I just want to know how many of you have been outcasted or made fun of by other riders? I've been through it so many times. I have heard "why is that fat girl on that horse she's going to break his back", "you are too fat to jump", or "you need a bigger horse". However, I don't let them get me down. I still hold on to my dreams just as well as they do. I am a size 18 I am 220 pounds and I am perfectly fine with my weight! I ride a 15.2hh gelding who carries my butt around a cross country course just fine! I boarded my horse at a barn for 2 years and I would always wait until late at night when I knew nobody would be there so I could ride my horse without the girls snickering or making rude comments. I put my heart and soul into riding. When the next show came around we took home the champion ribbon and beat all the other girls! Sure it didn't make the comments stop but it showed just how serious I was about riding and it showed them that I didn't let their comments get to me. I ended up leaving that barn and now I am at a better barn where I am accepted for who I am and I am taken seriously as a rider.