Your height and your horses height...

[Tempi]

im 6ft have a 17'2/3 and a 16'1.

 

[pfarrugia]

Hiya,

I'm 5ft 8 and my boy is 17.2!! Actually wouldn't ride anything smaller than 16.2 but that's personal preferrence. Just feels too close to the ground on anything smaller!!!!

 

[samp]

I am 5'4" and my horse is 15.3hh I tend to use a mounting block but if I have to get off and back on again I am suprised I can actually be agile and get back up

 

[CastleMouse]

I'm about 5'4" and Castle is 12.2hh (128cm)

 

[WelshRareBit]

Im about 5'9" and Murphy is 17.1HH. x

 

[Helga1980]

I'm 5' 8 and ned is 17hh.

Never get on from the ground so haven't a clue if I could!! I suspect not as both my knees are almost completely gone, plus I was also told to avoid getting on from the ground to save their back.

However I have spent time educating ned in the art of standing still next to anything that I can safely use to get on

 

[cobwithattitude]

5' 10" and ride a 15.3hh - can mount from ground when i have to. (And am over 45!!)

 

[katiejaye]

i'm 5"6 and Louis is 15.3hh. I can get on from the ground as long as Louis feels polite enough to stand still!

 

[Jemayni]

Snap, I can get back on him alright though, but Im only 18, so should be able to really!

 

[FlipFlop5]

I'm 5"3' and Rocky is 15.3 and have to get on from the ground, rather than mounting block as he won't stand still for long enough

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[HBII]

5ft 9ish somewhere around there! My mare is 15.2hh

Hb [of the innocent variety]

 

[pagancluf]

5 ft 6 in (and a fag end!) and ride 16hh and 16.1hh, getting on for forty and can still get on from ground but ride long (that helps!)

 

[cobdonkey]

Im 5'3", and my horse is 16.2 and still growing!

 

[lillie07]

Im about 5'7" and I have a 16.1hh and a 17.1hh and rising!!! I am much happier and a better size on the 16.1hh

 

[vivhewe]

5'3" and ride a smallish 14.2

I can get on from the ground

 

[LEC]

I am 5'9 and I have a 16.3hh and a 17.1hh - both are trained to gates/fences/mounting blocks/ramps as I am useless at getting on unless I really have to from the floor due to my knees.

 

[Pasha]

I'm 5'6" and my horse is 15'2 - he rides alot bigger though - the saddler the other day said he looks about 16'2 when I ride him... I had a lesson on a 16'1 the other day and he felt much smaller than my horse. Weird!

 

[JessPickle]

I am 5ft 7 and pickle is just over 17.1hh

 

[debbielinder]

Im 5 FT6 and have a rather chunky id x tb type shes 15.1, i dont get on from the ground, i can if i have to, but prefer not to

 

[hadleigh]

I'm 5'3" and a bit!! Have a 16.2hh and a 16.3hh. The bigger horse is a warmblood so feels bigger still. I can just about get on from the ground if I absolutely have to. However, I have heard, and I can't remeber where, that it's better for your horses back and your saddle to mount from a block where possible. Rubbish?? Don't know but makes me feel less inadequate!!

 

[madhector]

5ft 2 and hector is 16.3, feel happier on something around 15.2 though

 

[JessPickle]

forgot to say I can get on pickle from the ground if I lower the stirrups a lot!

 

[icklechlo]

Im 4ft 11 (feel free to laugh) and i usually ride a 14.3, but I ride/school friends ponies/horses from 11hh to 16hh! and i can get onto all of them without mounting blocks (even managed to vault onto a 15.2 once, but i have no idea how i managed it to be honest!)

 

[CrazyCob]

5ft 6" and i ride a 14.2hh pony nearly every day

 

[harrihjc]

I'm 5'3 and a bit, and flash is about 15hh and still growing, think he is the perfect size for me

 

[_Jazz_]

5'10" 'ish and 17 hh 'ish

I hate getting on from the ground, terrible for horse and saddle and nothing whatsoever to do with my arthritic joints

 

[GinaGem]

I'm 5'8 and my horse is 16.3hh. I mainly get on from a step but sometimes from the ground without a prob. Also ride our 14.2hh cob

 

[not_with_it]

I'm just under 5'5 and Gin is 15.2, she is the perfect size. I can get on her from the ground if I have to but prefer to use a mounting block.

 

[tking]

im 5" 4 and my fell should make 13.2 at a push. yikes that sounds bad, me is not light either, dieting starts now i have a year to reduce my bulk.

 

[sugarnspice]

I'm 5/7 5/8 and mine is 14,2 ish. He's a cob and he can carry me and we still have fun