I don't have an opinion.
If the horse are rider are matched and both are happy size is irrelevant.
I'm glad mine isn't bigger. She looks you straight in the eye before she strops.
@Skint I find the length of rein has an impact on how big I feel on a horse, and some of the chunky types have a relatively short neck. Silly that it should bother me since I have no intention of sitting on the neck! I also don't like a very thin long neck - thinking about it I'm quite picky lol
Mine had a short neck and I wonder if this is why I struggle with my two point.@Skint I find the length of rein has an impact on how big I feel on a horse, and some of the chunky types have a relatively short neck. Silly that it should bother me since I have no intention of sitting on the neck! I also don't like a very thin long neck - thinking about it I'm quite picky lol
@Skint I find the length of rein has an impact on how big I feel on a horse, and some of the chunky types have a relatively short neck. Silly that it should bother me since I have no intention of sitting on the neck! I also don't like a very thin long neck - thinking about it I'm quite picky lol
Mine had a short neck and I wonder if this is why I struggle with my two point.
I have no where to fold.
I can put the bridle on and off from on board. Ha ha.I completely get this. When I ride Jack his head feels miles away and very heavy, compared to Raf's, which I can easily reach to adjust his forelock if necessary. He does have quite a high head carriage though, so I don't feel as if I have nothing in front of me. When I rode a Welsh D x trad it was like sitting on a bull, he was wide and his neck seemed so thick! I do prefer a shorter neck, but as you suggest @newforest, if I go into 2 point I feel as though I'm balancing over his ears. I do my best to stick my bum back so I don't have to lean forwards but I'm not too successful
I'm 5'7 so will never know what it feels like to be a short person on a tall horse, not unless I ever meet a 19 hander ... I have a problem in that my feet fall below my horse's barrel which makes giving aids more tricky, as I tend to lift my leg up and back so I can get it on the horse. I suppose if your legs are short compared to the horse you'd have the opposite problem in that your legs don't reach far enough down the sides to give the aids in the appropriate place 1st World problems ...
This is why I bought a 14.2I'm 5'4" and have ridden 17+hh, personally I prefer under 16hh but that is just because mounting from the ground is virtually impossible with my creaky body and I do a lot of hacking and sometimes you just have no choice but to dismount while out and there isn't always a handy mounting aid.