My first attempt at a picture upload

[dancinghorse]

Or, why people have been laughing hysterically when I ride this horse. (She's not 18 hands! Really! And I'm not 4 feet tall, either.) (Also, why nobody "needs" a 16-hand Lipizzan.)

Comments

[wojsvenwoj.livejournal.com]

yay for dsl!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

The power! The power!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous animal!

[tharain.livejournal.com]

This just really makes me want to ride. Sigh.

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

Somewhere I have a picture of me riding an 18 hand Canadian TB that looks very similar to this picture.

That's a lot of horse. Nice calm expression though. I bet she looks very impressive when she gets excited. I bet she *feels* very impressive when she gets excited. :)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

She, like the rest of her family, does courbettes when truly excited.

That is impressive.

[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

Having seen these horses in person and ridden one of them, I'd have to say it's not the height of the horse, it's a utter fitness and muscularity of them (combined with how damned smart you know they are) that gives a 5'4" less-experienced rider a bit of a pause once you're up there on one.

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

As a 5'4" rider, I totally agree. Sitting on my guy, I feel like he's capable of anything. Which is good, right? But intimidating. You never know just how he's going to apply that intelligence.

Last year we were standing between an electric fence and a truck, and we needed to be pointed the other way for the farrier to work on the horse. I looked around and said to the horse "There really isn't enough room for you to turn around here, is there?"

Smart horse reared, spun 180 degrees, and came down. He didn't touch the fence or the truck. He did, however, take up the space I had been using. I went flying, displaced by his massive head and chest.

You have to watch what you say around them.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

He needs to get the memo about not squishing your human.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

*hee* legs around the barrel? WHAT barrel? ;)

You almost look like you should both be in a Thelwell cartoon!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

also, JJ is already 15+ hands.... *meep*

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

I haven't sticked him, but I think Pluto is about 16 hands. You'd think crossing an ayrab with a lip would give you a compact horse, but nooooo. I keep praying he doesn't get any taller.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

oip! did you ask for a ladder for Christmas ;)?

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

I bet he's about 15.1--Lipps at that height feel 16 hands.

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

I'm going by Playboy, who's been sticked at 15.1. Pluto is taller than him, standing side by side.

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Wow, giant horse of giantness!

(She's lovely and looks like she'd have a wonderful gait. But... Do you have to ask for a boost up? *grin*)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

I use a mounting stool. :)

I used to mount a taller horse than that from the ground, but these days I cheat. She's really not that tall--16.1 but her back is a lot lower than her withers. What she has is Body Mass. In spades.

[rethought.livejournal.com]

You do look quite wee on her. :)

(And, 18 hands? Whew.)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

She's 16.1. Just very, very Built.

Icon shows me on Capria, who is 14.3 going on 16 hands (she's another deep-bodied one).

[lynnesite.livejournal.com]

Nice to finally see a pic of you aboard HMS Pandora! The angle from which it was taken accentuates the size-effect IMO. :-)

[raithen.livejournal.com]

wrong place, belated time, but anyway: thanks for including me in the holiday mailing. Twix is my new years desk top - for a few days, anyway, until JJ gets Jealous and Insists that she be back up there ;).

[lynnesite.livejournal.com]

That's Good Sir Q (his name when he's a good boy), not Ms. Twix. He did back to back 50 milers over New Years, furry coat and all.

*hangs head in shame*

[raithen.livejournal.com]

apologies to the good sir who I should TOTALLY have recognized. and to the lady miss, as well.

back to back 50 milers=impressive!

Old pictures

[starfall42.livejournal.com]

I've still got some old pictures on my web site.

Re: Old pictures

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Ooo, memory lane! Thanks for the reminder. :}