Just curious..how tall are you, and how tall is the horse you ride? What build? What's the largest or smallest horse you could ride or compete on without lookin silly :lol: Thanks.
I'm 5'6" and in my lessons I ride a 16.3hh horse, he's just a medium build I guess. My own horse is 16hh.
Since I have really long legs, I feel I look too big on anything under 16hh, but it may just be me preferring the tall horses.
I'll ride anything taller with no problems :p
I'm 5'6 and my horse is just over 16hh. I suit him well I think. I am not terribly excited about riding anything smaller because I have a relatively long torso. Between about 15.2 and 17 or a bit taller I'm good. Posted via Mobile Device
I'm 5'10 and have ridden horses ranging from 14.3hh to 17hh, but I would be comfortable riding horses taller than 17hh. Shorter than 14.3 starts to get sketchy.
I'm five foot even. My personal riding horse is 15.2 hh, and my other riding horse is 14.3 hh. I think I have some pictures on my profile of me riding my personal horse, Baby Girl... I'm currently on another computer and can't pull up my photo files.
I'm perfectly comfortable riding 13.0 hh ponies (I trained one about that height once) and 17 hh drafts. I will admit I PREFER a smaller horse -- 14-15.2 hh.
I'm 5'10" and the guy I ride is 16 or 16.1hh. It's a good size for me. I'm in the 96th percentile for height *and* weight for grown women, so I stick to the bigger guys, just to make sure I'm not going to overload anyone. Plus, I'm still a novice and tend to bang in the saddle a bit...I feel bad enough doing that on a big boy, I would feel awful doing it on one of the mid-sized fine-boned guys.
I'm 5'6". Our shortest is 14hh, tallest is 16'1". I'm comfortable on either end of the spectrum as long as they have enough body for my legs. I used to do "fixing" rides on my sister's quarter pony when we were much younger and he was 13 hh even, I did feel a bit funny on him! The tallest I've ridden was a 17'2" TB/WB gelding for a friend, I had never shown hunter/jumpers & she wanted extra time & exposure put on him so I rode him in the green as grass classes. Don't think now that I'm in my 30s I would want anything that tall!!!!
After reading every else's answers, I must say: why am I so short? :shock:
Another snippet of information: A friend of mine does CTR on a 14 hh pony. She rides 60 miles a weekend on that pony, and she is about 5.6 ft. Those ponies are strong, hardy things!
I'm 5'11" and I've ridden anywhere from 14.3hh to 17hh and when I get my own horse I'm going to try to keep it 16hh and up cause I feel like I fit big guys better I also ride a 12hh pony this weekend, it was quit the spectacle haha! But surprisingly my feel didn't touch the ground! They were barely at his elbows! My torso it a different story though... Haha Posted via Mobile Device
I'm 4ft 11 and the smallest I can ride comfortably is about 12.2hh and then tallest...Well the tallest I've ridden is 16.3hh and I was quite comfortable on her. I tend to ride at the moment horses around the 14-16 hand range.
I'm 5'7 and all my own horses have been 16hh - 16.2hh but I will really ride anything. I even feel OK riding this little guy and he's only 13.2 hh!!
It depends somewhat on the build of the individual horse - a 13hh horse with a big barrel feels bigger than a 15hh horse with a small barrel. I must admit that I do prefer a solidly built horse of around 16hh like my current girl:
But wouldn't rule out the possiblity of owning horses bigger or smaller than that in the future.
I'm 4'11 when stretching, and I've ridden just about every size out there. I kid-safe ponies that are between 12 and 14 hh, although I did school a 11 hh shetland once, so 12-14hh is probably what my usual mount is, but I also ride a ottb that is 17.3 hh (very light build though) and a 15.1hh arabian mare. I probably feel most comfortable on a 13-14 hh horse.
I'm 4'11 an my gelding is 14.3 but he is one of the smallest horses ive ridden in my adult life. I've always ridden horses 15.3h+ but now that i know the difference, i like horses between 14h-15h
I'm 5'5 and I've ridden everything from about 13 hands to 18 hands. So long as they aren't really narrow, I'm comfortable on pretty much anything that I'm not too heavy to ride. My favorite height is in the 14-15 hand range though. Anything much smaller than that is just too small for any real ranch work and anything much taller than that gets hard for me to comfortably get on and off of. Unfortunately, though, my next saddle horse is likely going to finish out at around 17 hands :?. Guess I better either teach him to bow down for mounting or resign myself to seeking a hill or a stump every time I get on LOL.
Well I was 5'6" last time I checked. My horses are 14.3hh, 15hh and 15.3hh. I feel comfortable on all of them. The tallest and shortest are both narrow but my 15hh boy is quite wide in the barrel. I have ridden horses as small as 11 hands. I don't mind going that small, I just find it more difficult to give them leg aids because my legs are too long. I like horses in the height range of what I have.
Both my girls are a little over 14hh and stocky. I'm 5'4" & have had a few to many groceries. I think were a good fit.
I wouldn't want to ride anything taller than 15hh. I used to lease a 16hh gelding. It was hard as heck getting on and off of him. The smallest horse I've rode was a friend's 14hh Arab. She was really narrow and had a short back. I felt huge on her.
I am 5'7 I can ride 14.1 pony's, and FEEL comfortable(I have long thighs and short calf's, it is funny!) but I look best on horses about 16hh(or a bit bigger). I ride one who has a small barrel, and one who has a big one, feel comfortable either way. Getting the right length stirrup is a challenge though :/
Actually I lied, when jumping pony's I feel funny because of short necks.
Lottie is 15"2 and i feel completely comfortable on her because she's not narrow. Because I have long thighs and calves, my flatwork stirrups are really long but my jumping stirrups are really short, it helps me keep my balance although I do feel like a giraffe with my legs all folded up!
I'm 5'4" and the smallest horse I ride is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15.2 hands and the largest is an OTTB who has to be pretty darn close 18 hands. His size was scary at first but now im totally used to it!
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