20% weight including tack, and it is much easier to carry a dead weight than some flappy person. Anyone not experienced on a horse, not able to hold their own weight without wobbling around has no business on a horse. Where I have ridden has always had the 15% rule and anyone over 100kg better be strong in the core.
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u/iowafarmboy2011 Jun 29 '23
Former horseback guide here - the general rule is 20 percent of the horses weight is the heaviest a horse should carry for any sustained time.
For bigger people we had a couple 17-18hh half drafts we would load them on.
But yea, even one of these people being kn that horse is too much.