What is the tallest horse you have ridden?

[Irishcobs]

Was thinking today about the tallest horse I have ridden.
Mine is a TB that was measured at 18hh with racing plates on.
He is owned (though is for sale

) by a person in my village and was on livery with us over the winter. Even though he was so tall, he was so light in the hand and so easy to ride. Tacking him up wasn't easy for 5'7 me though.

 

[bex1984]

16.2hh

and it gave me vertigo

Think I'll stick to ponies!!

 

[ForeverBroke_]

This warmblood that i reckon is about 18hh. He towers over me anyway and i'm 5"9.

 

[Elle1085]

I'm 5'4 and i had to ride an 18hh stallion, he is really nice to ride but i was very conscious of how ridiculous i looked on him

 

[4leggedfurries]

Mine was an 18 / 18.1 shire called badger at a riding school when i was 11 and when i was about 4' nothing!! My legs didnt even come to the end of the saddle flaps and i had to have several twists in my stirrups but he was so easy to ride. Used to be able to canter and jump him no probs, he was lurrrvly

 

[Selkie]

17'3" and its a long way down when getting off. I did ride my 16'2" in a western saddle and she felt huge

 

[TS_]

17.3hh and I used to get on off the ground

Have to say I prefer my little horse

 

[Brontie]

16.2 when I was 5'5. Grown a bit since then

Nick.

 

[RachelB]

18.2hh...

He was at Hartpury College when I was there (has since been PTS I believe). He was such a gentle giant, although I did have one highly embarrassing moment when I had to ask a further education student to help me get his bridle on as he had his head in the air (big no-no as I was a higher education (degree) student and we had a bit of a thing against the FEs!!

)
He was the reason I passed my riding module as I am a huge wuss at jumping but he made the 3' fences seem like poles on the ground due to his size!

RIP Beau!

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

18'3" Shire called Herbie. He was 6yo, showed him and did VERY well (ok nearly squished half the comp but never mind!) he died at 7 1/2 from ring bone meaning he had to be PTS

He was fab!!!

 

[katie_and_toto]

16.3hh, and I was 4ft 10 ish

 

[RussianGirl]

An 18.2 (and a half!!) hh failed show jumper; he had talent, but couldn't compete because one horse stride is about half the length of his!

 

[MrsElle]

17.3 and I am 5'2

Had him on loan (as some might remember!), he was a brilliant ride but a thug on the ground and too big for me to handle.

 

[sea_view]

My Aunts 17.2hh when I was very young!!!

 

[rara007]

17.3 7/8th TB when I was about 10, so not really riding. I 'rode', properly ridden a 17HH shire, and 17HH hanoverian, although I wasn't great they were very sweet!

 

[JessPickle]

17.1hh My horse

 

[spotty_pony]

17.3 hh

 

[golddustsara]

an 18.2hh ID beast aptly named Lofty when I was at Uni. Here's me hidden under his head after riding him - I'm 5ft 8:

 

[QuobAsti]

17.2

 

[Amaretto]

18hh chestnut Irish horse named Patrick. Jumped over 5 feet with his owner in a charity puissance - came into the fence at a lollop, then ballooned over it! Since gone to work for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.

 

[Booboos]

18.1hh and I am 5 foot nothing...I almost got a nosebleed so high up

 

[stevieetaylor]

our cyledsale is supposdly 19.2 !!! think maybe 19 h my husband cant see over his withers and hes over 6ft!

 

[Rhiann0n]

17.3 when I was much younger, and shorter (about 5').......... Mounting from a block was for wuses!!

 

[Damnation]

17.2hh, both chunky boys, I am 5'3..

 

[Annette4]

18hh and I'm 5ft4...I regularly ride a 17.2hh mare atm.

 

[Ezme]

17.3 hannovarian called aaron. Was a dressage horse in his day but then a true schoolmaster, i.e. an older horse who you spent most of the time going sideways on for the first 6 months as if you didn't press the buttons right he'd go with his best guess! lol I just remember learning medium trot on him and he ate up the long diagonal in 3 strides! Surfice it to say I had overdone the aids and got an extended trot apparently worthy of a 9 if he didn't nearly fall over in the corner because I was still going wow!

Doubt he's still with us tbh... shame, was a sweetie

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

My boy is 18.1hh and he is the tallest I have ridden by a hand.
Being 3/4 shire he is very chunky too which makes him feel even taller!

 

[Coffee_Bean]

17.2hh WB

 

[Mithras]

A couple of racehorses when I was a stable lass which must have been 17.2 or 17.3. One was called Man On The Run and a couple of years after I did him as one of my three, he became favourite for the Grand National (although he never actually ran). The other was a 5 year old entire racehorse in Belguim. I'm 5 feet 1 and the trainers seemed to think it funny to give me them to do, though they were actually both really quiet well mannered rides. Strangely they were both light chestnuts with flaxen mane and tails, very unusual for TBs.

 

[Lobelia_Overhill]

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One was called Man On The Run

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I remember him!!

Tallest horse I've ridden was 18hh or just over ...