What size is yours?

I'm 5'6 and my horse is 15.2, I wouldnt go over 16hh for a horse for myself, I feel I have a bit more influence over a 15.2!
 
I'm 5'8'' and have two 15.1's, a 15.2 and a 15.3.
Would like them bigger probably, but as they are all polocrosse ponies the size has to be kept to a minimum to do the job properly!
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Me on a 15.1hh.... (on the left!)
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I'm 5'5 ish and my horse is a fairly narrow 15.3 TB. I also ride a quite fine 14.2 which I don't feel too big on and occasionally get on my sisters 13.1 (she's a welsh though so pretty chunky and takes my leg up well although I do feel a bit big on her!)

I think a lot of the time it's as much about the shape of a horse as its size. I probably look pretty similar on my guy as I did on my loan horse who was a 15hh cob.
 
I'm 5'2" and my horse is 16.2-16.3hh
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He was just the right horse for me, and he's such a gentleman its never an issue
 
I'm 5'1" and I have been since I was about 11 LOL. I could still get away with riding ponies, that is why I was gutted when I had to sell all my pony showjumpers as I hadn't grown out of them I was just too old to compete them!!! Being small is great for backing, I find myself chucked up on everything because I don't weigh much!! I also do a lot of schooling and breaking ponies because I can!! The only reason i did sj is because I was so small and a lot of showjumpers are too so I don't look out of place!!! Now I am doing dressage I feel like a midget surrounded by lots of beampole's as they all seem to be very tall and thin with really long legs!! I don't exactly have the tall, elegant look, but it doesn't matter if you are effective with your aids!
When it comes to horses I have rode absolutely every size and even though I am small I feel most at home on a big 17hh warmblood, I don't know why, I look like a pea on a mountain, but I find it much easier to do sitting trot and you seem to have more time to do the movements and jumping a big powerful scopey horse is amazing.
If i wanted a horse for hacking and local shows I would buy a 14.2hh, but for big showjumping, you look out of place if you are on a horse under 16hh and the horse can struggle also. I would much sooner be on a big 17hh that finds it easy and doesn't even notice you are on its back, of course there are plenty of sucessful 15hh's but I don't like to approach a fence that is bigger than my horse!
At the moment my smallest horse is 16hh and my biggest horse is 17hh. But you don't get many horses with donnerhall/Negro/Ferro breeding that are small!
I like my horses like my men; big, muscly and cocky!!! LOL
 
im 6ft - Archie is 17'3 and the perfect size for me (i have very long legs). Blossy is 16'1 and a bit small for me, altho shes very chunky so can pull off my height a bit better on her than a skinny 16'1.
 
I'm 5'2" and my horse is 16.1 - she was at the very upper end of the height range when I was looking. TBH I feel she's a bit big for me and I find her quite hard to get her together. Saying that I love her to bits and wouldn't change her for the World.

I rode a 14 hand horse recently and he was a bit small although brilliant fun !! Equibeau that's a lovely photo !!! awwww
 
I'm 5'4" and 3/4!!!!!!
I ride a 14.2 Irish Cob and don't feel I'm too big for him.

However, he is VERY short backed, and my saddle is 17.5", so wish he was slightly longer...but i think that's what makes him such a fantastic jumper!
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I had a sit on my friend's 17hh chunky hunter recently, and it felt WAY too far from the ground for my liking...but i do suffer from Vertigo
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I used to have a 16.1hh IDx, and he was way too big and strong for me
Prev to that, I had a 16.1 TB, and i felt right on him, but i prefer the chunky types.
 
Smallest is 14h, tallest is 15.1h, Zeus is 14.3h as a 3y.o it would be great if he stayed that size.

I am 5'2" on a good day, I like to be able to see my horses' backs without having to stand on a bucket!
 
I am 5ft 7 and pickle is 17.1hh, basically have such a big horse because I share him with my 6ft 3 dad! I dont mind it though I like the feeling of power
 
I'm 5'4 with short legs and my beast is 16.1 (ish) with long legs! He is quite fine and doesn't have a very deep girth so he doesn't feel big to ride.

I regularly ride a friends 15.2 mare and she feels much bigger to ride than my boy.
 
I am 5ft 9 and Hannah is 16.2hh IDxTB so quite well built, and Grace is just over 17hh when last measured... I look right on both heights and wouldn't buy a horse less than 16.2hh for myself as I have quite long legs

Hannah at 5 months in foal:
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Grace 3 weeks ago at her first BD:
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Blimey and i thought i rode a small pony!
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My pony is 13.3 and im 5ft5. Ive had her from 6 months old and she was just supposed to be a pet until a 3yr old, then i thought id just break her and then well the rest is history. Ive had her 7 years and ill never part with her. Im not heavy 8 1/2 stone
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and shes a welsh so she can handle me. Also she knows no different cos no one smaller than me has ever ridden her properly.
Ponies rule!!!
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Id never buy anything above 15hh for me now. Ponies are soo easy!
 
Reading through a lot of these replies it seems I have to get rid of my 14.1, get myself an 18hh hunter, then claim I feel too big on it because I am *shock horror* 5'7"
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Quite frankly, I am shocked at WHY shorter people think they look too big on 16.2hhs?!?
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Well, we have a lot of variation on here, dont we?! I must now state that I also have that all important extra half inch!! but didnt want to look childish!! however, I am 5'3 1/2" just for the record. AND, as Tia hilariously mentioned, I have little short legs, grrrr!
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Thanks for all your comments, guys
 
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I'm 5'8'' and have two 15.1's, a 15.2 and a 15.3.
Would like them bigger probably, but as they are all polocrosse ponies the size has to be kept to a minimum to do the job properly!
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Me on a 15.1hh.... (on the left!)
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Bounty I like the look of your polocrosse ponies - what's their breeding?

I am 5ft 5. My boy is 15.1 (only 3yo - will be maybe 15.2 at maturity). A lot of people my height on here seem to have much bigger horses! But I'm only 6 stone and quite feeble, so probably wouldn't really want him to be much bigger. Especially as he's a very lively stallion and I haven't ridden for over a decade!
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As this pic shows, my boy thinks he is MUCH bigger than 15.1:

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15hh and I’m 5ft 6. He is a roundy though and takes up my legs. Had a 16hh horse before and I prefer them a bit smaller and chunkier.
 
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