What is a lightweight adult?

it depends on the pony as stocky native anything up to 10 stone a spindly legged show pony type anything up to 7 stone
 
Someone who is under 5'6 and wears a size 10 or so clothing. My sister regularly rides 13hh-14.2hh ponies as well as her own horse and feels she's right on the cusp of that being ok for them. She wears a size 10ish and is 5'5 and works hard at keeping that as a maximum in order to comfortably do the fast work and jumping on the ponies.

It's not a mythically small size (and I'd be surprised if she was much under 9 stone really). But I think someone shorter but the same weight would present a very different image on these ponies...
 
To me it depends on the size of the horse, I used lightweight adult when advertising my 16.2 tb for loan not because I wanted everyone to be under 9stone but because I didn' want to tell someone larger they were too big for my horse (and trust me I have had to do it twice in the past despite advertising breed and including pictures) For him I am looking for someone a 'light' rider rather than any given weight, I would never ask someone there weight just go on whether it looked right for both of them
 
I would say I am a lightweight adult about 8 stone and 5.1ft. I have a 13.3 New forest pony.

Like others I would say anyone over the age of 15 and under 9 stone.
 
I pretty much agree with everyone else. Someone under about 9 stone. I weigh 8 stone and have two ponies, and if I was advertising them I wouldn't want anyone much bigger than myself on them
 
Does it not depend on the context? If someone said lightweight adult for a pony, I can understand the under 9 stone; but if it was for a lightweight horse, then maybe under 10 stone?

Also, does the figure, e.g. 9 stone, mean your undressed weight? Or weight in your riding gear? (Not including saddle, as that could get complicated on the bathroom scales!) Actually, when I get changed for riding tonight, I'm going to weigh myself in my clobber to see the difference.
 
Spilletta said:
Does it not depend on the context? If someone said lightweight adult for a pony, I can understand the under 9 stone; but if it was for a lightweight horse, then maybe under 10 stone?

Also, does the figure, e.g. 9 stone, mean your undressed weight? Or weight in your riding gear? (Not including saddle, as that could get complicated on the bathroom scales!) Actually, when I get changed for riding tonight, I'm going to weigh myself in my clobber to see the difference.
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For me it's how much you weigh undressed.

At the end of the day, weight is weight. An eleven stone woman who is six foot might look really slim, but she's still eleven stone; regardless of whether she's tall or not.
 
I'm going to break the mould here. A lightweight hunter is supposed to carry up to 12 st 7, so that would have been my call.

Agree that for ponies you would be looking for someone much lighter, but a 'lightweight adult' would be one I'd see as suitable to ride a lightweight hunter.
 
12 stone 7 is heavy! You'd have to be 5'11 for that to fall into a normal weight category for a human. If you're any shorter, you're overweight.

I think the lightweight in hunting terms refers to the frame of the horse, not the human. Also the weight expected to carry would include men. For a woman, 12.7 is heavy.

Under 8.5 stone would be lightweight to me. I'm about 9 at my usual weight and I wouldn't consider myself a "lightweight" rider, just not a heavy one. I'm certainly no jockey!
 
Goodness me!!! Where do you find all these people!?!

Most would call me thin, lightweight, pony rider etc and I'm 9st4, 5ft8 with legs as long as anything. I'm also a size 6. I wear childrens tshirts regularly.

According to most of you, I shouldn't ride much.

Can't add pics from my tablet, but click my name and view my previous posts or threads and I think you'd be hard pushed to say I'm too big for much!!!!
 
Crazy mare, I don't think anyone is saying that you shouldn't ride if you're not a "lightweight rider."

It's just a question of what constitutes a light weight rider.
 
God I always thought I was a lightweight rider but at 5ft8 and about 9 stone I'm possibly not, I used t have no problems hopping on 12.2hh show ponies at work when they needed schooling.
 
My daughter is a lightweight adult I suppose - 5' tall & 8 stone (a size 6/8). Shame everyone presumes she's 14yr old child though ;)
 
There are very few adults under 9 stone, at my lowest weight when I was a size 10, I am 5'5'' I was about 8.5 stone .I was 21 and had a 26inch waist. I know exactly how much I weighed because we had a competition at work and we were weighed weekly on medical scales.
To do that I worked full time on my feet, cycled four miles a day and rode five times a week. In racing you are heavy at 9.5 stone, really not a good attitude to weight.
 
