We got a new pony, she is 14.2 tall. She is young and a healthy weight right now. She really needs to put on some more muscle in her legs it appears at least. But we are gonna work her for a couple months and see how she does. I know what our mare weighed 5 years ago and she was 1100 and looking at her vs the only id guess the pony is about 800lbs. I know that the general rule is 20% of their weight. I’m about 200 and the our mare carries me just fine and doesn’t seem to care.

Anyways my daughter is 180, obviously has a weight issue but it’s a rough subject to talk about. Hoping she will drop some working with the pony as it was her idea to get one. I brought up the weight issue with the pony and she said the pony will be fine, I brought it up as me riding her bc I knew we are close in weight. Anyways working the pony and building up her muscle more is the pony still just in danger of getting hurt?

I am ok getting a shorter mare if we need to, I have two daughters so the younger one could ride that pony, me our mare we have already, and her the shorter mare.

TLDR is can a 14.2 pony that’s 800-850lbs handle a decent 180lb rider?