What size horse do you ride?

[Mrs. Jingle]

He is 17.3 and when measured with my new hip last week I was 5' 5" I am hoping when the other hip is done I might even be a nice long leggy 5' 5.5", here's hoping .? No idea how to post pics with this new tablet so will have a go tomorrow.

 

[Cortez]

I'm 5'9" and horse in my avatar is 15.1hh. He's the biggest of my team, who ranged 14.2hh - 15hh - 15.1hh. The 'biggest' ride was the 14.2hh, she was ½ Friesian and built like a brick lavatory. I've ridden all sorts up to 18.1hh, and height doesn't really mean that much, build and carriage is far more of a factor.

 

[SEL]

I'm just over 5'3" which means I can ride ponies up to the real big ones. Largest was a part bred Suffolk, but these days I like something I don't need a stepladder to mount.

My 15.1 is heading to early retirement so current ride is 13 - although she's pretty broad

 

[Cob Life]

Currently a 15.2hh cob and a 17.2hh Hunter. I’m 5’0 (just) and look tiny on both….
they’re quite wide so really take up my short legs!

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

This chap is 13.2 I’m 5’6’’. Highland so rode much bigger and took up my leg better than my 15.1 warmblood. View attachment 81981

Omg I just wanna squish this pony to pieces ❤❤????

I'm 5'11" and my horses are 16.1 Connemara x Cob and a 15.2 cob

 

[planete]

I am 5'1 and my mini carthorse is 13.2. Previous horse was 15.2 but I have slowed down a lot and feel my pony is just right for me now.

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

I'm 5ft11 and ride a 14.3hh chunky Welsh D & a 16.2hh WB! Both of them take up my leg as well as each other

 

[Fleece Navidad]

5'3" and 14.2 and a bit (and wide).

https://flic.kr/p/2mEoepN

 

[spotty_pony]

5ft9 and 15hh

 

[Keith_Beef]

I'm 5'11-3/4" (182cm) tall, weigh around 14st 2lb (90kg) and ride horses around 17hh2.

On occasion I've ridden a smaller horse for ten to thirty minutes to exercise it or wake it up when it's been stubborn and lazy.

 

[Rumtytum]

5 ft 4 ins and an ever so slightly tubby Welsh D 15.1

 

[Dave's Mam]

I'm 5'3" & Dave is 13hh & a smidgen.

 

[Roxylola]

Somehow I manage to make him look about 16.2
Supercob is 15hh and w i d e! I'm about 5'2 and weigh about 59kg

 

[Hepsibah]

Somehow I manage to make him look about 16.2
Supercob is 15hh and w i d e! I'm about 5'2 and weigh about 59kg View attachment 82000

What a bonny lad!

 

[Lois Lame]

I like a chunky steed of about 15 hands. I'm roughly 5'6".

 

[PurBee]

Nice to see variations! I have always liked bigger horses but over the years have lost confidence riding.
still have a couple of biggies but looking to get another smaller. Isn't it funny how you change over the years and what you wanted 10 or so years ago changes?! The horse buying market is just bonkers atm though ?

I agree, its funny how preferences change. I prefer 13.2 for ease of quick mount, dismount and bobbing along having pony fun….but i love the paces of taller horses, and the difference in ride experience.
For me, ponies are like tiny low sports cars you can dash around in squealing with laughter, and taller horses are like driving a Daimler or Jag, not as nippy but once you put your foot down you‘re smoothly flying!

 

[PurBee]

I had mostly ridden short and tall natives, cobs etc…wide chunksters! - im 5’7” - so when i first rode a very slim 16.2hh TB at a trekking centre, my initial reaction was ‘where’s the horse?!’ I was seemingly levitating on what felt like a ‘stilt’ of a horse. Perched high up there, with no leg curve at all. Low neck horse too so nothing to grab hold of should i need to.
Sooo weird compared to the natives seat.

