Should race horses be made bigger so not only vertically challenged people can ride them?

Question

Should race horses be made bigger so not only vertically challenged people can ride them?

Answer 1

Well, race horse breeders don't breed for size. They breed for speed (and hopefully soundness). So, I doubt your plan will work. As others have pointed out, a jockey doesn't have to be a certain height but he/she darn well better not weigh too much over 100 pounds to make the weights race horses carry. It just happens that most people who are able to get their weight down close to 100 pounds are shorter.

Answer 2

yeah  why  not it  makes  perfect    sense   elric

Answer 3

y is that you lol ??

Answer 4

NO STUPID. RACEHORSES ARE MESSED WITH ENOUGH THERES NO NEED TO START MAKING FREAKS OF NATURE. DIDNT YOU KNOW THAT THE LARGEST HORSE TO LIVE GREW TO BE OVER 18 HANDS AND POSSIBLY 20 H AND HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 2 BECAUSE HIS HEART WASN'T STRONG ENOUGH FOR HIS LARGE BODY??? I OWN  A FORMER RACEHORSE WITH THE BESSSSST DISPOSITION BUT WHO SUFFERS SEVERE ARTHRITIS BECAUSE OF HARSH TRAINING?

Answer 5

Yea, deffo!

That would be quite funny.  BFGOH- Big Friendly Giants On Horses!

But then you wouldn't go as quick, and wind resistance etc would do you over.  LOL.

Maybe there could be special races, for big horses, and big people???

OOOOOHHHH.

Answer 6

Yes!

Would love to see the size of the horse they would need for me, since im 6 foot 5, anyhoo, u ever wonder how hilarious it would be to have a fight with a jockey, you could just hold him away at arms legnth!

Answer 7

It's got nothing to do with being short - some jockeys are almost 6ft tall - it is all about the weight the horse has to carry.

Besides thoroughbreds already range in size from 15.2hh (4 inches bigger than "pony size" up to 18hh - Party Politics (the Grand National winner) was about 18hh and a giant of a horse!  To put it into perspective 18hh is 6ft tall at the withers (the base of the neck).

Answer 8

After you with the spliff

Answer 9

yes elric why not i agree with you then we will have  super power, to control some  super power  horses and we will live  happy  ever after, i realy like your idea, it sound pretty good to me.

Answer 10

no, horses are not meant to race in this way - it is cruel

Answer 11

No, I think they should take the smaller breeds and make them comfy on top of a big guy, then make the men run the course.

The horses wouldn't be able to use a whip on the men, but perhaps they could be trained up to use some minor shock button or something, just to keep the men going when they really want to stop .... LOL !!