One other thought I had on this. The oxygen to muscle mass on these larger horses makes them under achievers as far as speed and stamina go. Most of your better race horses are in the 15.2 - 16.2 hand category because they oxygenate their muscle tissue more efficiently. Sheer bulk and strength for pulling, yeah the big guys have it. But if you're riding to the rescue the little mounts win. In other words as mentioned above, yeah pretty much anybody who dashes off on an eighteen hand horse has a creator who don't know much about horses.
Think I had one of these once...actually I'll have to go look now. But mine was a magic spirit horse created for a line of monarchs by a dragon. Of course a dragon's gonna think big!
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Date: 2007-07-06 11:36 am (UTC)Think I had one of these once...actually I'll have to go look now. But mine was a magic spirit horse created for a line of monarchs by a dragon. Of course a dragon's gonna think big!