The general recommendation is the 20% rule. The rider should not be heavier than 20% of the horse's weight. A horse or pony can carry up to 20% of its own body weight. The rider AND the tack should weigh no more than 240 lbs. Assuming you are riding Western, the rider should weigh no more than 200 pounds. If you are riding English, the rider should weigh no more than 215 lbs.
Sign up to access the rest of the document. Unformatted text preview: What is the Ring of Fire? What ocean does the Ring of Fire encircle? o Most active volcanoes on land are located along the margins of the ocean basins notably within the circum- Pacific belt known as the Ring of Fire ( Figure 7.33).
Did you know that most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located underwater, along the aptly named Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean? The Ring of Fire includes more than 450 volcanoes. It stretches for nearly 25,000 miles, running in the shape of a horseshoe (as opposed to an actual ring) from the southern tip of South America, along the west coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, down through Japan, and into New Zealand. The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics. Much of the volcanic activity occurs along subduction zones which are convergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates come together. The heavier plate is shoved (or subducted) under the other plate. When this happens, melting of the plates produces magma. The magma rises up through the overlying plate, erupting to the surface as a volcano.