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Hands - What do you prefer
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<blockquote data-quote="spinandslide" data-source="post: 546177" data-attributes="member: 5559"><p>It seems to me the northern parts of the country prefer the bigger horses. My uncle used to do alot of horse trading and he said he always found the "big uns" up north in Montana, Idaho and the dakotas..where-as the smaller horses were found down here. Reasoning? Down here, less is more, a smaller horse eats less. My uncle used to joke they needed them 16 hand monsters to forge the snowdrifts up there.</p><p></p><p>My horses are in the 15 hand range and I like them like that. When I grew up, in the english world, we wanted BIG, 17 hands was the norm for the event horses. I cant fathom that now. </p><p></p><p>My 14.3-15 handers can turn on the cow well, but arent so tiny I feel like Im on a pony.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spinandslide, post: 546177, member: 5559"] It seems to me the northern parts of the country prefer the bigger horses. My uncle used to do alot of horse trading and he said he always found the "big uns" up north in Montana, Idaho and the dakotas..where-as the smaller horses were found down here. Reasoning? Down here, less is more, a smaller horse eats less. My uncle used to joke they needed them 16 hand monsters to forge the snowdrifts up there. My horses are in the 15 hand range and I like them like that. When I grew up, in the english world, we wanted BIG, 17 hands was the norm for the event horses. I cant fathom that now. My 14.3-15 handers can turn on the cow well, but arent so tiny I feel like Im on a pony. [/QUOTE]
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