[dantexeventer]

I'm 5'7-ish, and my horse is 16.2hh. However, most of that is legs! He has a really small barrel. I'm also really long-legged, with a tiny torso. There are a lot of factors when it comes to matching horse and rider size - one of my friends is just a tad shorter than me but has super short legs, so she can ride 14.3hh horses and still look nice. Me? Not so much
Here's me on Dante (16.2hh)

Me on my last horse, TJ (15.3hh)

On Danny (15.1 1/2hh) - really old pics, hence the general bad-ness. And I was whacking a bug, don't call the ASPCA on me haha!

Colormark (big, bulky 16.3hh Dutch/TB) excuse the AWFUL position, I was cross country schooling and my trainer was a stickler for SHOOORT stirrups haha!

I get waaaay too pic-happy, sorry!

 

[dantexeventer]

Oh, I forgot breeds. Dante and Tejana are OTTBs, Danny is a registered Appaloosa (haha!), and Markie is a Dutch/TB.

 

[smrobs]

Hm. I am 5'5"

Denny: 16 year old grade QH. He is 15 hands and probably weighs 1150 right now.
(this is in 2001 when he was 7 and I was riding all the time)

Here is a saddle pic from this summer

Here is Dobe, an 8 year old BLM Mustang. He stands at 14.3 and weighs about 1075.
Though this pic is from a couple of years ago, his size really hasn't changed much.

This is Pokey, a 6 year old QH. He is about 15.2 and weighs at least 1200. I don't have any pix of me riding him but you can see where my stirrup hangs.

This is Koda, a 7 year old BLM Mustang. He stands 14.2 and weighs probably 1100. He isn't very tall but his barrel is absolutely huge and his back is broad.
No recent riding pix but you can see my stirrup.

Here is a pic from when I started him a year and a half ago. This was his 3rd ride, I think. He has grown about 2 inches since then.

And last but certainly not least, here is John. He is right around 18 hands and weighs about 2000 pounds (probably more now, these pix are old)
This is his first 3 or 4 rides a year ago.

And here are his most recent riding pix from last fall.

 

[FGRanch]

I don't have any pictures, but my legs are REALLY short. They don't even reach past the belly on a small girthed 14hh horse.

 

[Wallaby]

I'm basically a giant riding a pony but it's all good. I'm about 5ft 8in and Lacey is 14.1hh. On the plus side, most of my height comes from my torso so my legs actually don't hang that far down on her. It also helps that she has that typical Arab WIDE-ness that fills up a ton of leg.

Here's me riding her english back in October 2008 or so:

However, I've grown an inch or so since then (I'm 19! I'm not supposed to growing! Seriously. Haha).

I don't have any pictures of me actually riding western but I do have pictures of the saddle on her so you can see where my stirrup is:

 

[justsambam08]

I don't have any post-worthy pics, lol but I'm 5'2 and mostly leg and Ice is 16hh OTTB. My legs sit right at the bottom of his belly, if I REALLY dropped my heels then they might be under his belly, but maybe not. I ride western, so my stirrups are pretty long.

 

[Plains Drifter]

Hm. I am 5'5"

Ok..after seeing this picture you can't be seriously worried about how tall Rafe is going to grow! Your riding a GIANT now!!!!!! Holy cow!!!!! And I thought our 16 h thoroughbreds that my fiance's brother drops off from time to time were huge!

Boy do I wish you were closer, I'd sure stop by for a visit!

 

[smrobs]

Haha, I can ride them fine, its the tacking them up and getting on and off that gives me problems. It is really hard for me to get a 40 pound saddle on a horse bigger than about 16 hands. I have to hit John in the side with it and then slide it on up. LOL. By all means, if you are ever in my area, stop by. John hasn't been rode in a few months and he needs it .

 

[Plains Drifter]

John hasn't been rode in a few months and he needs it .

<Gulp> Ok. Should I bring my own ladder? Oh geez..I can't even imagine how hard it is to find tack for something that size! Thank goodness I like 'em small! (now watch Lillie shoot to 16 hands or something, rofl!)

 

[smrobs]

We have an 8 footer you can borrow ROFLMAO. For what it's worth, he tried to buck with me once and it was very slow and big. Not hard to ride at all. If she does end up that big, just send her my way.

 

[Plains Drifter]

LOL! Your on!! I guess it can't be worse than some of the things I've been through. I've been bucked off (in ND), fallen off, ran over (in NM), rolled over on (in Europe), drug through catcus (in Mt) (really..I was in the middle of no where, riding bareback and didn't want to lose my mount..so when I went off..I didn't let go of the reins, lol)

I can imagine his bucking is like riding that of the mare I was training for western pleasure. The club I was a part of had a play date and I decided for laughs I would ride my wp horse. I knew I wouldn't win anything, but what the hey, it was for fun. So on the flag race, I loped down (ever so slowly) to the barrel and grabbed the flag and started loping back. The mare decided she didn't like the flag and started bucking. It was almost like it was in slow motion. It wasn't hard to sit at all. I never once thought to drop the flag even though I had a crowd yelling at me to. I just sat the buck until I saw a good moment and I just stepped out of the stirrups and on to the ground. It was amazing! Really wish I had video of that one!

 

[paintluver]

I got more pictures today!

^Kodee he is a POA

^Cecil he is a QH

 

[CloudsMystique]

I'm 5'3" and my legs barely hang past my 13.3hh gelding's stomach. They don't go past my 15hh mare's. She's a lot stockier than my gelding.

Gelding:

Mare:

 

[horsesroqke]

I'm 5'7 and 12 yo. Heres me and Molly, My Tb, 16.1-16.2hh, BB-

 

[Solon]

Solon is 18 hands, I am 5'3". His a 12 year old Percheron. Wasn't finished growing in this picture.

 

[Gillian]

Zeus is exactly 16hh. I'm 5'4 and a half. He is not very wide, and has a pretty small barrel. Both of the pictures are old and he's gained more muscle and some weight but you get the idea.

With tack...

Bareback...

 

[heyycutter]

no post worthy pictures but im 5'5'' and cutter is 15.1 h and Midnight is between 14.3h and 15h. my feet are close to the bottom of their belly but they dont hang below their bellies

 

[grayshell38]

I don't have anyone to take pics of me, so I only really have these ones. I have wonderful posture in the second pic, no?:lol: Poor Thomas. That is an old photo...

 

[paintluver]

Here is a picture of me on Pinto