Weight issue?

[Hippyhop5]

Hi,

I'll try and get to the point as quickly as possible so please Bear with me.

I'm 13 and I currently have a 13.3 heavy weight gypsy cob, I weight about 9 and a half stone and he takes me easily

We are moving house in a couple of months and we will have 3 stables at home so frankie ( my current horse) will be getting some company, my dad used to ride and had just started cantering 3 years ago, he weights about 17 stone and was riding a 17.1 mare.

He really wants to start hacking out with me when we move but only wants to walk, so I will be exercising the horse most of the time. So basically the question is what size horse would we need so my dad can ride out on it - just walking no trotting. But I can still do some jumping and cantering ?

Just some additional notes - I've been told by all my instructors that I'm a very quiet rider and sit fairly still, and I don't use my hands unless I need too, I used to do a lot of jumping so I really want a horse that I can get back into it on

Thank you, any advice is welcome and would be grate

 

[missy99]

Not much of an expert on this, but I think a heavier type would definitely be better, How tall are you both? Because obviously height does matter as well, but seeing as your dad weighs about 17 stone I don't think you should really get a horse under 16hh and it should definitely be a heavier bigger built horse, sorry I haven't been much help, but I'm hoping I've helped a bit!

 

[Hippyhop5]

Thank you for the reply! And I am 5 ft 2 and my dad is less that 6 ft so I'm guessing about 5 ft 10 ish