i thought icelanders would look at the pair of us (i'm > 5'1" and maybe 110#) and think i was incredibly overmounted, but i said > as much to gudmar (a 6' or so fellow riding a maybe 12.3 horse at the > time) and he just looked incredulous, and said very precisely, "you're a > good match because you like each other." i wish more americans thought > that way!
Well said! I like that. It always makes me wonder when I see an ad for a horse for sale, 15.2 hh and it says that the horse is "sadly outgrown." Perhaps ability wise, but...I think Americans are way too height-conscious. Robyn
