Weight limit of Arab x Welsh

[Julia0803]

Can you guys tell me what you would say is the most weight that a 14.3 arab x welsh could comfortably carry?

The pony is a veteran, but in good health. In very light work (hacking and schooling 2/3 times per week up to 30m), but is be coming back into light/medium work (hacking (30m-1hr) and schooling 5 days a week, with the odd bit of jumping and PC activities.

The rider is competent and balanced.

Thank you

 

[Wiz201]

How much bone has he got on his legs? both breeds can be good weight carriers so I'd say up to 13 stone if rider is balanced?

 

[Liath]

My veteran Arab x Welsh carried me happily up to about 11.5 stone... if I hit 12 stone I would get the sense that she was beginning to struggle... but that might just have been me feeling guilty about being heavier!

 

[Crazycob06]

I would say about 13 stone. But height makes a difference too, my OH is 13 stone and I don't know about him riding my 15hh welsh. He's tall and unbalanced.prob could walk round on her.

 

[Mellis]

I old say 11st without seeing picture.

 

[Blythe Spirit]

My 14.3 veteran Arab welsh carried my 11 stone father happily on very long hacks - up to 30 miles several times a week. She did this happily for years. He was not a poor rider but not that brill either.

 

[FfionWinnie]

What does the horse weigh.

 

[Julia0803]

Thanks all.

I am 10.5 stone and 5'5, so by the replies here I should be alright. His owner said she felt up to 12st would be ok, but I just wanted to check.

I am used to riding cobs/ much chunkier natives around that height, and just wanted to check I wasn't going to squish him.

I rode him the other night and I thought before getting on him that I would feel miles too big for him, but I didn't actually. He has mainly been used as a teenagers jumping pony and now he is older and less whizzy a child's pony- and my 5ft, 5 stone son has been riding him, so I think that was playing on my mind.

He is quite fine, I will measure his bone, and take his weight with a weightape. I know they can be a bit iffy with regards to accuracy but i don't have access to weigh him properly. With regard to the weight I have read that, as a guide, up to 20% of their weight for a rider and tack is ok? And with the bone, how much would he need to be comfortable carrying me?

Thank you

 

[Littlelegs]

The 20% rule is the absolute max for a fully fit horse, & is the max they found doesn't cause lasting damage. So for an unfit veteran I'd be thinking closer to a max of 15%, & weightapes aren't a reliable method.
It's really hard to judge, if he's a full up stonking sec d type build then I'd say you are well within his limits. If he is fine, & his height is due to 3" of muscle & he's showing his age then could be a lot less. Basically how longs a piece of string, it could be anything between 8stone & 12stone.

 

[Nosey]

I'm sure you'll be fine...we had the same but bit smaller, just under 14-2 & he happily carried diff family members up to 11stone no problem.

 

[Archiepoo]

i think if its a D then 12 stone + is fine .weve got an arab x secB (which is still a welsh) but shes very fine and light and really she would struggle with 10 stone. so it depends on what welsh its crossed with!

 

[paulineh]

Both breeds will carry a good weight.

You say the horse is a veteran ,how old is it.

My pure bred Arab mare, 14hh and 23years old happily carries me (I weigh 10st) over distances of up to 100k (60 miles) Endurance Rides.

With a mixture of both breeds and a height of 14.3hh I would say that it would have no problem carrying you.

 

[Littlelegs]

Sorry, should have said if height is due to 3" of withers, not muscle!

 

[PandorasJar]

Without a photo or any more details it's hard to say. I've two full sisters (tb x Welsh d) one I'd happily put OH on and the other I need to lose weight before sitting on. So even the same sire and dam cross can be so different. Just to say there isn't a huge amount in the height either, unlike our tb x welshd from somewhere else who's a couple of hands bigger and built like a tank.

 

[PandorasJar]

I don't agree Archie. Depends how the cross has come out.

 

[Chestnut mare]

My welsh x arab was carrying me at 11 stone.