Very fat people on horses

[china]

i dont think its the height of the horse that matters. im 11 stone and i wouldnt worry about getting on our 13.2 sec c stallion at work coz hes got a leg in each corner! if your horse is 14.2 but chunky like a cob and can carry your happily then i dont see the worry. i wouldnt want to see a horse that clearly doesnt want to carry someone, and iv seen a few this year.

 

[zefragile]

Oh my god! Do people not bother to read threads, or do they just pick out the parts that are "offensive" to them?!
If you're heavy but have a suitable horse THAT'S FINE.
If you're heavy and are riding an unsuitable horse THAT'S NOT FINE.
If you're incredibly obese it's unfair to expect a horse to carry you.

 

[pastie2]

Oh my god! Do people not bother to read threads, or do they just pick out the parts that are "offensive" to them?!
If you're heavy but have a suitable horse THAT'S FINE.
If you're heavy and are riding an unsuitable horse THAT'S NOT FINE.
If you're incredibly obese it's unfair to expect a horse to carry you.

In a nut shell!!

 

[china]

chill your beans!

 

[Kaylum]

Thats cool I hate seeing ugly people on horses. The poor horse. Dont have a problem with overweight people my friend is on the heavy side can ride better than most.

 

[blueneonrainbow]

I took up riding again to lose weight after a 10 year break - i weighed almost 14 stone this time last year, now I am 12st 11lbs and so pleased with myself, theres still more to come off. a change in eating habits and riding twice a week has done this for me. The place I ride at has lots of cobs and horses suitable for weight and none of them seem to struggle - if they were, Id get off again or better yet not get on in the first place. Im also much fitter now than I was before but wasnt doing hardly any exercise before i started riding again - maybe not fair on the horses but Im getting my co-ordination and balance back again so feel im less of a burden. I am careful not to ask the horse to do something I dont feel he can do with me on his back i.e large jumps etc. we keep it small and steady unless Im on one of the bigger horses that are bred for weight carrying. that video of that woman trying to get on - just sickening.

 

[Rollin]

It pains me to see overweight people riding too, but do not tar us all with the same brush.
My current weight is 18 yes, 18 stone.I went up to over 22 stone when I had my children.

Trust me I eat less than everyone in my household, I have one meal a day, salad and chicken and that is it.I feed my oh and children and do not eat whist they eat. I can not take the wonder pills like some as I dont have a gall bladder.

If you want to call me lazy feel free, but if you do we can swop lives for a week.
I have three children 7, 5 and 2. Not forgetting the 4 dogs, oh and the 7 horses/ponies. I also work pretty much full time. Five of the ponies are stabled in winter which I do myself once the kids are at school, then I go to work.

I looked at many different breeds when I went to get my horse, I have a horse that if a light weight rider gets on he will take the pee, you have to be over 13 stone for him to notice that you are there. I have had many light weight riders on him just to see. My horse can lift me, yes all of my off the ground with his head.

If you can lose weight then well done to you, what ever way you have done it. I would never want my children to be fat like I am, at 18 I weighed 16 stone and was a huge size 16, yes I am tall as well, I was jumping and doing x country then.
I am more flexible then my trim oh, trust me I have to be with 3 small children.



As I have said please dont tar us all with the same brush
not all fat people are unfit, lazy people which do nothing.

My husband had a weight problem all his life. When he weighed 14 st he was told by his Cardiologist he should lose a stone, he gained another stone and did every diet under the sun.

I moved to France he followed when he retired and steadily lost weight - a stone in the first six months and another in the next year. He does not diet at all now. We eat a three course lunch every day with wine. He can eat as much as he wants. He is just very active, dog walking and mucking out and we don't ever snack.

 

[Starbucks]

As a matter of fact Starbucks I am a point to point jockey that can make 12st and make 8st if I need to, your comments are appalling, I have worked in many racing yards and although they do have weight limits for certain horses it doesn't mean bigger people cant ride them. I agree you should have a horse to suit you weight. BUT on the other end of the scale I have seen skinny people putting massive bits in their horses mouths because they don't have the strength to hold them, so are you saying people under 8st shouldn't ride bigger horses?

