|
|
 Extreme Veteran
Posts: 547
 
Location: Greencastle PA | Just want to get opinions, i have 14.2 hands gelding turning 3
the end of June. Is that to small? I dont know how to load a picture. |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 1131
 
| Too small for my taste, yes. I ride 16+ hand barrel horses though. |
|
| |
|
 Buttered Noodles Snacker
Posts: 4377
Location: NC | Nope. Not too small. For one he still has time to grow. and 2 there are a lot of shorties out there burning it up!!! Stingray, Bo, Baby Flo, Movin, Rootie, ect... |
|
| |
|
 Expert
Posts: 1898
| No! I don't think there is too small unless it is an extreme. I run with a gal with a little yellow futurity mare, I believe the other day she said her mare just hit 14 hands. That little mare can burn up a pattern big or small. A friend of mine runs a little gelding that is a half brother to my mare. I think he is 14.1(?). He is consistantly pulling checks in the 1D with NFR horses and trainers at big races. They were going through some hard times last summer and she basically bet the house on him. He paid their mortgage and vehicle payments for 3 months. |
|
| |
|
 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | Nope, know lots of shorties that can kick the big horses butts. |
|
| |
|
Expert
Posts: 1611
| 14.0 with wedges on isn't too small LOL
I prefer big horses with a long smooth stride that feels like we are in slow motion. Small horses always feel like they are crotch rockets flying mock 9 to me because I'm used to the big guys. And before anyone says it I know height does not determine stride length there are many other factors. |
|
| |
|
 Expert
Posts: 3782
Location: Gainesville, TX | My filly was just that height for all her two year old year and just hit 14.3 as she turned 3. I think she'll get to 15. I think 15.1 or 15.2 is the SWEET spot. BUT there are lots of small horses that can eat up a pattern. I'm not selling mine just because she's shorter (her mother is even smaller). Enjoy. |
|
| |
|
  That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| HorsesNHarleys - 2015-05-07 12:42 PM Nope. Not too small. For one he still has time to grow. and 2 there are a lot of shorties out there burning it up!!! Stingray, Bo, Baby Flo, Movin, Rootie, ect...
This list goes on and on. Some people think a bigger horse is automatically faster...some people are also idiots. |
|
| |
|
 Elite Veteran
Posts: 628
Location: Missouri | Whiteboy - 2015-05-07 2:46 PM
HorsesNHarleys - 2015-05-07 12:42 PM Nope. Not too small. For one he still has time to grow. and 2 there are a lot of shorties out there burning it up!!!  Stingray, Bo, Baby Flo, Movin, Rootie, ect... Â
This list goes on and on. Some people think a bigger horse is automatically faster...some people are also idiots.Â
 |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 669
Location: Central Texas | Just to name a few.....Sherry Cevi, Kay Blandford, Fallon Taylor..... I bet would say no. I am not speaking for them but my guess is they would be ok with a short one. Besides, 3 is young, he will still grow some. |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 669
Location: Central Texas |
Sorry but that made me laugh.....good one and so true! |
|
| |
|
 Regular
Posts: 97
Location: Tennessee | Whiteboy - 2015-05-07 2:46 PM
HorsesNHarleys - 2015-05-07 12:42 PM Nope. Not too small. For one he still has time to grow. and 2 there are a lot of shorties out there burning it up!!!  Stingray, Bo, Baby Flo, Movin, Rootie, ect... Â
This list goes on and on. Some people think a bigger horse is automatically faster...some people are also idiots.Â
 I love this! My mare is MAYBE 14.1 hh & she can flat out RUN! I've never ridden such a quick horse. |
|
| |
|
 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I think the smaller they are the quicker/snapper they are, thats why I ride bigger horses, LOL I can hang on better and feel them under me.. |
|
| |
|
Expert
Posts: 1561
| Most of the top human athletes are on the smaller side...
Easier to keep sound
Can carry their momentum around a tight turn better
Can be just as fast as the big horses between barrels |
|
| |
|
A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Itsme - 2015-05-07 3:15 PM Most of the top human athletes are on the smaller side... Easier to keep sound Can carry their momentum around a tight turn better Can be just as fast as the big horses between barrels
Yept  |
|
| |
|
 Total Germophobe
Posts: 6443
Location: Montana | I think it depends on the individual horse. Some horse are faster, and some aren't, it depends on how they are built. My mare is a shorter horse, about 14.2 depending on whether or not she has shoes, and she can really get down and boogie around a barrel...makes an ultra tight turn. She can run pretty quick, too...we haven't reached our max potential on the barrels yet. My gelding should mature around 15.1 or 15.2 hands (according to his parents), and he is going to be quick, I can tell already.
I have to agree with another poster, a shorter horse often feels so quick and choppy compared to bigger horses with a little bit longer stride. But if they win, it doesn't matter what size they are. As a coming 3 y/o, I wouldn't worry too much about his size yet. |
|
| |
|
Red Bull Agressive
Posts: 5981
Location: North Dakota | This has been brought up SO many times on this forum. Size does not matter. What does matter is the horse's overall build and athletic ability, and the rider's preference. My feet would drag on the ground if I tried to ride a 14.2hh horse. I won't ride anything under 15.1/15.2. |
|
| |
|
Elite Veteran
Posts: 705
Location: Weatherford, TX | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-07 3:58 PM This has been brought up SO many times on this forum. Size does not matter. What does matter is the horse's overall build and athletic ability, and the rider's preference. My feet would drag on the ground if I tried to ride a 14.2hh horse. I won't ride anything under 15.1/15.2.
Ditto to the above.
I am only 5'7", but prefer 16H+ horses. Even with those big guys to be tough 1D horses, they have to have instant speed and a lot of athletic ability. Basically, still turn like a 15H horse. LOL
How tall they are really doesn't matter as much as speed, heart, athletic ability and conformation. |
|
| |
|
Tried and True
Posts: 21185
Location: Where I am happiest | Whiteboy - 2015-05-07 2:46 PM HorsesNHarleys - 2015-05-07 12:42 PM Nope. Not too small. For one he still has time to grow. and 2 there are a lot of shorties out there burning it up!!! Stingray, Bo, Baby Flo, Movin, Rootie, ect... This list goes on and on. Some people think a bigger horse is automatically faster...some people are also idiots.
Exactly! The list is huge and honestly, the ONLY 16 hand horse I can ever remimber making the NFR was Orange Smash with Martha Josey. But the list of 14 hander NFR horses is huge, and I remimber one 13 hander making the NFR. |
|
| |
|
A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | barrelracerpa04 - 2015-05-07 12:36 PM Just want to get opinions, i have 14.2 hands gelding turning 3
the end of June. Is that to small? I dont know how to load a picture.
To answer your question,,,, No thats not to small at all |
|
| |
Folks on-line