Idiots! You know what worries me is not that the rider is too big but that the rider is scared to death and the horse is not prepared for this step.

I have pics of my mustang Phantom's first ride and I prepared him so well for a rider over the weeks leading up to it that he was calm and looked like he took people for rides in the roundpen forever. I also got a better rider than me who is never scared to ride him because a tense rider is just going to smack down on a horse's back which is really scary to green horses and especially mustangs.

I'd love to show this dummy my pics so she could compare mustang to mustang. The first ride doesn't have to be eventful at all.