Hmm I think it depends on the context. If you want a lightweight adult for your 16.1 TB you could get a tall slim person easily, yet they would weigh up to 11 stone (more than most have suggested on here). If you want a lightweight adult for your 14.2 show pony then you're looking for a shorter person under 9st...more likely an older teen as most adults aren't that light.

Generally speaking though I think people put it on adverts to warn off overweight people.
 
LadyGascoyne said:
12 stone 7 is heavy! You'd have to be 5'11 for that to fall into a normal weight category for a human. If you're any shorter, you're overweight.

I think the lightweight in hunting terms refers to the frame of the horse, not the human. Also the weight expected to carry would include men. For a woman, 12.7 is heavy.

Under 8.5 stone would be lightweight to me. I'm about 9 at my usual weight and I wouldn't consider myself a "lightweight" rider, just not a heavy one. I'm certainly no jockey!
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But I don't think it is that heavy, especially when you take into account the number of men who ride as well. And when you consider that the minimum weight for JOCKEYS doing NH is 10st (or else they are carrying weights) it opens your eyes a bit! (ETA Tony McCoy the 13 time champion jump jockey is quoted on BBC Sport as weighing 10st 4 AT HIS LIGHTEST, which to you lot would be way too heavy for your lightweight horses!)

As someone else said, weight is weight regardless of sex - personally, I'd consider that to be within the capability of lightweight. It has nothing to do with obesity, even then I'm 5'9" and 12st, which is within a healthy BMI (even considering that my % body fat according to our machine at the gym is low), and I can say whilst I'm no featherweight, most people won't believe I am the weight I am.

I think people have a very skewed perspective of what weight is what. 10st on a 5'2" woman looks very different to 12st on a 5'9" woman, and one of my best guy mates looks like a stick, but still weighs more than me!

I think someone to school a 12-13hh pony has to be featherweight rather than lightweight!!
 
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I'm working on BMI when I say 12.7 would need to be 5'11 in order to remain below the "overweight" line.

On average, men are 5'11 and women are 5'4 so it should over most humans. But as I said, the weight 12'7 for a hunter to carry is clearly given with men's weights in mind too.

The issue is what constitutes "lightweight." If the majority of humans are clinically overweight at 12'7 then it can't be a "lightweight."
 
yes but 12.7 stone is 12.7 stone regardless of sex if a horse can carry a 5ft11 man at 12.7 it can carry a 5ft woman at 12.7 especially if the woman is a balanced rider makes no difference. I am overweight I am not inclined to ride my 12.2 pony but he is ridden by a light weight adult I would guess her weight to be somewhere between 9 and 10 stone she is 5 ft2in He is a chunky dartmoor with 8.5 inches of bone
 
LadyGascoyne said:
I'm working on BMI when I say 12.7 would need to be 5'11 in order to remain below the "overweight" line.

On average, men are 5'11 and women are 5'4 so it should over most humans. But as I said, the weight 12'7 for a hunter to carry is clearly given with men's weights in mind too.

The issue is what constitutes "lightweight." If the majority of humans are clinically overweight at 12'7 then it can't be a "lightweight."
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BMI though, as we all know, is a bit dodgy. Anyone who is fit and more muscular than fat will very easily be over a healthy BMI. A lot of doctors will say that into the 'overweight' category of BMI isn't always a problem, depending on build.

From the BBC website: "The ONS said the average man in England was 5ft 9in (175.3cm) tall and weighed 13.16 stone (83.6kg).

The average woman in England weighed 11 stone (70.2kg) and was 5ft 3in tall (161.6cm)."

And that's not taking Scotland into account, as that would obviously shoot the figures up ;).
 
I'm a lighweight adult! 5'2 and 8 stone. Mine is a stocky 14.1 Welsh and I've let my 11.5stone 6'4 friend ride her. She doesn't struggle with him. The smallest I've ridden is a naughty 11.2hh, again, a stocky little ******.
 
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