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How much weight should a horse carry?

August 23, 2007 by Daniel Beatty DVM · 1 Comment 

One question asked a lot is exactly how much weight should a horse carry? Now usually this is asked by someone watching a larger individual get on a small horse and ride the living daylights out of the poor little thing. Many people promote a rule of thumb of 10% of the horse’s bodyweight, but [...]