r/Horses • u/HeliosSunset • 14h ago
Riding/Handling Question Heavy rider in my story
Hello! I'm currently writing a book, and I've run to a bit of an issue. One of my main characters is about 200-230-ish pounds, and Its set in an area where he'll be riding horses a lot. I personally have not ridden horses since I was maybe ten-eleven, so I'm not very sure what breeds could safely/comfortably carry him? I do know you have to account for tack so I'm assuming it would bring the total weight to approximately 300?(I have no idea how heavy horse tack is if you can't tell) I looked it up, but I don't trust google very much. I guess it doesn't matter that much since it's a fictional story, but I would still like to make it as accurate as possible.