OMG. JOKE!! I knew someone would bite... hehe!!!

 

[danielle23]

I remember at college doing BHS exams and the examiner failed a girl because she said she was too overweight and unfit!!! How rude!!! She wasnt really that big!!! But unfit yes :/
She was on horses more than capable of carrying her weight and was a strong rider, did everything right, jumped a course etc
She was crying her eyes out bless her
I also think the horse has to be suitable to the rider with experience/weight factors

 

[zefragile]

BUT on the other end of the scale I have seen skinny people putting massive bits in their horses mouths because they don't have the strength to hold them, so are you saying people under 8st shouldn't ride bigger horses?

Since when does more weight = more strength?

 

[lexibell]

ok because these weight posts wind me up and I dont mind putting myself out there

tell me what your thoughts are of this horse/rider combination

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3880093&id=643614650&saved#!/album.php?aid=179294&id=643614650

am I too big for this relatively fine boned TB????

let me know what you think then I'll tell you how much I weigh

 

[china]

no i dont think you are, hes hardly buckling underneath you lol! you look tall (thats just a general comment not your to tall for him)

 

[MrsMozart]

I think it should be like on racing yards and no one above 9 stone should be allowed to ride. If someone is so lazy as to get above 9 stone then they don’t deserve to ride.

I shall go and have myself shot immediately.

 

[Sarah Sum1]

I shall go and have myself shot immediately.

Mrs M's are excused from this rule

 

[Mike007]

ok because these weight posts wind me up and I dont mind putting myself out there

tell me what your thoughts are of this horse/rider combination

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3880093&id=643614650&saved#!/album.php?aid=179294&id=643614650

am I too big for this relatively fine boned TB????

let me know what you think then I'll tell you how much I weigh

You wicked pony squisher!And he,s not properly tacked up ,.Shouldnt his mouth be tightly strapped shut and have a bit with massive curb action. A snaffle! really ! How 20th century.He looks far too comfortable for his own good.

 

[MrsMozart]

Mrs M's are excused from this rule

That's alright then

I'll go and get the hot choccy cauldron on, and I think I have some popcorn somewhere....

 

[MrsMozart]

ok because these weight posts wind me up and I dont mind putting myself out there

tell me what your thoughts are of this horse/rider combination

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3880093&id=643614650&saved#!/album.php?aid=179294&id=643614650

am I too big for this relatively fine boned TB????

let me know what you think then I'll tell you how much I weigh

Can't get on Facebook!

 

[Sarah Sum1]

That's alright then

I'll go and get the hot choccy cauldron on, and I think I have some popcorn somewhere....

Perfecto

 

[Mike007]

Your loss mrs M.He,s a nice horse.

 

[lexibell]

lol shameful pony torture!!! imagine it - riding a exracer in a snaffle clearly a work of a crazed and deranged pony beater!!!

Mrs M I cant seem to get the pictures to work sorry, you'll just have to imagine a whale riding a shetland!!


Seriously though, I really do want to know what you all think??

 

[Mithras]

Horses can generally carry more than you think but I do think when you add jumping into the equation, its unfair to expect them to carry a heavyweight rider unless its a large, powerful horse. There are plenty of large horses about, I have a 17.1 middleweight at the moment for my 5 feet 1 and 52kg stature. He's a big powerful horse, but well behaved, but I find the heavier riders are generally too scared to ride him. I actually find that as a smaller rider with relatively short legs in relation to the horse's body, I feel more secure on a large, powerful horse with a well developed shoulder, than on a smaller, more weedy type of horse. When I ride smaller horses, they feel really quite small and weak to me now, so goodness knows what they must feel like to someone nearly double my weight. Almost as if they could carry the horse, rather than the other way around?

