"BTW, I'd take a 13 hand athlete over a 16+ hand 1400+ pound horse that does nothing any day." How about a 15h athlete with enough class and presence to wow the best of them? Where does that leave your 13h athlete? Why do you have to use extremes and compare your little 13 cowhorses to land barge halter horses? What's wrong with an ideal where you have both athleticism AND eye appeal?