Have to disagree sorry I don’t think it’s just aimed at As Bs and daft moores. I have a 14hh cob when I get over 9 n half stone can tell she’s not happy so have to stay fit . See horses the same size as her ridden by over weight people and then the horses get ulcers and they don’t know why!!
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If I had a pound for every Highland owner who's told me it was bred to carry stags down mountains....!
That was true of my Connie. My present share 15.2 is stoic but I think she would be lighter in her step if I were to get my weight doiwn to where the GP would like me to be. But I am surprised that horse owners are over weight. Riding in my old age is what keeps my balance good and my weight down.
BMI is a pretty crude measurement that doesn't take into account fitness, muscle or body type. It was created in the 1830s by a mathematician with no input from doctors. It fails to recognise that people are three dimensional rather than two. Even mathematicians say it's flawed because differences in weight in shorter people skew the result by a greater margin than in taller people. To give it a horsey analogy, my cobby type is the same height as my friend's warmblood x welsh. Both score 5/10 on condition scoring but W is over 100kg heavier than B and neither is the heaviest or lightest of builds respectively so that difference in weight could be even greater.
Exactly. This isn't a fat issue, it's a weight issue. How that weight is made up is irrelevant. You can be obese and not too heavy for your horse or a perfectly healthy weight and too heavy. It's not about fat shaming, or suggesting that fat people shouldn't ride it's about making sure the horse is able to carry your weight - and recognising that maybe some people are too heavy for any horse.
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Agree with this, some folk think a bigger horse will carry more weight, but I don't think that is correct.
Don’t agree at all just because worse is happening in over countries doesn’t mean we should ride a horse we’re to fat for .. just because horses are suffering more abroad doesn’t take away from the discomfort caused in our own country. No one is entitled to make an animal uncomfortable just because it’s “pampered”.. because horses don’t care how white there feathers are they do care that there backs killing prob in a strong bit to boot so can’t even express annoyance.
You’re not wrong. But does that mean we can’t/ shouldn’t put our own house in order.
You’re entirely right that on a long list of animal cruelties globally, this isn’t near to being the worst. What makes it more unacceptable is that this is happening in high level sport, visible to any public that want to watch, and might be seen as representative of horse riding more generally. It is right that the shows involved make a stand against welfare issues happening under their radar, demonstrating that is it always unacceptable.