I returned back to the trek centre on the instructors lovely huge ID horse, to only then be told by stable helper the TB had been on box rest for 3 weeks with a cough and that was it’s first time out!
Suffice to say, the TB was a livewire with absolutely zero brakes…discovered on a very narrow mountain path at gallop with sheer drop one side, trees the other, as it tried to race and over take every horse, using the sheer-drop side! Even the lead horse bucking in its face didnt deter it! I was pinging about like a pinball and its a miracle i stayed on and managed to continually yell ‘stop’ to lead rider who was blissfully unaware of the commotion behind her, despite her horse bucking, which she smacked it with a crop for!

She didnt want to give me her horse but i insisted ? Had a lovely ride back on her ID - She whipped that TB all the way back to the yard.

I’ve never ridden a skinny tall horse since! ?

 

[silv]

Sorry the photos are so large, the top horse is Arty my warmblood he is 1cm over 17hh, the bottom one is Mabel my crossbred, I imagine part welsh cob with some clydesdale and other bits and pieces thrown in, she is 16HH, I am 5ft 6in and feel very comfortable on both.

 

[cauda equina]

Such a sweet pic of Mabel and the little deer!

 

[vmac66]

I'm 5'4 and my mare is 15hh. She's very big barrelled so takes up my leg.

 

[SpotsandBays]

I’m about 5’7, and baby spots here is around 16.2 at the moment but still quite narrow. My other riding horse is about 15.3 - but chunkier!

 

[ycbm]

Somehow I manage to make him look about 16.2
Supercob is 15hh and w i d e! I'm about 5'2 and weigh about 59kg View attachment 82000

And I've looked at your photos for years and thought he was 16.2 ?
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[Roxylola]

And I've looked at your photos for years and thought he was 16.2 ?
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? I'm quite dinky and he doesn't half take up the leg - even at flat length ?

 

[Floofball]

I’m nearly 5’11” and my lad is 16.1
After always having +17hh he felt like a pony to me when I first got him on loan, he was only 15.2/3 and 6 yrs old at the time. Thankfully he grew a couple more inches for me and I don’t feel like a pony squisher anymore, although he would like me to sort my middle aged extra timber out!! ?

 

[tiga71]

I'm 5'5" and my old boy is 15.1 and my middle one is 16.2/16.3. My youngest is 16.1 but I haven't ridden him yet.

Cross country jump is 16.2, show jump is 15.1

 

[tda]

Current range is 13.2 - 14.2hh , all chunky dales ponies, never rode anything bigger and have no intention of ? I'm 5ft2in and 9stone.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

I’m 5ft1 and depending on my weight I ride anything between 13hh and 16hh comfortably. I feel a bit lost on bigger horses so wouldn’t choose to ride bigger but I do on occasion.

Kia was 14.3hh and Faran is 15hh just now at 3.5yrs so I’ll be fine on him even if I am carrying a bit of weight ?

 

[dorsetladette]

I've always ridden smaller ponies. So 12hh to about 13.2hh tops. My currently ridden is 14.2hh with his shoes on, but a very wide welsh D. He is the epitome of a gentleman, good breaks ridden from the seat easy off the leg, but he does make me look tiny and feel over-horsed. I can't put my finger on what it is, there is just a lot of him. I'm 5ft2 on a tall day and about 9-10st. Youngster should make 13-13.2hh so a perfect size for me. (I've a couple of years to loose a few lbs)

 

[southerncomfort]

5'3 and lightweight and my pony is an approximately 13.1hh Fell pony.

Daughter's pony who I occasionally ride is a 13.2hh welsh cob X.

My last pony was a 14.3hh welsh cob who felt pretty much perfect heightwise so I did wonder if my Fell would feel too small but as he's filled out and started to take up my leg a bit more, I've felt much more comfortable.

Biggest I've ever had was 15.3hh and she just felt too big to be honest.

 

[blitznbobs]

I've come to the conclusion its length rather than height that effects the way i ride... I like a short horse. I've ridden everything from 15 hh to 18 hh The only horses I dont get on with are ones where their heads and bottoms are in different counties...