Beth

I’m such a horse geek, I can’t even talk about elk without bringing in horse terms.

Hands is four inches.

Wither is the top of the horse’s shoulder.

When you measure a horse, you measure in hands to the wither.

And if you don’t know what tack is, it’s the saddle, bridle, et cetera. Basically accessories you put on your horse for riding.

@highscribeofaetherium

The 20% rule is a rule for equestrians about riding horses. A rider should only be about 20% the horses weight, including tack. Not all equestrians follow it, but there are many scientific tests showing that being even at just 23% your horse’s body weight can harm your horse, maybe even for life.

I’m so mean to my charries. I’ve got one who’s abused. One who became a bad guy through revenge and grief. One who hides his emotion. One who lost his entire family. One who was banished…the list goes on.

@jonas

There’s only been one prompt so far, and only RAE and Axiom participated.

Technically only Axiom participated. I missed the deadline.

@savannah_grace2009

Oh! I already have an idea!

@rae

What’s the 20% rule?

And yes, I am a follower of the 20% rule.

@savannah_grace2009

Cuz think about it, I couldn’t go with regular elk since most likely that would break the 20% rule and therefore cause serious damage and discomfort to our poor elk. Also, riding a HUGE elk is much cooler!

@rae

I believe the extinct Irish elk was six foot at the shoulder or 18 hands at the withers. So yeah, draft horse size.

Oh…so they’re not regular elk. I forgot about that. Never mind! Yeah, they’re definitely Clydesdale size.

@highscribeofaetherium

It depends on the horse. Elk are probably Quarter Horse sized, but definitely not as big or heavy as a Clydesdale. For reference, Elk are between 700-1,200 lbs, where Clydesdales are about 1,700-2,200 lbs. They’re HUGE!!! Anyway, sorry, I need to quit talking about horses lol

@savannah_grace2009

I believe the extinct Irish elk was six foot at the shoulder or 18 hands at the withers. So yeah, draft horse size.

You’re lucky I’m not like Rae and won’t spam this chat with saddle pictures lol!

HEY!

@jonas

Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

I HATE THE KP LAG!!!

@savannah_grace2009

Giving her a broken collarbone would work, but she’s probably not going to be able to use her arm much.

@jonas

Okay.

Then it’s official, Ottoline has a broken collarbone and a mild concussion.

@savannah_grace2009

I think RAE said that the elk are at least horse sized.

I was thinking Ever would probably catch her shoulder with her foot, so maybe she has a broken collarbone. I don’t think it would necessarily kill her.

@highscribeofaetherium @jonas

I’ve fallen off a horse several times, even when the horse was going at a solid canter (I was fine, but got the wind knocked out of me and some bruises).  It’s not that serious.

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@savannah_grace2009

Definitely not 😅 Ottoline is probably already going to have concussion.

@esther-c

I like your idea, if Callie invites him he’ll go.

@savannah_grace2009 & Esther-c

Chase Duke

“Hey, I don’t look too bad. I think Callie will be impressed.” Fynn admired his outfit in the mirror for another moment, then turned to Chase. “I’m going to change back to my clothes and then we’ll find you something.”

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