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How much weight can an Icelandic Horse carry?
1/3 of their bodyweight, as compared to a regular horse that can only carry 1/5 of its weight
Hi icegal, 1/3 of the weight would be about 300 lbs?
There is weight-carrying information here: http://iceryder.net/weight.html. Also there's a thread on the gaitedhorse list about weight carrying ability: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gaitedhorse.