 

[tiggycat]

Well, I am new to this forum, but shall have my 2 penneth nonetheless.
Firstly, I am somewhat offended by some of what I have read on here, from a fuller fillies perspective!
Secondly, I am surprised that someone who is terribly pc hasnt lost the plot about it! I cant help feeling that if this were a discussion about someone of an ethnic origin not being allowed or able to do something because of said origin admin would of pulled it very quickly!
Moving on, I am 14 stone and 5 foot! I ride a 14 2 arab, (joke)
I dont have my own horse anymore, but previously when 3 stone heavier, I rode a clydesdale.
I ride my friends horse now and she is a 14 3 section d, very heavy and I was worried that I was too heavy for her, however, she moves very quickly with me onboard and doesnt appear uncomfortable, that said, I do worry about it. I have lost 3 stone since December and hope to lose more.
I am not lazy, there are days when I muck out, turn out, feed and bring in 10 horses! I am fit in every other way, I can actually do the splits still! Not that it has a baring on my riding Just thought I would drop that in there!
I also work more or less full time, run my house, am a single parent to 2 girls and look after my year old grandchild regularly, that alone is no mean feat!
Not all large people are lazy Jeremy Kyle candidates!

 

[zefragile]

tiggycat, the more offensive comments on this thread are blatantly a joke.
You obviously ride horses that are suitable for your weight, which is not what the problem is. The problem is when people are riding horses which are not suitable for their weight- and I don't see how that is remotely offensive?

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

When you get on a donkey and a similar thing to this happens...... GET OFF QUICK!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JFZTWm4Ndk&feature=related

as for pony squishers... i dont think we really have any on here.

 

[lexibell]

Mike - making the assumption that the nice horse your referring to is my boy

Thank you

I do consider my slef 'large' granted im smallere than I used to be but Im no Kate Moss!!

I weigh just over 13 stone and am 5ft8

I personally dont think Im too big for my TB, un less anyone else thinks otherwise??

I really think you cant pick a number and say under that is fine and over it not. it really is down to the horse and the build and fitness level of the rider.

 

[tiggycat]

tiggycat, the more offensive comments on this thread are blatantly a joke.
You obviously ride horses that are suitable for your weight, which is not what the problem is. The problem is when people are riding horses which are not suitable for their weight- and I don't see how that is remotely offensive?

Sorry, but I do find it offensive, as I said if it was about ethnicity people would be up in arms, even as a joke I find it offensive. I am very concious of my weight and it is hard enough to be taken seriously as a rider or in any other way.
I do however understand what people are saying.
I was once on a yard where a lady of about 20 stone, no exageration (sp) had 2 tb, they were not heavy at all and one of them not only had a dipped back, but also was obviously uncomfortable with her on him, he performed wonderfully with a much smaller rider of approx 8 stone. The owner however would not have a bar of it and carried on.

 

[MrsMozart]

lol shameful pony torture!!! imagine it - riding a exracer in a snaffle clearly a work of a crazed and deranged pony beater!!!

Mrs M I cant seem to get the pictures to work sorry, you'll just have to imagine a whale riding a shetland!!


Seriously though, I really do want to know what you all think??

Blast!

Will have to go and harrumph to self...

I'm guessing it's not one of these then?

 

[Bills]

Its not just adults, was at a show on Monday and this poor little pony staggered past with a big fat kid on, literally could see the poor ponies back becoming more dipped by the second!! Don't blame the child tho, the parents obviously seriously over feed him/her (couldn't tell) and haven't advised the child he/she was far too big for pony and was seriously squishing it!! Stunning pony too, wanted to save the poor bugger!!

 

[zefragile]

Sorry, but I do find it offensive, as I said if it was about ethnicity people would be up in arms, even as a joke I find it offensive. I am very concious of my weight and it is hard enough to be taken seriously as a rider or in any other way.
I do however understand what people are saying.
I was once on a yard where a lady of about 20 stone, no exageration (sp) had 2 tb, they were not heavy at all and one of them not only had a dipped back, but also was obviously uncomfortable with her on him, he performed wonderfully with a much smaller rider of approx 8 stone. The owner however would not have a bar of it and carried on.

Ethnicity has no bearing on welfare, weight does. Your example of the lady on your old yard is the type of thing that I have an issue with.

 

[Bills]

Lexibell - I really do not think you are too big for your horse.

Hell im 10 stone and have been known to sit on the odd pony when its being a tit *insert shocked smiley* (dont know how to do it!)
Trust me with my fat arse it soon realises being a tit is not worth it lol!!