Pony weight limit

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I have a 4 year old 13.2 chonk of a Welsh section C who is built like Staffordshire bull terrier. The breeder was very happy for me to buy him at my height and current weight (5’8, 60kg) however I am now having a worry as to whether I am too heavy for him. I’m aiming to get my weight down to 55kg but that will take a little time. His saddle weighs 10kg. I keep seeing different opinions, and I know pony builds can vary. He really is built like a miniature cart horse though (although luckily with much less feather). He’s so lovely and I wouldn’t even want to be at the top of his weight limit.
 
How much does he weigh? Buy a weigh tape if necessary and see? I would want to be closer to 15% of his bodyweight incl tack at age 4.
 
working on him being 450kgs then 15% is 67.5kgs inc tack so you've got a fair bit of leeway. If he's 400kgs then 15% is 60kgs so you'd be over. Id expect a very stocky heavy old fashioned C to be between those weights, but without a photo its just a guess.
 
And that weight must be healthy weight of course, if overweight then really we should be adding the excess to the RIDER weight rather than the horse per se.
 
my c is chunky but not the chunkiest, if that makes sense, and her perfect weight is somewhere between 405-415 for reference. i’m 5”2 and about 50kg and definitely not too big for her! if he’s a chunk, and you’re losing weight, i think you’ll be fine.
 
our very stocky bang up to height C was 385kg when fit, any weight over that ball park is prob fat weight..........

he was in cob size tack, 5'9 rugs, cob size boots etc a real mini welsh cob
 
I put a lot of thought and effort into making sure that my saddle is as light as can be, including things like replacing metal stirrups with plastic ones, as I am close to the limit weight-wise with my pony. That does seem like a very heavy saddle. Everything helps.
And he is young and and not yet built up his riding muscles or even completely matured physically, so definitely err on the cautious side.
 
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