How much waight can a horse hold on its back?

Answer 1

The average horse carries 60% of its weight on its front legs, and 40% on its rear. So, if a horse weighs 1000 lbs, then each of the front legs bears 300 lbs, and each of the rear 200 lbs.

Answer 2

The 'normal' horse will carry a third or less of it's body-weight on their back but cart horses pull much heavier loads.

Answer 3

A horse should never carry more than 20% of it's own body weight, that includes the rider and tack.

Answer 4

depends on the horse, but usually around 100-150kg each

Answer 5

A horse bears 60% of it's body-weight on it's forelimbs, due to the skeletal and bone structure of their bodies.