st, I'm too heavy for my daughters Tb, but he's on loan to a lovely lady on our yard and I've been lucky to ride novice friendly weight carrying horses and now have a beautiful suitable mare on loan myself also at same yard. I don't fancy getting ripped apart so I won't be posting any photos

 

[TrasaM]

I'm so depressed at not being able to ride at the moment that I am eating chocolate cake until I feel sick. Poor hairy horse is going to have problems throwing me off again.

I diagnose bulimia. Don't you selfish people understand that there are people starving and there you are eating choccies and sicking up. Wasteful and selfish. Please send the remainder of your choccies to me at once.

 

[Posie]

I'm 10stone and have a 3.5 tonne elephant called Nellie, do you think she can carry me?

 

[thatsmygirl]

Who cares
I couldn't
if a owner of 18stone wants to ride their tb who am I to stop them? Their horse, their vet bills, their bussness, your nose out.

 

[Brontie]

I'm 10stone and have a 3.5 tonne elephant called Nellie, do you think she can carry me?

What a ridiculous question, of course she can't. If you have to ask such a stupid question are you really capable of looking after such a delicate beast?!

 

[Nicnac]

Horses are not to be ridden don't you know. It's cruel. I mean, first the weight of the saddle and then a person on top

Clippety clop and it's popcorn for dinner tonight

 

[skint1]

Posie you cruel woman, you should only ride hippopotami,they have more bone

 

[WestCoast]

I diagnose bulimia. Don't you selfish people understand that there are people starving and there you are eating choccies and sicking up. Wasteful and selfish. Please send the remainder of your choccies to me at once.

I would but I ate them all.

 

[Posie]

What a ridiculous question, of course she can't. If you have to ask such a stupid question are you really capable of looking after such a delicate beast?!

But she was going to be my new polo pony

 

[Luci07]

Right. Fess up now. Who is the naughty HHOer? Not a nasty troll....sort of on the lines of other well trodden " debates" of " I am on DIY so care better for my horse than anyone who - god forbid, has their horse on livery AND...of course, the infamous draw reins and barefoot discussions..

Enjoying my wine. Bit tame at the moment..everyone bored of the subject by any chance?!

 

[TrasaM]

We were a horse short recently and wanted to go for a hack so I doubled up with my friend on her TB. He behaved really well..none of the usual bucking and spooking either. I'm 10' 6 and she's about the same..who said TBs won't take much weight.

 

[Natz88]

Anyone for a cuppa

 

[Black_Horse_White]

I'm nearly 12 stone and my horse is a chunky cob. I was wondering why he's always groaning when I ride him, I must be too heavy

 

[brighteyes]

If you are a fatty, get thinner or a bigger horse. Surely?

 

[Auslander]

If you are a fatty, get thinner or a bigger horse. Surely?

But then there would be no need for "Am I too fat" posts, and HHO would be deserted by all but the tumbleweed...